Tag: Memphis Jewish Seniors

  • Our Partners Secure Community Network Recognized as Leader by DHS, FBI

    Our Partners Secure Community Network Recognized as Leader by DHS, FBI

    By Mark Wilf, Chair of Jewish Federations of North America Board of Trustees. Last summer, Jewish Community Partners partnered with the Secure Community Network (SCN), the official homeland security initiative of the organized North American Jewish community, to launch a Regional Security Director program with the hiring of Memphis resident,…

  • JCP-commissioned Holocaust Film ‘Lives Restarted’ Now Available on Amazon Prime

    JCP-commissioned Holocaust Film ‘Lives Restarted’ Now Available on Amazon Prime

    Lives Restarted, a compelling documentary, shares the stories, faces and voices of Holocaust survivors reflecting on their journeys from liberation to freedom in America. The 38-minute documentary is now available in the United States for viewing and digital download through Amazon Prime Video. Unlike previous Holocaust films, Lives Restarted focuses…

  • Giving Together Impacts Jewish Lives

    Giving Together Impacts Jewish Lives

    Pictured Above: Temple Israel’s Institute of Jewish Rock is one of many programs funded in part by Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. Pictured here, participating kids joined Nefesh Mountain on the Levitt Shell stage to show off their talents. Doing yoga four or five times a week was not…

  • Charles Jalenak Passes Jewish Foundation of Memphis Torch to New Leader

    Charles Jalenak Passes Jewish Foundation of Memphis Torch to New Leader

    By Susan Nieman On June 18, 2019, at the joint annual meeting of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), Memphis Jewish Federation (MJF), and Jewish Foundation of Memphis (JFOM), Charles Jalenak passed the torch as Foundation Chair after serving in the role for two years. Mr. Jalenak has spent a lifetime connected…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Dessie Sewell

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Dessie Sewell

    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 the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program.…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: David Ross

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: David Ross

    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 the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program.…

  • Coping with Depression: Advice for Seniors

    Coping with Depression: Advice for Seniors

    By Teresa Greenhill (Photo by Nicole De Khors from Burst ) Teresa Greenhill is the co-creator of MentalHealthforSeniors.com, which is dedicated to providing seniors with information on physical and mental fitness. Being a senior herself, Teresa, with some help from her granddaughter, manages the website as a way to keep her busy and…

  • Working Together to Serve the Most Vulnerable

    Working Together to Serve the Most Vulnerable

    By Laura Linder and Larry Skolnick Pictured above: Jewish Family Service staff members Mary Elizabeth Jones, Bill Monroe, Teresa Hughes, Audrey May, Rashki Osina, Miriam Cauley-Crisp, and Dale Steele pose for a photo in the JFS Kosher Food Pantry. With the MJCC managing JFS and Memphis Jewish Federation securing the…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Curt Ward

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Curt Ward

    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 the Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership 2Gether program.…

  • Warren Kramer: A Survivor’s Story

    Warren Kramer: A Survivor’s Story

    95-year-old Warren Kramer, pictured above in his youth with his parents and grandparents, spends the colder half of each year in Memphis with his daughter, Adina Samberg, and her family, living in New York City with his other daughter Evelyn Moskowitz for the spring and summer months. Jewish Community Partners…