Tag: Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan
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Memphis Jewish Community Welcomes Teen Scouts from Israel
By Gila Golder School’s out, temperatures are climbing, grills are popping up in backyards— and two vivacious and energetic Israeli teens are in town, engaging with the community and serving as informal goodwill ambassadors for Israel. Must be summer in Memphis! Reut Shnitzer, 17 (on the left above), and Ella…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Bert Wolff
Interview by Gila Golder Photo by Ronnie Booze 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…
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Israeli Scouts Build Meaningful Relationships with Memphians
Two Scouts. Twelve weeks. Eleven host families. Forty-five days of camp. One incredible summer to add to the decades-long tradition of Israeli Scouts in Memphis. Tzuf Bitton and Adam Levy, both 17, had each been a part of the Israel Scout (Tzofim) youth movement in Israel since 4th grade. They…
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Jewish Foundation of Memphis Facilitates Grant to Israel Scouts in Memory of Art Wolff, z”l
By Sarah VanderWalde Those who leave legacies live on in the hearts of the people they touch. Their achievements become immortal, spreading from generation to generation. Art Wolff, of blessed memory, was an avid supporter of Tzofim, a national Zionist youth movement in Israel, known locally in Memphis as the…
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Israel Scout Friendship Caravan Youth Tours Memphis in July
It’s that time of year: the Israel Scouts Friendship Caravan is coming to Memphis again this summer to entertain the Jewish community as well as the broader Memphis community. July 24 and 25, the Scouts will present four public performances across Memphis during their visit, which is funded by a…
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Israeli Scouts End Summer in Memphis On High Note
By Gila Golder Israeli teenagers Roni Gamzon and Ofek Segal knew they were in for a memorable summer when they landed in the Bluff City in early June. What they didn’t know was that, as the Memphis delegates from the Israel Scout (Tzofim) youth movement in Israel, they would quickly…
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Saba to Every Scout: The Legacy of Art Wolff, z”l.
By Alyson Chensasky In Memphis, you can’t think of the Israel Scouts without thinking of Art Wolff, z”l. Connecting Memphis to Israel was always Art’s passion. When he learned of a program in Israel that brought young Scouts to America, he knew he’d found a program that would impact the…
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Meet the Israeli Scout Counselors- Merav and Tom
This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulled into Memphis this weekend, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show tonight, at 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28, 7:00 P.M.…
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Meet the Israeli Scouts- Yuval and Ori
This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulls into Memphis Sunday, June 25, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show Monday, June 26, 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28,…
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Meet the Israeli Scouts- Karin and Itamar
This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulls into Memphis Sunday, June 25, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show Monday, June 26, 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28,…