Tag: Jewish Community Partners

  • Sustaining Culture and Community: The Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

    Sustaining Culture and Community: The Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto

    This year’s winning entry in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Essay contest was written by Nashville resident and Franklin High School 12th Grader Jake Bengelsdorf. He traveled to Memphis to read this essay at Yom HaShoah, which took place Thursday evening. There is one course of action so powerful…

  • The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Second Place Winner of Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Essay Competition

    The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Second Place Winner of Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Essay Competition

    This year’s second prize-winning entry in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Essay contest was written by Christian Brothers High School 12th Grader Sloan McHugh. The first prize winner will read their eassy at this year’s Yom HaShoah, which will be held Thursday, May 2, 6:30 PM at the MJCC.…

  • Middle School Students Explore ‘the Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto’ Through Art

    Middle School Students Explore ‘the Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto’ Through Art

    By Gila Golder If you stop by the Memphis Jewish Community Center anytime between now and May 5, you’ll be treated to an incredible display of artwork in the lobby, just in front of the Social Hall. The display showcases art from local middle school students who participated in Memphis…

  • 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.…

  • Religious Hate Harms People of All Faiths

    Religious Hate Harms People of All Faiths

    We were horrified by the news over the weekend of the attacks on Christian worshipers in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the latest global example of religiously motivated violence. The bombings, which killed almost 300 people and injured more than 500, are being attributed to the National Thowheed Jamaath, a…

  • Warren Kramer: A Survivor’s Story

    Warren Kramer: A Survivor’s Story

    95-year-old Warren Kramer, pictured above in his youth with his parents and grandparents, spends the colder half of each year in Memphis with his daughter, Adina Samberg, and her family, living in New York City with his other daughter Evelyn Moskowitz for the spring and summer months. Jewish Community Partners…

  • Holocaust Art & Essay Winners Announced

    Holocaust Art & Essay Winners Announced

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s 10th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition invited students to respond to the topic Sustaining Culture and Community: The Many Faces of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto. Open to all students in Tennessee and the Mid-South, the contest drew submissions from a diverse group of students from…

  • Tastes of Jewish Memphis: Gila Golder’s Homemade Matzo Balls and Seder Appetizer Plate

    Tastes of Jewish Memphis: Gila Golder’s Homemade Matzo Balls and Seder Appetizer Plate

    We’re launching this new recipe series just in time for Passover, with two dishes from JCP’s own Gila Golder, our Community Impact Associate. Do you have a beloved family dish, a creative twist on a classic, or brand new concoction you’d like to share with Jewish Memphis? Pitch your idea…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Cindi Weinstein

    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…

  • Jason D. Salomon Selected as Best Estate Planning Attorney

    Jason D. Salomon Selected as Best Estate Planning Attorney

    Jason D. Salomon is deeply involved in our work in the Memphis Jewish Community, and an all around top notch guy. He serves on the JCP board and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis board and also chairs Foundation’s Professional Advisory Group. He’s also a member of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Grants…