Tag: Jewish Memphis
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Free Jewish Books Bring Families Together
Five Memphis families of diverse Jewish backgrounds gather around a table, little ones wiggling in their arms. Each adult is holding a blessing card and together they sing and welcome Shabbat. The dinner conversation ranges from Jewish values to parenting challenges, with intermittent pauses to clean up spilled milk and…
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Most Recent Anti-Semitic Graffiti at UTK Gets Quick Response from Administration
Last Fall, two incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti occurred on the iconic “rock” at University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK). After a mild public response from school officials, the four Jewish Federations of Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville) sent a joint letter to UT President Randy Boyd and UTK Chancellor Wayne Davis,…
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Jewish Community Partners Pilots School Counselor Collaboration
Once again, Jewish Community Partners (JCP) has served as the central organization to facilitate a collaborative community effort that will benefit Jewish Memphis. In October, Vanessa Akeredolu will begin her post as the first joint school counselor serving students at Bornblum Jewish Community School (Bornblum) and Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva…
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Jewish Foundation Calling All Professional Advisors to Be Included in New Directory
Above: Jason Salomon, estate attorney and Chair of the Professional Advisory Group (PAG) of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, where he also serves on the board of directors, chats with Jewish Foundation Donor Advised Fund holder Evelyn Makowsky. The PAG is made up of professionals in various legal, financial, and…
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Jewish Foundation Offering Two Planned Giving Seminars September 19
Are you an estate planning attorney? An employee at a non-profit organization? A board member of a Jewish agency in Memphis? Or someone who wants to learn more about fundraising and philanthropy? If you answered yes to one of these questions, then the Jewish Foundation of Memphis has two events…
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Celebrate Shabbat with PJ Library
Are you looking for meaningful ways to celebrate Shabbat with your kids? Then Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library has just the program for you. Shabbat Shalom Y’all Dinners were a hit last year with more than 26 families participating in home-hosted Shabbat dinners made possible through the Memphis Jewish Federation…
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Jewish Community Partners Promotes Staff Into Key Roles
Matt Timberlake and Abbey Cowens officially stepped into new key roles at Jewish Community Partners (JCP), which operates Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis. Matt will serve as director of communications and Abbey as manager, campaign and corporate development. Matt will lead a team of professional writers and…
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My Israel Story- Rebecca Sabin
This past summer, I was fortunate to be able to spend 10 weeks in Israel. One of the highlights of my trip was the 6 days I spent in Shoham, Memphis’s sister city. I stayed with two host families, and I helped at the Gan (preschool), assisting in a classroom…
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Dr. Scott Strome Headlining Memphis Jewish Federation Maimonides Event
Memphis Jewish Federation will host a Maimonides Society networking event at the home of Scott Strome, MD, FACS on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 at 7 p.m. Dr. Strome, the Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Felicitas Sloves
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 Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program. The project…