Tag: Campaign

  • Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC

    Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC

    (Photos from Yom HaShoah 2016, Steve Conroy- photographer) Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend JCP’s 55th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program. The event will honor Holocaust survivors living…

  • Happily Living in Jewish Memphis

    Happily Living in Jewish Memphis

    By Shoshana Cenker “Memphis? You’re moving back to Memphis?” That was the question many of our friends and family asked us when my husband Dovid and I decided we’d leave his hometown of Atlanta and move our family to my hometown – Memphis. And to be honest, I never thought I’d…

  • Donor Spotlight- Allen Iskiwitz: Confessions of a Philanthropic Animal Lover

    Donor Spotlight- Allen Iskiwitz: Confessions of a Philanthropic Animal Lover

    Philanthropists who hold Donor Advised Funds through Jewish Foundation of Memphis have access to a unique set of giving tools, enabling them to give to causes that are meaningful to them, hassle-free, and backed by a team of financial, legal, and philanthropic professional volunteers. JFOM takes care of administrative tasks like…

  • Gavi Freiden: Teen Israel Experience Was Mamash Mamash Tov (Very Very Good)

    Gavi Freiden: Teen Israel Experience Was Mamash Mamash Tov (Very Very Good)

    By Gavi Freiden I spent last summer in Israel, on TJJ (The Jerusalem Journey)—the best program! The journey began at JFK airport, when my friends and I walked around and introduced ourselves to everyone while waiting for our plane to Israel. After hours of waiting to board the plane, the…

  • Our Allies: Four Stories From our Overseas Partners

    Our Allies: Four Stories From our Overseas Partners

    Jewish Community Partners works hard to maintain a high level of support for Israel and all Jewish communities across the globe. When working in communities overseas, we rely on strong partnerships with other agencies- The Joint Distribution Committee, The Jewish Agency for Israel, the Ethiopian National Project, and World ORT. Today we’ll highlight a few…

  • The Privilege of Being Involved

    The Privilege of Being Involved

    By Aaron Canales Recently, I went on a short trip. Just a weekend. It was about a month ago, give or take; the weather still a tad on the nippy side. With me was a small group of individuals, with whom I’d had the laborious joy of being elected to…

  • Memphis BBYO Seeks Volunteer Advisors

    Memphis BBYO Seeks Volunteer Advisors

    Ready to make a difference in the lives of Jewish teens? Become a BBYO advisor, and help the next generation of Jewish leaders reach their full potential.   As an advisor, you’ll work in partnership with professional staff to mentor and inspire AZA and BBG chapters. You’ll be a positive…

  • Emotional Videos Show How Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab Uses Compassion to Improve Lives

    Emotional Videos Show How Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab Uses Compassion to Improve Lives

    Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab is an integral part of the Memphis Jewish community, touching almost every family in some way. For 90 years, they have helped families of all faiths, providing rehabilitation and senior housing care with compassion and expertise. JCP is proud to be a partner in the…

  • The Impact of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers

    The Impact of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers

    The 55th Annual Yom HaShoah Community Observance will feature a film produced by students at the Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South (MHA/FYOS), who have spent this year interviewing local Holocaust survivors.  The students’ work is a part of Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program, an interactive, multi-media Holocaust…

  • “We Want People to Know They’re Still Women”: JDC Takes the Fight Against Breast Cancer to Eastern Europe

    “We Want People to Know They’re Still Women”: JDC Takes the Fight Against Breast Cancer to Eastern Europe

    It started, like so many revolutions these days, with a blog Breast cancer is a taboo subject in much of Eastern Europe, and women there often feel alone in their struggles against the disease. Bori Halom started blogging in 2012, largely out of a need to break this silence. Soon…