Tag: Memphis-Shoham
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My Israel Story #62- Kate Schaffzin
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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Jewish Community Partners Brings Mayor of Shoham, Israel to Memphis
Gil Livne, mayor of Shoham, Memphis’ partner city in Israel, recently visited Memphis for a packed four days of engagement with the Memphis Jewish community and Memphis at large. Mr. Livne’s trip was a program of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis- Shoham Partnership. He was accompanied by his wife, Anat, and…
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People-To-People Connections: Memphis Cohort Hosted By Israeli Counterparts in Shoham
Members of our Memphis-Shoham Steering Committee are in Israel right now, meeting with their counterparts from our partner city, Shoham. Bluma Zuckerbrot-Finkelstein, our Director of Community Impact, sent these dispatches to us, along with the photos. You can see the full album of Memphis-Shoham Winter 2018 photos on Facebook. 1…
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Letter from Shoham: Thank you Memphis Jewish Community – You’ve Been Good To Us!
At this year’s ASBEE World Kosher BBQ Competition and Festival, our community was treated to the exotic tastes of Israeli cuisine, prepared with fiery passion by Tovi and Esti Kochav, Alon Radzi, and Guy Reder. Their cooking team, dubbed Shoham? No-Ham!, traveled from Memphis’s partner city in Israel, Shoham, as…
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JCPConnect By Mail
Hopefully many of you found copies of our newly relaunched quarterly JCPConnect newsletter in your mailboxes over the last few days. We worked hard at it, choosing stories that describe the different ways we help the Memphis Jewish community maximize the impact of its philanthropy, while keeping it short and…
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Meet the Israeli Scouts- Special Shoham Edition!
This year’s Southeast U.S. Israeli Scout Friendship Caravan, Caravan Ziv, pulls into Memphis Sunday, June 25, and begins its tour of Mid-South performances with a show Monday at 6:30 P.M. at the Cordova Library. The visit culminates with an epic show for the Memphis Jewish community Wednesday, June 28, 7:00…
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Shoham: Memphis’ Israeli Sister City
The Memphis group returns today from Poland and Israel, where they visited many historic sites and diverse communities, including the city of Shoham, Memphis’ newly-named Israeli partner city. The JCP/MJCC-sponsored trip connected the travelers to their Jewish history, taking them to important sites from the recent past. Here, our director of community…