Tag: JFNA

  • StrongTogether: Three Memphis Women Chosen For Prestigious National Cohort

    StrongTogether: Three Memphis Women Chosen For Prestigious National Cohort

    “We are all very similar in many ways, but we live in these different communities, have different backgrounds, and have different experiences with volunteering and running programs,” said Jaclyn Marshall, one of three dynamic Memphis women nominated by Memphis Jewish Federation and selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of…

  • Jewish Federation of North America Allocates Funds to Help Besieged Israelis

    Jewish Federation of North America Allocates Funds to Help Besieged Israelis

    Jerusalem, Israel — The Jewish Federation of North America allocated nearly half a million dollars to help relieve suffering in southern Israel caused by ‘kite arson’ and provide trauma counseling and support for a growing number of Israelis who have been impacted by increased strife along the Gazan border. Federations provided funding so…

  • JFNA Hails Congress for Increasing Funding to Help Holocaust Survivors & Protect Organizations Vulnerable to Terrorist Threats

    JFNA Hails Congress for Increasing Funding to Help Holocaust Survivors & Protect Organizations Vulnerable to Terrorist Threats

    Washington – The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) today hailed Congress for bolstering nonprofit security funding from $25 million to $60 million, and for doubling assistance for Holocaust survivors from $2.5 million to $5 million in the pending spending package for fiscal year 2018. Last night, Congress released the…

  • Grant Impact Spotlight- Jewish Agency for Israel

    Grant Impact Spotlight- Jewish Agency for Israel

    By Gila Golder In 2016-2017, Memphis Jewish Federation granted $782, 363 to the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), one of our Jewish Federations of North America overseas partners. We’re proud to partner with this incredible organization and to support its critical work in Israel and around the globe. Mark Moskowitz, JAFI’s…

  • Heart2Heart: Women’s Philanthropy

    Heart2Heart: Women’s Philanthropy

    JFNA National Women’s Philanthropy is proud to present Heart to Heart 9: Empowering. Exhilarating. Extraordinary. Embark on a life-changing odyssey. Join like-minded, smart, motivated women from across North America on a uniquely inspiring journey. Spend five amazing days traveling Israel. Explore the country’s rich culture, embrace your spirituality, and see…

  • A Firsthand Look at the Jewish Federation’s work in India

    A Firsthand Look at the Jewish Federation’s work in India

    Reprinted from ejewishphilanthropy.com By Rebecca Loeb It’s one thing to read, from the comforts of my home in Houston, about the Jewish Federation’s humanitarian work around the world. To witness that work up close, in India, is an entirely different experience. I recently visited India on a Jewish Federations of North…

  • Amal Elsana Alh’jooj: For the Answers You Must Go and Search

    Amal Elsana Alh’jooj: For the Answers You Must Go and Search

    Earlier this year, a natural-born activist visited the Memphis Jewish community and brought her amazing stories. Amal Elsana Alh’jooj journeyed to Memphis as a lecturer for Beth Sholom’s Israel: Behind the Conflict speaker series, a program funded in part by a Lemsky Endowment Fund grant through Memphis Jewish Federation, with additional…

  • Andy Cohen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Rep. John Lewis Walk Into a Conference Center…

    Andy Cohen, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Rep. John Lewis Walk Into a Conference Center…

    The General Assembly convenes thousands of volunteer and professional leaders from Federations across North America, along with those in the business of Jewish philanthropy from around the world. Obviously, we’re pretty into Jewish philanthropy around the world. But we’re also pretty into Watch What Happens: Live, mostly because we feel…