Tag: Jewish students

  • Jewish Changemakers Fellowship Gives Young Adults Opportunity to Step Up During COVID-19

    Jewish Changemakers Fellowship Gives Young Adults Opportunity to Step Up During COVID-19

    By Sophie Bloch, Director of Hillels of Memphis To no one’s surprise, many young adults have had to change their plans this summer because of the Coronavirus. Lots of programs are cancelled and jobs are hard to find, leaving countless young adults feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. Meanwhile, they still want…

  • 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…

  • New Semester, New Hillel at Rhodes

    New Semester, New Hillel at Rhodes

    June 30, 2016 – (Memphis, TENNESSEE) – In partnership with our friends and colleagues at Rhodes College, Jewish Community Partners is proud to announce the formation of a Hillel at Rhodes College, which will launch with the fall 2016 semester. Around 70 Jewish students are enrolled at Rhodes, and while…