Tag: Jewish Agency for Israel
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Furthering Israel & Global Jewish Engagement, Memphis Hosts JAFI and JDC
Dr. Ilana Kwartin, a JAFI representative, is pictured lecturing at a joint board meeting of Jewish Community Partners, Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Memphis Jewish Federation. As part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s strong commitment to Israel and global Jewry, Federation recently hosted its liaisons from overseas partners Jewish Agency for…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Cindi Weinstein
Interview and photo by Lynnie Mirvis 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…
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News from our Partners: Chairman Herzog invites Sheikh Tarif to address Jewish Agency conference of Diaspora leaders
From the Jewish Agency for Israel, one of our overseas partners. In a tribute of respect and appreciation for the Druze community in Israel, and in the context of the community’s protest over the legislation of the Nation-State Law, Isaac Herzog, incoming Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel,…
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My Israel Story # 39- Sheryl Alexander
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…
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People-To-People Connections: Memphis Cohort Hosted By Israeli Counterparts in Shoham
Members of our Memphis-Shoham Steering Committee are in Israel right now, meeting with their counterparts from our partner city, Shoham. Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein, our Director of Community Impact, sent these dispatches to us, along with the photos. You can see the full album of Memphis-Shoham Winter 2018 photos on Facebook. 1…
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Grant Impact Spotlight- Jewish Agency for Israel
By Gila Golder In 2016-2017, Memphis Jewish Federation granted $782, 363 to the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), one of our Jewish Federations of North America overseas partners. We’re proud to partner with this incredible organization and to support its critical work in Israel and around the globe. Mark Moskowitz, JAFI’s…
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The Future of the Jewish Agency is Now
By Andy Groveman (originally published online by ejewishphilanthropy.com) David Ben Gurion was not a man comfortable wearing a suit and a tie. He did not take pleasure in frequenting corporate board rooms and his passion was not cozying up to world leaders and people of power and great wealth. No…
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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…
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JAFI: Connecting Jews to Israel
The latest download of news from our partners at The Jewish Agency for Israel is filled with stories about action, passion, and impact. Read on to learn more about the lives we change together through philanthropy. BRINGING ISRAEL TO JEWISH COMMUNITIES Building bridges in the face of adversity. After…
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After the Fire, the Gift of Family
Reprinted from our partners at The Jewish Federations of North America. Your giving to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign makes funds available for families in need, in Memphis, Israel and around the world. This story is an example of the impact your giving can have on people in communities…