Tag: Memphis Jewish Federation Campaign

  • Memphis Seniors Benefit from Generous Grant Awarded to Memphis Jewish Federation

    Memphis Seniors Benefit from Generous Grant Awarded to Memphis Jewish Federation

    Memphis Jewish Federation (MJF) was awarded with a generous grant from the Butler Snow Foundation to benefit vulnerable Memphis-area seniors. “We are thrilled and thankful to have been awarded this grant to address the dignity and wellness of seniors who receive services through two of our partner agencies – the…

  • Fedovation: How can we improve our community?

    Fedovation: How can we improve our community?

    Pictured above: Participants in Baron Hirsch Congregation’s Torah Fellows program are all smiles while working with Jewish youth to make sandwiches for the hungry this past Purim.   It all starts with a simple question: How can we improve our community? If you have a creative idea for a program…

  • June and Bernard Garfinkel Create a Powerful Legacy with help of Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    June and Bernard Garfinkel Create a Powerful Legacy with help of Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    Creating a sound legacy plan, one that reflects your hopes and dreams, takes careful planning, and good advisors.  That’s why in 1999 Bernard Garfinkel, of blessed memory, turned to the Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Executive Director Paula Jacobson to help guide him and his wife June through the process…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation and Memphis Jewish Community Center  To Host Lunch and Learn With Local Artist Carol Buchman

    Memphis Jewish Federation and Memphis Jewish Community Center To Host Lunch and Learn With Local Artist Carol Buchman

    “Thou Shall Not Want, The 7 Species of Sukkot” is a striking mixed-media art piece created by renowned local artist and arts educator Carol Buchman and inspired, she says, by a recent visit to Memphis’ partner city of Shoham in Israel. The canvas is now hanging in Carol’s “Words Matter”…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Elaine and Fred Miner

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Elaine and Fred Miner

    Photo and interview by Jimmy and Natalie Jalenak 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…

  • Hannah Siegler: My Teen Israel Experience

    Hannah Siegler: My Teen Israel Experience

    Hannah Siegler, the daughter of Stacy and Jerry Siegler, is an 11th grade student at Lausanne Collegiate School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the costs of her Summer 2019 NFTY program in Israel. All rising juniors and seniors…

  • Jewish Foundation of Memphis Kicks Off Year-Long 25th Anniversary Celebration with Latkes & Vodka

    Jewish Foundation of Memphis Kicks Off Year-Long 25th Anniversary Celebration with Latkes & Vodka

    Twenty-five years ago, the Memphis Jewish community came together to create an organization that would work to ensure that our children and grandchildren would benefit from a thriving Jewish community. This invaluable resource evolved quickly into Jewish Memphis’s trusted partner in charitable giving, the Jewish Foundation of Memphis. The Jewish…

  • Sophie Skolnick: My Teen Israel Experience

    Sophie Skolnick: My Teen Israel Experience

    My experience in Israel was amazing and had a major impact on my life. The trip was filled with amazing teens and staff who made me feel excited about Israel and Judaism. My time in Israel would not have been nearly the same without all of these wonderful people I…

  • Benjamin Mendelson: My Teen Israel Experience

    Benjamin Mendelson: My Teen Israel Experience

    Benjamin Mendelson, the son of Tracey and David Mendelson, is a 11th grade student at Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the costs of his Summer 2019 NCSY program in Israel. All rising…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Plans Impactful Women’s Event to Support Jewish Needs Locally and Globally

    Memphis Jewish Federation Plans Impactful Women’s Event to Support Jewish Needs Locally and Globally

    Excitement is in the air as plans are underway for Memphis Jewish Federation’s Women’s Impact Luncheon featuring OPI Nail Lacquer co-founder and brand ambassador Suzi Weiss-Fischmann. Learn more and buy tickets. This donor appreciation event comes on the heels of two recent Memphis Jewish Federation (MJF) women’s mission trips to…