Tag: Rhodes College
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Rhodes College Invests in Jewish Life on Campus; Awards Merit-Based Scholarship to 2018 Recipient in Partnership with JCP
In a competitive process, Rhodes College has awarded the Jewish Community Fellowship, a $10,000 scholarship renewable for three years, to incoming freshman Sophie Enda. She was chosen based on the recommendation of an evaluation committee convened by Jewish Community Partners (JCP), and will enroll at Rhodes for the Fall 2018…
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Anonymous Donor Helps Jewish Community Partners Create $2 Million Endowment to Fund Hillels of Memphis
Jewish Community Partners President and CEO Laura Linder gratefully announced the creation of a new $2 million endowment fund that will support the operating expenses of University of Memphis Hillel and Rhodes College Hillel. The fund, established by combining a new $1 million gift from an anonymous donor and an…
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10th Annual Hillel Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser Rescheduled for April 29
The 2018 Yiddishe Cup has been rescheduled for weather- new date and time is Sunday, April 29, 12:00 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. The Morris S. Fogelman Jewish Student Center at the University of Memphis in conjunction with the newly-formed Rhodes College Hillel is pleased to announce The 2018 Yiddishe…
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Rhodes College Offers Matzah and Matzah Ball Soup to Jewish Students This Passover
By Zoë Feder This year has been monumental for the Jewish community of Rhodes College. This academic year, with the inauguration of the official Hillel chapter, has seen great change for the Jewish students. There has been more robust programming, more frequent events, and a stronger sense of unity on…
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Jewish Memphis Celebrates Launch of Rhodes College Hillel with Memphis Jewish Federation
Photos by Ronnie Booze The evening of January 22, a large crowd gathered in stately Palmer Hall on the Rhodes College campus to celebrate an historic milestone for the community. A standing-room crowd gathered for the official launch of Hillel at Rhodes College, representing all corners of Memphis; college students,…
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Jewish Life Thrives on Rhodes College Campus
Next week we celebrate the official launch of Hillel at Rhodes College with a lively event on the Rhodes campus. We’d love to see you there. Learn more and RSVP via Facebook, or call or email Carrie Richardson: [email protected] or call 901-767-7100. This is an historic event, and it would be great…
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Rhodes College Presents Jerry Brotton and James Shapiro: Jews and Muslims in Shakespeare’s World
On Rhodes College campus on February 22 at 6:00 P.M., renowned Renaissance scholars Jerry Brotton and James Shapiro will discuss Jews and Muslims in Tudor England. Two preeminent cultural historians, Shapiro and Brotton will engage in a far-ranging dialogue about how Judaism and Islam were – and remain – part…
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Rhodes College Jewish Community Fellowship for Incoming Freshmen
In support of strengthening both Jewish campus life in Memphis and the greater Memphis Jewish community, an exclusive college scholarship opportunity is available for students participating in Jewish life in their communities who elect to attend Rhodes College. The Jewish Community Fellowship created by Rhodes College has made available five…
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New Semester, New Hillel at Rhodes
June 30, 2016 – (Memphis, TENNESSEE) – In partnership with our friends and colleagues at Rhodes College, Jewish Community Partners is proud to announce the formation of a Hillel at Rhodes College, which will launch with the fall 2016 semester. Around 70 Jewish students are enrolled at Rhodes, and while…