Tag: Jewish Community Partners
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Community Member Zev Samuels to Receive State-Wide Recognition for Social Work
Dear friends, Today in Nashville on Capitol Hill, MIFA’s Zev Samuels will receive the Tennessee Social Worker of the Year Award bestowed by the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Zev, a professional social worker for over 27 years, is manager of MIFA’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman program…
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Local Educator Helps Connect Memphis Students to Their Shoham Counterparts
By Anat Kampf Over the past winter break, Anat Kampf, Margolin Hebrew Academy’s Middle School assistant principal, traveled to Shoham, Israel, to continue building the partnership with Memphis’ sister city. The trip was funded by Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership2Gether Initiative. These are reflections on her journey. This past December,…
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Taste of Israel 2019 Brings Israeli Flavor to Memphis April 4
Erling Jensen (Erling Jensen the Restaurant), Karen Carrier (Bar DKDC, Beauty Shop, Another Roadside Attraction) and Shelly Ostrow (Holy Cow) return with the flavors of Israel for Memphis Jewish Federation’s Taste of Israel 2019, presented by SunTrust Bank. This year, they are joined by two exciting newcomers to the gala…
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Recognizing And Calling Out Anti-Semitism
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry. In the wake of recent events that led to the passage of this resolution we have heard from members of our community who are distressed over the lack of public understanding/recognition of anti-Semitism. As part of our…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Charlotte Fineberg Bruechner
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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My Jewish Connections on the Rhodes College Campus
By Marisa Moore There are currently five Jewish Community Fellows at Rhodes College. As part of their fellowship, they periodically share their experiences as Jewish college students with the larger community. Being Jewish has always been a huge part of my life. When I was younger, I attended Hebrew school…
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Tech Upgrades Streamline Operations, Increase Productivity
By Gila Golder Fulfilling Jewish Community Partners’ mission to keep our Jewish community cared for, connected, and engaged just got a whole lot easier. Thanks to a generous grant from a donor who holds a fund with the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, Jewish Community Partners has acquired several new technology…
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Preserving History: The Kaetha Mela Family Memorial Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis
“That goes back a long time,” Curt Ward said, examining the faded pledge card from 1956, showing a $3 pledge made the Jewish Welfare Fund, the predecessor organization to Memphis Jewish Federation. Mr. Ward was at the Jewish Community Partners office to finalize a fund agreement that would establish an…
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JCRS Camp & College Scholarship Deadlines: February 15 & May 31
Southern Jewish families seeking financial assistance to send their children to Jewish overnight camp, and families in search of funds to pay the costs of undergraduate college education , have a special friend in the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS), the oldest and only regional Jewish children’s social service agency…
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Dear Diary: The Germans Invaded Lodz Today
By Rakhel Finkelstein 9th grade, Goldie Margolin School for Girls This essay won second place in last year’s Holocaust Art and Essay Contest, open to all 6-12 students in Tennessee and the Mid-South. This year’s contest is just gearing up. The image is one of two second place winners, created by Anisa Shank, 8th grader at Colonial Middle School. Students in grades 6-8 are invited to submit artwork,…