• Memphis Lion of Judah – The Lion Behind the Pin

    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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  • Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    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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  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: David Bearman

    Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel, 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 partner city through the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program. The project serves as a…

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  • Kandy Gallery Opening and Olymbec, USA  Team Up to Benefit Memphis Jewish Federation

    By Susan Nieman Above: Jordana and Jason Berger (far left and far right) of Olymbec USA greet Memphis Jewish Federation Special Projects Coordinator Mark Wender and his wife, Sally, at the grand opening of Kandy Gallery, which features the work of fine art photography of Neil Dankoff. The gallery is located in the lower level…

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  • Coping with Depression: Advice for Seniors

    By Teresa Greenhill (Photo by Nicole De Khors from Burst ) Teresa Greenhill is the co-creator of MentalHealthforSeniors.com, which is dedicated to providing seniors with information on physical and mental fitness. Being a senior herself, Teresa, with some help from her granddaughter, manages the website as a way to keep her busy and help other seniors be active…

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  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Daniel Snyder

    Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel, 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 partner city through the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program. The project serves as a…

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  • Despair and Depression Hang on the Guarded Gates: JCP Connects Young Poets to Memories of the Holocaust

    By Gila Golder Despair and depression hang on the guarded gates, while the beating wind often knocks the people down into the muddied waters of tears. More people should have helped fight for the Jews’ freedom. These impassioned words are taken from poems written by young students in Memphis who learned about the Holocaust in…

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  • Working Together to Serve the Most Vulnerable

    By Laura Linder and Larry Skolnick Pictured above: Jewish Family Service staff members Mary Elizabeth Jones, Bill Monroe, Teresa Hughes, Audrey May, Rashki Osina, Miriam Cauley-Crisp, and Dale Steele pose for a photo in the JFS Kosher Food Pantry. With the MJCC managing JFS and Memphis Jewish Federation securing the funding through donations from community…

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  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Curt Ward

    Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel, 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 partner city through the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program. The project serves as a…

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  • Situation in Israel – Donate to Victims of Terror 

    Give Now. As Israel heads into Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance/Memorial Day) – a day to honor the memory of those who have fallen in sacrifice of a Jewish state – we mourn with Israel for the four Israeli civilians murdered by Hamas rocket attacks – Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, 21; Ziad al-Hamamda, 47; Moshe Feder, 68; and…

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  • Jewish Community Partners Joins Other Thought and Faith Leaders in Call to Censure Judge Jim Lammey

    Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey caused alarm when he took to Facebook to share an article by Holocaust denier David Cole, which, among other vile sentiments, included Cole’s idea that Jews should “get the f___ over the Holocaust.”    Judge Lammey’s April 5 post was only one example of his habit of sharing articles, conspiracy…

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  • Sustaining Culture and Community: The Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

    This year’s winning entry in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Essay contest was written by Nashville resident and Franklin High School 12th Grader Jake Bengelsdorf. He traveled to Memphis to read this essay at Yom HaShoah, which took place Thursday evening. There is one course of action so powerful that it can defeat any…

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