Tag: Facing History and Ourselves

  • Federation’s Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Facing History Help CBHS Teens Understand Judaism, Antisemitism

    Federation’s Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Facing History Help CBHS Teens Understand Judaism, Antisemitism

    CBHS seniors in Dr. Keith Wood’s Facing History and Ourselves class virtually attended Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration in April. Wood takes pride in the a-ha moments the curriculum delivers to his almost exclusively non-Jewish students, guiding them to reexamine their relationships with Jewish friends and neighbors…

  • Federation Events in March and April Honor Holocaust Survivors and Victims

    Federation Events in March and April Honor Holocaust Survivors and Victims

    While Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70 this spring, Memphis Jewish Federation is offering programs that honor an earlier, darker chapter of Jewish history- the Holocaust.   2018 Holocaust Art & Essay Contest Memphis middle and high school students have submitted their entries for this year’s Holocaust Art & Essay Contest, competing…

  • Federation Events in March and April Honor Holocaust Survivors and Victims

    Federation Events in March and April Honor Holocaust Survivors and Victims

    While Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70 this spring, Memphis Jewish Federation is offering programs that honor an earlier, darker chapter of Jewish history- the Holocaust.   2018 Holocaust Art & Essay Contest Memphis middle and high school students have submitted their entries for this year’s Holocaust Art & Essay Contest, competing…

  • My Israel Story #41- Rachel Shankman

    My Israel Story #41- Rachel Shankman

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…

  • Get Involved!- How to Remain an Upstander When Hate is in the Headlines

    Get Involved!- How to Remain an Upstander When Hate is in the Headlines

    An upcoming workshop aims to empower all citizens, and educators in particular, with ways to use high-profile acts of hatred as teachable moments, in the classroom and in our day-to-day lives. The workshop will be held Tuesday, October 17, 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M., at Goldie Margolin School for Girls.…

  • Facing Our History and Each Other After Charlottesville

    Facing Our History and Each Other After Charlottesville

    Originally published in the Commercial Appeal. Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational non-profit dedicated to erasing bigotry and racism around the globe. They are funded in part by your gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign.  By Michele Becton and Efraim Wiener Michele Becton is a 2017 graduate of St.…

  • CentreStage Theatre’s Judgment at Nuremberg Examines Historic, Current Issues

    CentreStage Theatre’s Judgment at Nuremberg Examines Historic, Current Issues

    CentreStage Theatre presents one of the classic courtroom dramas: Judgment at Nuremberg, which examines responsibility and justice in post-war Germany. Listen to cast members Skip Howard and Evan Mann discuss their staging of the play on WKNO’s Checking on the Arts.   CentreStage Theatre, in partnership with Facing History and Ourselves, presents one…

  • MJCC to Host Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul in January

    MJCC to Host Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul in January

    On January 9th at 7:00 P.M. the Memphis Jewish Community Center, through their Center for Jewish Living and Learning, is hosting a lively conversation, entitled “Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul.” MJCC’s two special guests, Jonathan Tobin, senior online editor and chief political blogger of Commentary Magazine, and J.J. Goldberg, editor-at-large…

  • Upstanders Mural: Extraordinary Memphians

    Upstanders Mural: Extraordinary Memphians

    Photos and some text taken from the Memphis Daily News. Nina Katz, Lucy Tibbs and Rev. Billy Kyles are among the social justice figures in Memphis history honored in a new Downtown mural unveiled on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Katz is one of a few Jewish Mempians honored in the mural.…

  • Kay Usdan Saslawsky Institute for Ethical Leadership: A Sustainable, Knowledge-Rich Jewish Community

    Kay Usdan Saslawsky Institute for Ethical Leadership: A Sustainable, Knowledge-Rich Jewish Community

    Gearing up for its inaugural year, the Kay Usdan Saslawsky Institute for Ethical Leadership launches Spring 2017, sponsored by Jewish Community Partners and held at the MJCC.  The seminar will be facilitated by notable educators and community leaders Rachel Shankman and Rabbi Feivel Strauss, who will teach a curriculum developed by…