Category: News
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Facing Our History and Each Other After Charlottesville
Originally published in the Commercial Appeal. Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational non-profit dedicated to erasing bigotry and racism around the globe. They are funded in part by your gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign. By Michele Becton and Efraim Wiener Michele Becton is a 2017 graduate of St.…
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Amazon Addiction? Send a Little to Memphis Jewish Federation
AmazonSmile gives 0.5% of your spending to the non-profit of your choice. We’re hoping you’ll choose Memphis Jewish Federation. It’s easy to set up, and you can make a difference in Memphis, in Israel, and around the world, while at home in your PJs ordering canned unicorn meat, beer for…
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Our First Year: JCPConnect Celebrates First Year With A Look Back
This week marks the first anniversary of the launch of JCPConnect. In our first year, we’ve shared 151 articles with readers like you, stories written by Jewish Community Partners staff and by members of the community. In these digital pages we’ve covered community news, written about high profile Memphians, shared…
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The Future of the Jewish Agency is Now
By Andy Groveman (originally published online by ejewishphilanthropy.com) David Ben Gurion was not a man comfortable wearing a suit and a tie. He did not take pleasure in frequenting corporate board rooms and his passion was not cozying up to world leaders and people of power and great wealth. No…
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Hillels of Memphis: Broadening Our Reach
With Rabbi Jeremy Simons recently joining the JCP team as campus director, the growth of Hillel onto the Rhodes College campus, and a new look, focus, and name, Hillels of Memphis is positioned to enrich Jewish life for college-age people in Memphis profoundly. Here are Hillel University of Memphis’ sitting…
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Memphis Jewish Seniors: Seeing the Big Picture
If you’d like a copy of our new Senior Services brochure mailed to you or a loved one, or would like to be enrolled in the monthly Memphis Jewish Seniors e-newsletter, send an email with your physical and/or email address to Matt Timberlake: mtimberlake@jcpmemphis.org. By Gila Golder Seniors. Special Needs…
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Your Campaign Dollars at Work: Enabling Life-Altering Experiences in Ukraine
Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign joined their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource Development), and Cindy Finestone (Memphis Jewish Federation board member and JCP Financial Resource…
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Imagine Everything Was Different
Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign left Memphis last weekend to join their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource Development), and Cindy Finestone (Memphis Jewish Federation board…
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New JCP Initiatives Mean New Jobs in Jewish Memphis
Update: Both of these positions have been filled! Look for notices and profiles of the new team members to appear on JCPConnect soon. Jewish Community Partners is excited to announce two new initiatives that will deepen Memphis Jews’ engagement with and connections to their culture, traditions, and historical homeland. As…
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Help Protect Your Federation Gifts from Credit Card Processing Fees
YOU can help us save more than $13,000 in credit card processing fees! Pay your Federation gifts via automatic withdrawal. Last year, we spent more than $13,000 covering the costs of processing payments for MJF gifts made online with credit cards. We’ve set up a new pathway that preserves 100%…
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