Tag: Memphis Jews

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Celia Lubin

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Celia Lubin

    By Erez Kaganovitz 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…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Carter Rosenthal

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Carter Rosenthal

    Photos and interview by Melinda and Michael Lejman 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…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Bert Wolff

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Bert Wolff

    Interview by Gila Golder Photo by Ronnie Booze 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…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Barry Lichterman

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Barry Lichterman

    Interview and photo by Leah Goldman Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel in meaningful ways, 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…

  • Preserving History: The Kaetha Mela Family Memorial Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    Preserving History: The Kaetha Mela Family Memorial Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Memphis

    “That goes back a long time,” Curt Ward said, examining the faded pledge card from 1956, showing a $3 pledge made the Jewish Welfare Fund, the predecessor organization to Memphis Jewish Federation. Mr. Ward was at the Jewish Community Partners office to finalize a fund agreement that would establish an…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Amara Levine-Reich

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Amara Levine-Reich

    Story and photo by Chani Fleischhacker Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel in meaningful ways, 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…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alvin Notowich

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alvin Notowich

    Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel in meaningful ways, 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…

  • Memphis-Shoham Partnership: Celebrating Thanksgiving2Gether

    Memphis-Shoham Partnership: Celebrating Thanksgiving2Gether

    Memphis Jewish Federation’s partnership with the central Israeli city of Shoham, which is part of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI)’s Partnership2Gether program, has led to many meaningful relationships blossoming between members of the two linked communities. This item, from a recent JAFI newsletter about partnerships like ours, shows the…

  • JCRS Camp & College Scholarship Deadlines: February 15 & May 31

    JCRS Camp & College Scholarship Deadlines: February 15 & May 31

     Southern Jewish  families seeking financial assistance to send their children to Jewish overnight camp, and  families in search of funds to pay the costs of undergraduate college education , have a special friend in the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS), the oldest and only regional  Jewish children’s social service agency…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alayne Shoenfeld

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Alayne Shoenfeld

    Interview by Gila Golder Photos by Rivka Braverman Part of Memphis Jewish Federation’s ongoing efforts to connect Memphis and Israel in meaningful ways, 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…