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The Lion of Judah is one of the most successful fundraising tools in the world, raising millions of dollars every year and connecting more than 17,500 women around the world. The Lion of Judah is a symbol of today’s Jewish Woman’s strength, a symbol of her caring about the organized Jewish world. For generations, Memphis Jewish…
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Jewish Community Partners President and CEO Laura Linder, or a special guest writer, sits down most Friday mornings to write a personal and timely letter to our beloved Memphis Jewish community. June 11- Longing for an Ordinary Day (by Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein) May 14- We Stand with Israel, Now and Forever March 25- (Above) Knowing the…
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Eli Lewis, son of Sarah and Jeff Lewis, is a junior at Memphis University School (Eli is pictured back right). Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of his NFTY Jacobs Camp program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors in…
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Jennifer Roberts brings years of experience working with and for seniors to her new role as Chair of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Senior Services Collaborative. We caught up with her to get her take on the path that led her here, her hopes and concerns for the seniors of Jewish Memphis, and how Judaism connects her to…
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Jordan Infeld (pictured second to the right on top of Masada with his friends Louis Reagler, Gabriel Freedman, Micah Unowsky, and Jacob Shapiro), son of Dr. Jason and Stephani Infeld, is a senior at Memphis University School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the…
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For years, the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at University of Memphis has partnered with Hillels of Memphis to mark International Holocaust Remembrance day by bringing meaningful educational programing into the frat house. This year ZBT tapped Hillel Director Sophie Bloch to curate a program for a group of fifteen members and their friends. Though recognized…
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Aidan Kahane, son of Elana and Josh Kahane, is a senior at Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of his NCSY JOLT program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors in the Memphis Jewish…
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With her piece entitled Life in a Jar, Colonial Middle School student Whitney Ousley took the first place ribbon in Art in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 2021 Holocaust Art & Essay Competition. Submissions for this year’s contest, themed Safeguarding the Sacred: Perspectives on Holocaust Memory, must be submitted by close of business, Monday, March 21. Details…
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“One loss of life is to destroy the world entire- we believe this as Jews. And to save one life is to save the world entire. Most of our efforts are to keep these threats to Jewish lives out of our buildings,” said Stuart Frisch, Secure Community Network (SCN) National Training & Exercise Advisor and…
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Sofia Jalenak, daughter of Monique and Charles Jalenak, is a junior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemksy Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the cost of her NFTY program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors in the Memphis Jewish community are eligible…
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On MLK Day, students in the B’nai Tzedek Teen Philanthropy program packed 150 Dignity Grows tote bags with hygiene products to be distributed to Ridgeway High School students, Room In the Inn and the Tiger Pantry at the University of Memphis. Dignity Grows empowers neighbors in need by providing menstrual and hygiene supplies for everyone…
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Memphis Jewish Federation and Secure Community Network Work in Partnership to Protect Jewish Memphis
Memphis Jewish Federation Vice-Chair of Security Craig Weiss, Regional Security Advisor Amanda Braswell, and Secure Community Network (SCN) National Training & Exercise Advisor Stuart Frisch are part of the team behind the SCN/Federation partnership working around the clock to keep the people and places of Jewish Memphis safe. Jewish communities around the world let out…