Tag: Jewish philanthropy

  • Adam Lazarov: A Lifestyle of Leadership and Philanthropy

    Adam Lazarov: A Lifestyle of Leadership and Philanthropy

    Pictured are Memphis Jewish Federation Annual Community Campaign donors Jami and Adam Lazarov, along with their two children, Sonia and Audrey. Photo by Jen Howell. “Jewish Memphis is a safe haven and a strong community that my children will always be able to turn to,” said Adam Lazarov. “Supporting it…

  • Stanley and Dot Bilsky – A History of Helping

    Stanley and Dot Bilsky – A History of Helping

    “You can help people by yourself, but if you work with Memphis Jewish Federation and Jewish Foundation of Memphis you can do so much more, you can impact so many more people,” said Dot Bilsky. “They find people that I don’t even know who need help. To me it’s a…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis Receive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

    Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis Receive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

    By Emma Figarsky Memphis Jewish Federation and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis have both received a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, which is the highest possible rating. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. Federation and Foundation are currently two of twelve Four-Star charities in the…

  • Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    In a strangely disconnected year, Dot Bilsky has relied on her long affiliation with the Memphis Jewish Federation Lions of Judah as a way to stay connected to the people and places she loves in Jewish Memphis. “I became a Lion because my husband signed me up, and I am…

  • Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Momentum is swelling behind a group of young adults – some new to Memphis, others born and raised here – committed to Memphis Jewish Federation’s efforts to care for, connect, and engage Jewish people of all ages through a wide array of programs and services. Formerly known as YAD (the…

  • DonorStrong: My Father’s Example

    DonorStrong: My Father’s Example

    Few family names are as synonymous with philanthropy in Memphis as Scheidt. From university buildings to the pages of innumerable non-profit annual reports, the name is a constant in our city, in the Jewish community and beyond. When the family patriarch, Rudi Scheidt, Sr., of blessed memory, passed away this…

  • Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    Jewish Community Partners President and CEO Laura Linder, or a special guest writer, sits down most Friday mornings to write a personal and timely letter to our beloved Memphis Jewish community. June 11- Longing for an Ordinary Day (by Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein) May 14- We Stand with Israel, Now and Forever…

  • Archive: Fogelman Family Service’s News From the Heart

    Archive: Fogelman Family Service’s News From the Heart

    Every Tuesday, we’ll share a story that spotlights the work of the Wendy and Avron B. Fogelman Jewish Family Service at the Memphis Jewish Community Center with News From the Heart. Browse these stories here. July 29- Shalom Shuttle: Always at Your Service April 28- (Above) Debra and Alex Saharovoch…

  • Upcoming Deadline for Memphis Jewish Federation’s  11th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition

    Upcoming Deadline for Memphis Jewish Federation’s 11th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition

    Above: Jennifer Shiberou (right), an art teacher at Colonial Middle School, has participated in Memphis Jewish Federation’s Holocaust Art Contest since its inception 11 years ago. Her student Kathy Lam (left) is a two-time contest winnner, as a 7th grade student in 2018 and as an 8th grade student in…

  • ‘First Lady of Nails’ Suzi Weiss-Fischmann Celebrates the Power of Women with Memphis Jewish Federation

    ‘First Lady of Nails’ Suzi Weiss-Fischmann Celebrates the Power of Women with Memphis Jewish Federation

    Hundreds of women made an impact on the Jewish community through gifts they pledged at Federation’s first-ever Women’s Impact Luncheon featuring OPI Nail Lacquer co-founder, author, and philanthropist Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. It was a celebration of Jewish philanthropy with women of every age represented and every segment of our Jewish community…