Tag: Jewish Memphis
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Hannah Siegler- Israel Will Always Be Part of Who I Am
Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…
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JCP Staff Spotlight: Aaron Canales
Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are. Aaron Canales Data Entry Specialist Birthplace: Memphis, TN. College/Graduate school: I’m a current undergrad at the University of…
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Zachary Woronoff- Walking in the Footsteps of Kings and Prophets
Each year, Memphis Jewish Federation provides a travel subsidy from the Lemsky Endowment Fund for students making the Bornblum Jewish Community School 8th Grade Trip to Israel. About ten students make the journey each year and return to Memphis with tangible personal connections to Israel. In this series, we’ll publish…
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Shoham, Memphis’ Partner City in Israel, Sends Delegation to Visit Memphis
Photo above: Laura Linder, center, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners, visited Shoham in February 2017 and met with Shoham youth and adults. Orly Lahat, right, is the chair of Shoham’s steering committee for the Memphis-Shoham partnership. By Gila Golder As part of a new partnership forged between the Memphis…
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Memphis Lions of Judah Celebrate Judaism in New York
Last week, a pride of Memphis Lions of Judah traveled to New York City at their own expense, on a mission of sisterhood and Jewish discovery. The trip brought Memphis Lions from different walks of life together in the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple, where they were able…
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A Report on Baron Hirsch’s Teen Delegation to AIPAC
By Rena Osdoba “Many Voices, One Mission.” These were the words that I repeatedly heard over the course of my trip to Washington, D.C., as I attended this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference for my second year in a row. While the slogan consisted of four short words, its meaning became a…
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Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC
(Photos from Yom HaShoah 2016, Steve Conroy- photographer) Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend JCP’s 55th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program. The event will honor Holocaust survivors living…
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Open Your Doors to the Israeli Scouts
UPDATE: Host families are still needed for Scouts. The two summer Scouts need homes for the week of June 18-25 and the week of June 25-July 2, and the Caravan Scouts are in need of housing June 25 to 29. Contact Gila Golder for information about how and your family…
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JCP Staff Spotlight: Gila Golder
Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are. Gila Golder Community Impact Associate Birthplace: West Long Branch, New Jersey, but I grew…
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Happily Living in Jewish Memphis
By Shoshana Cenker “Memphis? You’re moving back to Memphis?” That was the question many of our friends and family asked us when my husband Dovid and I decided we’d leave his hometown of Atlanta and move our family to my hometown – Memphis. And to be honest, I never thought I’d…