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JCRS Camp & College Scholarship Deadlines: February 15 & May 31
Southern Jewish families seeking financial assistance to send their children to Jewish overnight camp, and families in search of funds to pay the costs of undergraduate college education , have a special friend in the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS), the oldest and only regional Jewish children’s social service agency…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alayne Shoenfeld
Interview by Gila Golder Photos by Rivka Braverman Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel in meaningful ways, the 70 Faces of Memphis and Shoham project was designed to form real connections between the people of Jewish Memphis and the people of Shoham, Israel, Memphis’s…
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Jewish Community By My Side at Rhodes College
By Emma Figarsky There are currently five Jewish Community Fellows at Rhodes College. As part of their fellowship, they periodically share their experiences as Jewish college students with the larger community. More information about the Fellowship can be found on the JCP website. When I was growing up, change was…
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Dear Diary: The Germans Invaded Lodz Today
By Rakhel Finkelstein 9th grade, Goldie Margolin School for Girls This essay won second place in last year’s Holocaust Art and Essay Contest, open to all 6-12 students in Tennessee and the Mid-South. This year’s contest is just gearing up. The image is one of two second place winners, created by Anisa Shank, 8th grader at Colonial Middle School. Students in grades 6-8 are invited to submit artwork,…
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Celebrating Israel with 70 Faces Brings Jewish Memphis Together
By Melinda Lejman The opening night of the “70 Faces of Memphis and Shoham” exhibit was full of energy and excitement, not just for the subjects or the volunteer photojournalists who made it possible, but for the entire Memphis Jewish community. There is nothing more satisfying than seeing the hard…
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80 Years Later: Kristallnacht
By Gila Golder Eighty years ago today, the Nazis were preparing to launch a spate of violent attacks targeting Jews in Germany, Austria, and the Sudentenland region of Czechoslovakia. Deadly rioting broke out on the night of November 9, 1938, and continued for 48 hours. Anti-Semitic mobs embarked on a…
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How We Treat the Stranger: The Moral Values and Ideals of a Nation
Today we join dozens of other organizations across the nation in signing this June 12 letter addressed to United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. June 12, 2018 The Honorable Jeff Sessions Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530 The Honorable Kirstjen…
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A Briefing from JFNA: Gaza
May 15, 2018 Israeli television was in “split screen” mode for most of yesterday. During the late afternoon, Israelis viewed the festive opening of the new United States’ Embassy in Jerusalem on one side of the screen, with protests and violence at the Israel-Gaza border on the other half. By…
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Changing the Way We Find & Invest in Entrepreneurs
April 26, 8:00 AM at the MJCC- Join us for a panel discussion, Changing the Way We Find & Invest in Entrepreneurs. Keynote speaker Ross Baird, CEO of Village Capital, will discuss highlights from his book, The Innovation Blind Spot. All attendees with receive a free copy of the book. Following his talk,…
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Jewish Foundation of Memphis- Charting Your Course
For more information on how we can help you chart your course, please call us at 901-373-0400 or send an email to Alyson Chensasky.