Category: Israel
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Jack Kampf: My Teen Israel Experience
Jack Kampf, son of Cantor Ricky Kampf and Anat Kampf, is a junior at the Cooper Yeshiva High School for Boys. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of his NCSY Kollel program. All rising juniors and seniors are…
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Margalit Goldkin: My Teen Israel Experience
Margalit Goldkin, daughter of Amy Goldkin and Alan Goldkin, is a junior at the Goldie Margolin High School for Girls. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her NCSY GIVE Israel program. All rising juniors and seniors are…
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Adam Epstein: My Teen Israel Experience
My Teen Israel Experience by Adam Epstein Adam Epstein, son Jonathan and Leslie Epstein, is a senior at Crosstown High School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided him with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of his Ramah Israel Seminar program. All rising juniors and seniors…
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Federation Will Convene Community for October 7 Commemoration
As the one-year anniversary of the devastating events of October 7 approaches, Memphis Jewish Federation (Federation) invites the community to An Evening of Remembrance, Unity, and Hope. This special commemoration will be dedicated to mourning our tragic losses, expressing our unity, and embracing our resilient spirit. The commemoration is scheduled…
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Mollie Wexler : My Teen Israel Experience
Mollie Wexler, daughter of Kathy and Michael Wexler is a rising senior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School. Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund provided her with a Teen Israel Experience grant to offset the costs of her Dor L’Dor Cohen Camps Israel program. All rising juniors and seniors are eligible…
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Ethan VanderWalde : My Teen Israel Experience
With the generous support of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Lemsky Endowment Fund, I was able to spend the summer of 2023 in Israel. I am lucky to have been to Israel with my family, but I missed my Bornblum 8th grade school Israel trip due to Covid. I wanted to travel…
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Ari Taub: My Teen Israel Experience
Israel was always a special place to me, even though I had never visited. I thought about it as my second home away from home. The summer of 2023 proved to me that I was right; Israel is my second home. I felt so welcomed and everyone treated me like…
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Memphis Jewish Federation Activists Travel to DC to Advocate for Israel Aid, Community Security
Alla Olswanger-Lubin, Federation Board member, and Elissa Taub, Federation Board member and Chair of Federation’s Community Relations Council Advocacy Subcommittee, joined over 400 Jewish Federation activists from 65 communities in Washington, D.C., and met with over 140 Congressional offices to advocate for legislation that would support Israel, combat antisemitism, and…
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