Tag: Jewish philanthropy

  • JCP Summer Intern Spotlight- Aaron Salomon

    JCP Summer Intern Spotlight- Aaron Salomon

    Aaron Salomon Marketing Intern Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee College/Graduate school: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Do you belong to a local congregation? Temple Israel  How long have you been a member of the Memphis community? Almost 21 years – my whole life.  What is your job at JCP, and how long have…

  • JCP-commissioned Holocaust Film ‘Lives Restarted’ Now Available on Amazon Prime

    JCP-commissioned Holocaust Film ‘Lives Restarted’ Now Available on Amazon Prime

    Lives Restarted, a compelling documentary, shares the stories, faces and voices of Holocaust survivors reflecting on their journeys from liberation to freedom in America. The 38-minute documentary is now available in the United States for viewing and digital download through Amazon Prime Video. Unlike previous Holocaust films, Lives Restarted focuses…

  • Ken Steinberg Elected 3rd Chair of Jewish Community Partners

    Ken Steinberg Elected 3rd Chair of Jewish Community Partners

    Long-time Jewish communal leader Ken Steinberg was elected the 3rd chair of Jewish Community Partners at its annual meeting, Tuesday, June 18.  Steinberg, a life-long Memphian, served a two-year term as Chair of Memphis Jewish Federation and a one-year term as Chair of Jewish Foundation of Memphis prior to his…

  • Charles Jalenak Passes Jewish Foundation of Memphis Torch to New Leader

    Charles Jalenak Passes Jewish Foundation of Memphis Torch to New Leader

    By Susan Nieman On June 18, 2019, at the joint annual meeting of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), Memphis Jewish Federation (MJF), and Jewish Foundation of Memphis (JFOM), Charles Jalenak passed the torch as Foundation Chair after serving in the role for two years. Mr. Jalenak has spent a lifetime connected…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Invests in Israel Experiences for Local Youth

    Memphis Jewish Federation Invests in Israel Experiences for Local Youth

    By Gila Golder Exciting. Meaningful. Spiritual. Special. Amazing. Outstanding. These are just some of the adjectives student participants used to describe their Spring 2019 Israel experiences, led by Bornblum Jewish Community School and Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South and made possible by significant grants from Memphis Jewish Federation’s…

  • Memphis Jewish Community Welcomes Teen Scouts from Israel

    Memphis Jewish Community Welcomes Teen Scouts from Israel

    By Gila Golder School’s out, temperatures are climbing, grills are popping up in backyards— and two vivacious and energetic Israeli teens are in town, engaging with the community and serving as informal goodwill ambassadors for Israel. Must be summer in Memphis! Reut Shnitzer, 17 (on the left above), and Ella…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: David Bearman

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: David Bearman

    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.…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Daniel Snyder

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Daniel Snyder

    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.…

  • Despair and Depression Hang on the Guarded Gates: JCP Connects Young Poets to Memories of the Holocaust

    Despair and Depression Hang on the Guarded Gates: JCP Connects Young Poets to Memories of the Holocaust

    By Gila Golder Despair and depression hang on the guarded gates, while the beating wind often knocks the people down into the muddied waters of tears. More people should have helped fight for the Jews’ freedom. These impassioned words are taken from poems written by young students in Memphis who…

  • Situation in Israel – Donate to Victims of Terror 

    Situation in Israel – Donate to Victims of Terror 

    Give Now. As Israel heads into Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance/Memorial Day) – a day to honor the memory of those who have fallen in sacrifice of a Jewish state – we mourn with Israel for the four Israeli civilians murdered by Hamas rocket attacks – Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, 21; Ziad al-Hamamda,…