Tag: move to Memphis

  • Becoming a Memphian

    Becoming a Memphian

    Jewish Community Partners’ annual Newcomers Brunch is happening Sunday, September 17, and JCP is looking for any and all Jewish newcomers to join the fun, enjoying kosher food, socializing with other newcomers and meeting established Memphians, and finding meaningful connections to their new community. If you or someone you know…

  • JCP Staff Spotlight: Abbey Cowens

    JCP Staff Spotlight: Abbey Cowens

    Many readers know the Jewish Community Partners staff through our work. Each Friday, you’ll hear from a different member of the team in our own words, sharing more of the story of who we are.    Abbey Cowens Fundraising & Data Analyst   Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH College/Graduate school: University of Cincinnati…

  • Watch: Celebrate Sunny Memphis with Purim Video from Memphis Recruitment Committee

    Watch: Celebrate Sunny Memphis with Purim Video from Memphis Recruitment Committee

    The latest video from our friends on the Memphis Recruitment Committee, the team behind 100newfamilies.com, is a fun slice-of-life from the heart of Jewish Memphis. You might have seen it making the rounds on social media, where it grabbed something like 4,000 views in the first 24 hours of its release.…

  • Seniors Starting Over

    Seniors Starting Over

    By Jay Menuskin Moving to Memphis has been a real adventure for Marcia and me. I had lived in Chattanooga for all my life, and Marcia had lived there since shortly after we got married in 1958. My parents were both born in Chattanooga, and Marcia’s parents lived in Knoxville, where…

  • Memphis: A Welcoming Community

    Memphis: A Welcoming Community

    By Gila Golder- Gila is JCP’s community impact associate and a transplant from Baltimore.  In fall 2014, I was living in upstate New York with my husband, Rob, and we were looking for a change. Rob was commuting two hours each way from Rochester to Ithaca, in his final year at Cornell Law…

  • Memphis Through a New York Lens

    Memphis Through a New York Lens

    The following is excerpted from an article originally published in The New York Jewish Week. It was written by Associate Editor Jonathan Mark and can be read in full here. If you have friends or family that would thrive in the Memphis community, invite them to the Taste of Jewish Memphis…