Tag: Cindy Finestone

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Mobilizes Community to Join $36 Million National Emergency Campaign to Support Ukrainian Jews

    Memphis Jewish Federation Mobilizes Community to Join $36 Million National Emergency Campaign to Support Ukrainian Jews

    Jewish families in Ukraine have benefited from donor gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign for years, through partner agencies on the ground like JDC, JAFI and World ORT. To meet needs emerging in the wake of war every day, Memphis Jewish Federation has joined Jewish Federations of North…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Welcomes Newcomers to Community

    Memphis Jewish Federation Welcomes Newcomers to Community

    “I found the Newcomer event to be an excellent way to reconnect to my roots in Memphis. It reassured me that I made the right decision in moving back to my hometown,” said Ari Zelig, who recently returned to Memphis with his wife, Danielle. “The Memphis Jewish community is incredibly warm…

  • StrongTogether: Three Memphis Women Chosen For Prestigious National Cohort

    StrongTogether: Three Memphis Women Chosen For Prestigious National Cohort

    “We are all very similar in many ways, but we live in these different communities, have different backgrounds, and have different experiences with volunteering and running programs,” said Jaclyn Marshall, one of three dynamic Memphis women nominated by Memphis Jewish Federation and selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of…

  • Newly Elected Memphis Jewish Federation Chair Cindy Finestone is Passionate About Philanthropy

    Newly Elected Memphis Jewish Federation Chair Cindy Finestone is Passionate About Philanthropy

    Cindy Finestone isn’t your typical Memphis Jewish lay leader, donor, or Federation chair. Neither she nor her husband, Mark, grew up in Memphis, and neither of them have family here. So how did Cindy and Mark become so involved that she now serves as chair of Memphis Jewish Federation? “My…

  • Anthony Morrison Elected to Chair Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    Anthony Morrison Elected to Chair Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    Photo: At Our Annual Meeting in June, Anthony Morrison, left, was elected Chair of Jewish Foundation of Memphis. For the next two years, he will work closely with newly elected Chair of Memphis Jewish Federation Cindy Finestone and Chair of Jewish Community Partners Ken Steinberg. Photo by Rena Knopf Long-time…

  • The Power of the Collective: Memphis Lions of Judah Recognize Philanthropic Accomplishments

    The Power of the Collective: Memphis Lions of Judah Recognize Philanthropic Accomplishments

    It was an afternoon of recognition and accomplishments, highlighted by the presence of Judy Altenberg, past national women’s philanthropy chair of Jewish Federations of North America. More than 50 Memphis Lions of Judah gathered at the home of Shelley Robbins and Reed Landau to celebrate their collective spirit of giving.…

  • Your Campaign Dollars at Work: Enabling Life-Altering Experiences in Ukraine

    Your Campaign Dollars at Work: Enabling Life-Altering Experiences in Ukraine

    Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign joined their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource Development), and Cindy Finestone (Memphis Jewish Federation board member and JCP Financial Resource…

  • Imagine Everything Was Different

    Imagine Everything Was Different

    Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign left Memphis last weekend to join their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource Development), and Cindy Finestone (Memphis Jewish Federation board…

  • L’hitraot!: Memphians Join Jewish Federations of North America Leaders Mission to Kiev and Israel

    L’hitraot!: Memphians Join Jewish Federations of North America Leaders Mission to Kiev and Israel

    Planning Ahead Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign left Memphis Sunday to join their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Pictured above, Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource…