Tag: Memphis Jewish Federation

  • The Magic of Jewish Sleepaway Camp

    The Magic of Jewish Sleepaway Camp

    For information about Memphis Jewish Federation camp scholarships, please contact Carolyn Pruitt at cpruitt@jcpmemphis.org or (901) 767-7100. Camp Scholarship applications are due by Friday, February 9, 2018.  By Lauren Luskey Taube I have witnessed Jewish magic. The kind of magic where children, teens, and young adults stand together, arms around each other…

  • Patchwork Perspectives: The Memphis-Israel Quilt

    Patchwork Perspectives: The Memphis-Israel Quilt

    Story by Melinda Lejman, JCP Israel at 70 Coordinator Update: The Memphis-Israel Quilt” will be on display at the JCC between August 9th and August 23rd.  We’d love for folks in the community to stop by and see it!  I have a quilt that I kept on my bed as a…

  • PJ Library® Launches PJ Library Radio –  A Streaming Music Service for Families with Jewish Children

    PJ Library® Launches PJ Library Radio – A Streaming Music Service for Families with Jewish Children

    PJ Library Radio enables users to listen to Jewish kids music anytime, anywhere. As a part of its continual effort to innovate how families with Jewish children can engage and connect with Jewish culture and values, PJ Library, the global Jewish book program, is launching a streaming music service. You…

  • Grant Impact Spotlight- Jewish Children’s Regional Service

    Grant Impact Spotlight- Jewish Children’s Regional Service

    By Gila Golder Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS), based in New Orleans, is a unique Jewish agency serving children and families from seven states throughout the Mid-South, including Tennessee. Originally launched in the mid-19th century as the “Association for the Relief of Widows and Orphans,” JCRS has cared for Jewish…

  • 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…

  • My Israel Story #26- Rabbi Joel Finkelstein

    My Israel Story #26- Rabbi Joel Finkelstein

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …

  • My Israel Story #25- Gila Golder

    My Israel Story #25- Gila Golder

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …

  • My Israel Story #24- George King

    My Israel Story #24- George King

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …

  • My Israel Story #23- Rabbi Yosef Hauser

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …

  • My Israel Story #22- Rena Mashinsky

    My Israel Story #22- Rena Mashinsky

    We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a story to tell? …