Tag: Memphis Shoham partnership

  • Memphis Jewish Federation Celebrates International Women’s Day with Memphis-Shoham Partnership’s Kick-Off of Three-Part Webinar Series

    Memphis Jewish Federation Celebrates International Women’s Day with Memphis-Shoham Partnership’s Kick-Off of Three-Part Webinar Series

    Pictured clockwise from top left: Judge Sheryl Lipman, Dr. Sandra Arnold, Dr. Ronit Peled-Laskov, and Dr. Gili Hart. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership is presenting Women Making a Difference, Tuesday, March 8 at noon featuring four dynamic leaders in their fields. Dr. Sandy Arnold…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Gabby Bray

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Gabby Bray

    Photo and interview by Gila Golder 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…

  • Mother of Fallen Israeli Soldier Spends Emotional, Impactful Week in Memphis

    Mother of Fallen Israeli Soldier Spends Emotional, Impactful Week in Memphis

    Zehava Shneor is a 20-year veteran of the Israel Defense Forces; a resident of Shoham, Memphis’s partner city in Israel; an Israel tour guide; and a past participant in a MOMentum journey for Jewish mothers in Israel. She is also— like many Israeli citizens— a bereaved parent. In October 2003,…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation to Host Shoham Mother of Fallen Soldier

    Memphis Jewish Federation to Host Shoham Mother of Fallen Soldier

    Memphis Jewish Federation announced that the Memphis-Shoham Partnership is bringing to Memphis Zehava Shneor, mother of fallen Shoham Israeli soldier Sarit Shneor. While in Memphis, Zehava will interact with a broad swath of the Memphis Jewish community, including Beth Sholom teens, Bornblum middle school students, Margolin Hebrew Academy middle school…

  • Memphis Jewish Federation and Memphis Jewish Community Center  To Host Lunch and Learn With Local Artist Carol Buchman

    Memphis Jewish Federation and Memphis Jewish Community Center To Host Lunch and Learn With Local Artist Carol Buchman

    “Thou Shall Not Want, The 7 Species of Sukkot” is a striking mixed-media art piece created by renowned local artist and arts educator Carol Buchman and inspired, she says, by a recent visit to Memphis’ partner city of Shoham in Israel. The canvas is now hanging in Carol’s “Words Matter”…

  • Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Elaine and Fred Miner

    Faces of Memphis and Shoham: Elaine and Fred Miner

    Photo and interview by Jimmy and Natalie Jalenak 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…

  • Hannah Siegler: My Teen Israel Experience

    Hannah Siegler: My Teen Israel Experience

    Hannah Siegler, the daughter of Stacy and Jerry Siegler, is an 11th grade student at Lausanne Collegiate School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to help offset the costs of her Summer 2019 NFTY program in Israel. All rising juniors and seniors…

  • Artist Carol Buchman and Memphis Jewish Federation Forge Relationships Between Memphis and Shoham

    Artist Carol Buchman and Memphis Jewish Federation Forge Relationships Between Memphis and Shoham

    Renowned local artist and arts educator Carol Buchman embarked on an amazing adventure, traveling from Memphis to Shoham, Israel in October, serving as a cultural ambassador on behalf of Memphis Jewish Federation to cultivate connections between the two communities through art. The centerpiece of her visit was a key spot…

  • 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.…