Tag: Memphis Jews

  • Chloe Bullard: My Teen Israel Experience

    Chloe Bullard: My Teen Israel Experience

    Chloe Bullard, daughter of Samantha and Brian Bullard, is in eleventh grade at DeSoto Central High School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NFTY L’Dor V’Dor program in Israel. All rising high school juniors and seniors…

  • Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship Applications Now Open

    Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship Applications Now Open

    Jewish Community Fellow Sophie Enda is pictured on Rhodes College’s campus during her freshman year. Memphis Jewish Federation is excited to announce that applications are now open for the Rhodes Jewish Community Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. Once again, Rhodes College is making available five renewable $10,000 fellowships to…

  • Shayna Giles: A Mentor in the Making

    Shayna Giles: A Mentor in the Making

    “What’s really cool about Federation is that it has its hands in every part of the Jewish community,” said Shayna Giles, one of the younger donors to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. “It’s not just Conservative, Reform, or Orthodox, and they don’t just help with one specific need in…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Welcomes Newcomers to Community

    Memphis Jewish Federation Welcomes Newcomers to Community

    “I found the Newcomer event to be an excellent way to reconnect to my roots in Memphis. It reassured me that I made the right decision in moving back to my hometown,” said Ari Zelig, who recently returned to Memphis with his wife, Danielle. “The Memphis Jewish community is incredibly warm…

  • A Shabbat Message from Debbie B. Lazarov: Who am I?

    A Shabbat Message from Debbie B. Lazarov: Who am I?

    By Debbie B. Lazarov About three years ago, I was inspired by a younger woman who had recently returned from a Memphis Jewish Federation MOMentum Moms’ trip to Israel. She said it changed her life. Since I had retired ten years prior, I had been searching for something that would…

  • Jewish Foundation Provides Valuable Information About Charitable Giving Strategies to Local Non-Profits

    Jewish Foundation Provides Valuable Information About Charitable Giving Strategies to Local Non-Profits

    “It’s not about death but about legacy… talk to someone today about making an impact and let me show you how.” That was how Pamela Davidson, an expert in planned giving, began a two-part webinar for the Jewish Foundation of Memphis’ audience on Thursday, September 30. Planned giving, also referred…

  • Jewish Community Partners Strengthens Memphis Jewish Community with Promotions and New Hires

    Jewish Community Partners Strengthens Memphis Jewish Community with Promotions and New Hires

    Jewish Community Partners has recently on-boarded and promoted several professionals to further empower Memphis Jewish Federation and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis. Melinda Lejman, Steven Holman, and Lorraine Wolf have joined in key positions, while Sheri Gadberry, Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein, and Sarah VanderWalde have received much-deserved promotions. Guided by its recently…

  • Sam Canales: Leadership Through a Jewish Lens

    Sam Canales: Leadership Through a Jewish Lens

    “Federation supports the institutions that have supported my family for generations and it means something to me to be a part of that,” said Sam Canales, a recent graduate of The University of Georgia and, at 22, among the younger donors to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. “It’s an…

  • Inaugural Pickleball Palooza Benefits Wendy & Avron B. Fogelman Jewish Family Service

    Inaugural Pickleball Palooza Benefits Wendy & Avron B. Fogelman Jewish Family Service

    The Memphis Jewish Community Center in partnership with Memphis Jewish Federation held its inaugural “Pickleball Palooza” weekend to benefit the Wendy & Avron B. Fogelman Jewish Family Service, an event with the goal of bringing community members together for an action-packed weekend full of fun, excitement, and pickleball! Over the…

  • Rhodes College and Hillels of Memphis Join Together to Combat Antisemitism and Islamophobia

    Rhodes College and Hillels of Memphis Join Together to Combat Antisemitism and Islamophobia

    “Because students have returned to campus in person this year after a year and a half of being online, it’s especially important to be proactive about educating our campus communities about what Antisemitism looks like on college campuses today,” said Sophie Bloch, the Director of Hillels of Memphis, a program…