Tag: Memphis Jewish life

  • The Past and the Present of Lodz- Batya Bosin’s 1st Prize Essay in MJF’s 2018 Holocaust Essay Contest

    The Past and the Present of Lodz- Batya Bosin’s 1st Prize Essay in MJF’s 2018 Holocaust Essay Contest

    By Batya Bosin, 12th grade, Goldie Margolin School for Girls (pictured above, reading her essay at our 56th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration, held April 12 at the MJCC)   We used to run, play and laugh. We used to wear our yarmulkes with pride, our tzitzit showing from underneath our…

  • 70 Israeli Fun Facts to Celebrate 70 Years of Israel

    As a piece of our Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70 programming, the project’s coordinator Melinda Lejman compiled this fascinating list of 70 Israeli Fun Facts. Many readers have seen them as they were published on the Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70 Facebook page, but here they are in one convenient…

  • My Israel Story #54- Hilly Safier

    My Israel Story #54- Hilly Safier

    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 My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…

  • 10th Annual Hillel Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser Rescheduled for April 29

    10th Annual Hillel Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser Rescheduled for April 29

    The 2018 Yiddishe Cup has been rescheduled for weather- new date and time is Sunday, April 29, 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M.    The Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis in conjunction with the newly-formed Rhodes College Hillel is pleased to announce The 2018 Yiddishe…

  • My Israel Story #53- Aaron Canales

    My Israel Story #53- Aaron Canales

    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 My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…

  • My Israel Story #52- Rabbi Cantor David Julian

    My Israel Story #52- Rabbi Cantor David Julian

    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 My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation’s 56th Annual Yom HaShoah Observance to Feature Renowned National Educator

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s 56th Annual Yom HaShoah Observance to Feature Renowned National Educator

    By Gila Golder Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend Memphis Jewish Federation’s 56th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Roger Brooks, President and CEO of Facing History and Ourselves. The program will take place on…

  • Jewish Community Partners  Brings Mayor of Shoham, Israel to Memphis

    Jewish Community Partners Brings Mayor of Shoham, Israel to Memphis

    Gil Livne, mayor of Shoham, Memphis’ partner city in Israel, recently visited Memphis for a packed four days of engagement with the Memphis Jewish community and Memphis at large. Mr. Livne’s trip was a program of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis- Shoham Partnership. He was accompanied by his wife, Anat, and…

  • Rhodes College Offers Matzah and Matzah Ball Soup to Jewish Students This Passover

    Rhodes College Offers Matzah and Matzah Ball Soup to Jewish Students This Passover

    By Zoë Feder   This year has been monumental for the Jewish community of Rhodes College. This academic year, with the inauguration of the official Hillel chapter, has seen great change for the Jewish students. There has been more robust programming, more frequent events, and a stronger sense of unity on…

  • My Israel Story # 51- Rayna Greenberg

    My Israel Story # 51- Rayna Greenberg

    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 My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…