Tag: Memphis Jews
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Jason D. Salomon Selected as Best Estate Planning Attorney
Jason D. Salomon is deeply involved in our work in the Memphis Jewish Community, and an all around top notch guy. He serves on the JCP board and the Jewish Foundation of Memphis board and also chairs Foundation’s Professional Advisory Group. He’s also a member of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Grants…
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Community Member Zev Samuels to Receive State-Wide Recognition for Social Work
Dear friends, Today in Nashville on Capitol Hill, MIFA’s Zev Samuels will receive the Tennessee Social Worker of the Year Award bestowed by the Tennessee Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Zev, a professional social worker for over 27 years, is manager of MIFA’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman program…
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Local Educator Helps Connect Memphis Students to Their Shoham Counterparts
By Anat Kampf Over the past winter break, Anat Kampf, Margolin Hebrew Academy’s Middle School assistant principal, traveled to Shoham, Israel, to continue building the partnership with Memphis’ sister city. The trip was funded by Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership2Gether Initiative. These are reflections on her journey. This past December,…
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11th Annual Hillel Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser to be Held April 7
The Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis in conjunction with Rhodes College Hillel is pleased to announce The 2019 Yiddishe Cup which will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Golf & Games located at 5484 Summer Avenue. This year’s event…
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How Do Israeli Elections Work?
Our colleagues at Jewish Federations of North America created this useful set of information for anyone with questions about the process behind the upcoming elections in Israel. Photo by Rafael Nir on Unsplash In Israel, elections for the Knesset are held at least every four years. However, disagreements between coalition partners often…
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Recognizing And Calling Out Anti-Semitism
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and bigotry. In the wake of recent events that led to the passage of this resolution we have heard from members of our community who are distressed over the lack of public understanding/recognition of anti-Semitism. As part of our…
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Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Charlotte Fineberg Bruechner
Interview and photo by Lynnie Mirvis 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…
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Memphis Jewish Federation’s Senior Services Collaborative Finds Innovative Ways to Make an Impact
By Gila Golder Under the leadership of its new chair, Mary Elizabeth Jones, the community-wide Senior Services Collaborative (SSC) convened by Memphis Jewish Federation is making a deep impact, engaging seniors through multiple channels to fulfill its mission of ensuring that seniors in the Memphis Jewish community are cared for,…
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Tech Upgrades Streamline Operations, Increase Productivity
By Gila Golder Fulfilling Jewish Community Partners’ mission to keep our Jewish community cared for, connected, and engaged just got a whole lot easier. Thanks to a generous grant from a donor who holds a fund with the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, Jewish Community Partners has acquired several new technology…
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Faces of Shoham and Memphis: Chana Rovner
Interview and Photo by Chany Fleischhacker 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…