Tag: Jewish Community Partners staff

  • Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis Receive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

    Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis Receive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

    By Emma Figarsky Memphis Jewish Federation and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis have both received a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, which is the highest possible rating. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. Federation and Foundation are currently two of twelve Four-Star charities in the…

  • Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    In a strangely disconnected year, Dot Bilsky has relied on her long affiliation with the Memphis Jewish Federation Lions of Judah as a way to stay connected to the people and places she loves in Jewish Memphis. “I became a Lion because my husband signed me up, and I am…

  • Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Momentum is swelling behind a group of young adults – some new to Memphis, others born and raised here – committed to Memphis Jewish Federation’s efforts to care for, connect, and engage Jewish people of all ages through a wide array of programs and services. Formerly known as YAD (the…

  • Miriam Roochvarg Joins Jewish Community Partners Team to Oversee PJ Library, Israeli Scouts, and More

    Miriam Roochvarg Joins Jewish Community Partners Team to Oversee PJ Library, Israeli Scouts, and More

    Jewish Community Partners announces the hiring of Miriam Roochvarg, who joins JCP as Engagement Associate. Miriam will oversee various Memphis Jewish Federation initiatives, including PJ Library, Newcomers, Shalom Baby, and the Israeli Scouts. A lifetime of rich Jewish experiences and engagement has equipped her with the ideal skillset and outlook…

  • Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    Jewish Community Partners President and CEO Laura Linder, or a special guest writer, sits down most Friday mornings to write a personal and timely letter to our beloved Memphis Jewish community. June 11- Longing for an Ordinary Day (by Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein) May 14- We Stand with Israel, Now and Forever…

  • Archive: Fogelman Family Service’s News From the Heart

    Archive: Fogelman Family Service’s News From the Heart

    Every Tuesday, we’ll share a story that spotlights the work of the Wendy and Avron B. Fogelman Jewish Family Service at the Memphis Jewish Community Center with News From the Heart. Browse these stories here. July 29- Shalom Shuttle: Always at Your Service April 28- (Above) Debra and Alex Saharovoch…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Gabby Bray

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Gabby Bray

    Photo and interview by Gila Golder 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…

  • This Year, Hillel’s Yiddishe Cup Asks a Question: What’s Your Hillel Story?

    This Year, Hillel’s Yiddishe Cup Asks a Question: What’s Your Hillel Story?

    It’s time to polish up on your putt-putt skills for Hillels of Memphis Annual Yiddishe Cup Mini Golf Tournament. Enjoyed by people of all ages, this year’s challenge will be held on Sunday, April 26, at 2 p.m. at Golf & Games located at 5484 Summer Avenue. Rain or shine,…

  • Jewish Life on Memphis Campuses: Hillel Fall Semester Review

    Jewish Life on Memphis Campuses: Hillel Fall Semester Review

    By Sophie Bloch, Director, Hillels of Memphis Above: University of Memphis students Niki Schienberg, Gila Karasik, Eli Apel, and Jessica Breining gather for an end of semester Hanukkah lunch at the Morris S. Fogelman Hillel building near the University of Memphis campus. I often joke that my job as the…

  • Fedovation: How can we improve our community?

    Fedovation: How can we improve our community?

    Pictured above: Participants in Baron Hirsch Congregation’s Torah Fellows program are all smiles while working with Jewish youth to make sandwiches for the hungry this past Purim.   It all starts with a simple question: How can we improve our community? If you have a creative idea for a program…