Tag: Jewish Federations of North America

  • 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…

  • JFNA Hails Congress for Increasing Funding to Help Holocaust Survivors & Protect Organizations Vulnerable to Terrorist Threats

    JFNA Hails Congress for Increasing Funding to Help Holocaust Survivors & Protect Organizations Vulnerable to Terrorist Threats

    Washington – The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) today hailed Congress for bolstering nonprofit security funding from $25 million to $60 million, and for doubling assistance for Holocaust survivors from $2.5 million to $5 million in the pending spending package for fiscal year 2018. Last night, Congress released the…

  • A Firsthand Look at the Jewish Federation’s work in India

    A Firsthand Look at the Jewish Federation’s work in India

    Reprinted from ejewishphilanthropy.com By Rebecca Loeb It’s one thing to read, from the comforts of my home in Houston, about the Jewish Federation’s humanitarian work around the world. To witness that work up close, in India, is an entirely different experience. I recently visited India on a Jewish Federations of North…

  • Amal Elsana Alh’jooj: For the Answers You Must Go and Search

    Amal Elsana Alh’jooj: For the Answers You Must Go and Search

    Earlier this year, a natural-born activist visited the Memphis Jewish community and brought her amazing stories. Amal Elsana Alh’jooj journeyed to Memphis as a lecturer for Beth Sholom’s Israel: Behind the Conflict speaker series, a program funded in part by a Lemsky Endowment Fund grant through Memphis Jewish Federation, with additional…

  • After the Fire, the Gift of Family

    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…