Tag: Memphis Jewish life

  • Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis Receive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

    Memphis Jewish Federation, Jewish Foundation of Memphis Receive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator

    By Emma Figarsky Memphis Jewish Federation and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis have both received a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, which is the highest possible rating. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities. Federation and Foundation are currently two of twelve Four-Star charities in the…

  • Federation’s PJ Library Book Swap Helps Local Families Refresh Home Libraries

    Federation’s PJ Library Book Swap Helps Local Families Refresh Home Libraries

    Spring cleaning, or cleaning for Passover, is a common annual event. What’s one thing that made preparing for Passover, and spring, different this year? Memphis Jewish Federation’s PJ Library Book Drop & Swap! Over the course of a week, families donate their gently used children’s books, culminating in a Book…

  • Lion Behind the Pin: Jeri Moskovitz’s Jewish Journey

    Lion Behind the Pin: Jeri Moskovitz’s Jewish Journey

    Though her hometown of Augusta, Georgia’s Jewish community was tiny, Memphis Lion of Judah Jeri Moskovitz nonetheless enjoyed an abundance of Jewish engagement opportunities because of intentional decisions by her parents. Her JCC President dad, Haskell Toporek, and Hadassah President mom, Dale, made sure Jeri and her siblings were plugged…

  • Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    Lion Behind the Pin: Dot Bilsky’s Commitment to Community

    In a strangely disconnected year, Dot Bilsky has relied on her long affiliation with the Memphis Jewish Federation Lions of Judah as a way to stay connected to the people and places she loves in Jewish Memphis. “I became a Lion because my husband signed me up, and I am…

  • Lions are Limitless – Janice Ringel Reports on the International Lion of Judah Conference

    Lions are Limitless – Janice Ringel Reports on the International Lion of Judah Conference

    “I’m a new Lion of Judah this year, so I went into this conference with no expectations,” said Memphis Lion Janice Ringel, our correspondent ‘on the ground’ at the International Lion of Judah Conference. “If it had been an in-person conference, being so new as a Lion I probably would…

  • Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Federation Launches New Young Adult Initiative with Clothing Sale

    Momentum is swelling behind a group of young adults – some new to Memphis, others born and raised here – committed to Memphis Jewish Federation’s efforts to care for, connect, and engage Jewish people of all ages through a wide array of programs and services. Formerly known as YAD (the…

  • Hillels of Memphis Students Connected Digitally During Virtual Fall Semester

    Hillels of Memphis Students Connected Digitally During Virtual Fall Semester

    By Sophie Bloch, Director of Hillels of Memphis Over these last few months, I have often thought back to my own college experience and what it would have felt like to be starting a new school year during a pandemic. I studied dance and theater, so time and time again…

  • Mednikow Jewelers: Official Jeweler of the Memphis Lions of Judah

    Mednikow Jewelers: Official Jeweler of the Memphis Lions of Judah

    Memphis Jewish Federation announces an official partnership between their Lion of Judah program and Memphis icons Mednikow Jewelers. Announced Friday, November 6, Mednikow is now the official Jeweler of the Memphis Lions of Judah.  For many years, Mednikow Jewelers has been the jeweler partner of Federation’s Lions of Judah. Bob…

  • Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    Archive: Shabbat Shalom from Laura Linder and Guests

    Jewish Community Partners President and CEO Laura Linder, or a special guest writer, sits down most Friday mornings to write a personal and timely letter to our beloved Memphis Jewish community. June 11- Longing for an Ordinary Day (by Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein) May 14- We Stand with Israel, Now and Forever…

  • Federation-Funded Programs Keep Seniors Connected During Self-Isolation

    Federation-Funded Programs Keep Seniors Connected During Self-Isolation

    This Wednesday, we joined two online sessions with Memphis Jewish seniors, both supported by donor gifts made to Memphis Jewish Federation. First, we enjoyed the friendly conversation during the 12:00 P.M. daily Senior Lunch Bunch, followed by an interactive session with Jason Caplan’s Universal Language Room, which teaches non-verbal communication…