Category: News From the Memphis Jewish Federation
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Finding Enlightenment on a Multi-Cultural Adventure
By Maddie Bullard Last summer, I had the amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity to take a trip to Israel, the Holy Land. The trip itself was amazing, but even better, I got to experience it along with a big group of friends. We started in Prague and Poland with…
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MJCC to Host Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul in January
On January 9th at 7:00 P.M. the Memphis Jewish Community Center, through their Center for Jewish Living and Learning, is hosting a lively conversation, entitled “Left vs. Right: The Battle for Israel’s Soul.” MJCC’s two special guests, Jonathan Tobin, senior online editor and chief political blogger of Commentary Magazine, and J.J. Goldberg, editor-at-large…
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Till Next Time, Take Care of Yourselves and Each Other
Photos by Ronnie Booze Wednesday, December 7, Jewish Community Partners hosted An Evening with Jerry Springer. The TV talk show host is well-known for the antics of guests on his syndicated show, now in its 26th season. Less famous is his Jewish heritage and a family history sadly familiar to…
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Jerry Springer Said That? 7 Quotes That Defy His Crazy TV Host Persona
Tomorrow night we welcome the iconic Jerry Springer to the MJCC stage, for a completely unique Annual Community Campaign donor event, never to be duplicated again. All of us at JCP are pretty excited about hosting him and hearing what he’s got planned for the night, but mostly we’re looking…
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Upstanders Mural: Extraordinary Memphians
Photos and some text taken from the Memphis Daily News. Nina Katz, Lucy Tibbs and Rev. Billy Kyles are among the social justice figures in Memphis history honored in a new Downtown mural unveiled on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Katz is one of a few Jewish Mempians honored in the mural.…
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Captain Ben Schaffer: Eyewitness to Horror
The letter below was written by Captain (Dr.) Ben Schaffer to his wife Fagie Schaffer while he was in Austria at the end of World War II as one of the first medical staff to enter Mauthausen concentration camp. Captain Schaffer, a dentist serving in the medical corps of the…
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Final Reflections: Returning to Our Routines
The Memphis group returned last week 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…
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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…
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A Day in the Desert
The Memphis group traveled over the weekend from Poland to Israel, where they will visit many historic sites and diverse communities, including the city of Shoham, Memphis’ newly-named Israeli partner city. The JCP/MJCC-sponsored trip will connect the travelers to their Jewish history, taking them to important sites from the recent past.…
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Shabbat in Jerusalem
The Memphis group traveled over the weekend from Poland to Israel, where they will visit many historic sites and diverse communities, including the city of Shoham, Memphis’ newly-named Israeli partner city. The JCP/MJCC-sponsored trip will connect the travelers to their Jewish history, taking them to important sites from the recent past.…
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