Category: News
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L’hitraot!: Memphians Join Jewish Federations of North America Leaders Mission to Kiev and Israel
Planning Ahead Key leaders of next year’s Annual Community Campaign left Memphis Sunday to join their peers for Jewish Federations of North America’s campaign chair’s and director’s mission to Kiev and Israel. Pictured above, Eileen Posner (part of the campaign volunteer leadership team), Sheryl Alexander (JCP’s Director of Financial Resource…
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JCPConnect By Mail
Hopefully many of you found copies of our newly relaunched quarterly JCPConnect newsletter in your mailboxes over the last few days. We worked hard at it, choosing stories that describe the different ways we help the Memphis Jewish community maximize the impact of its philanthropy, while keeping it short and…
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Meet the Officers- Michael Greenberg, Chair, Jewish Community Partners
New officers for Jewish Community Partners, Memphis Jewish Federation, and Jewish Foundation of Memphis were elected at JCP’s 3rd Annual Meeting, held earlier this month. Experienced community leader Michael Greenberg was elected to hold the Jewish Community Partners Chair for a two year term. What is your current role with JCP,…
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Survey Shows Cultural Impact of PJ Library In Memphis and North America
In Jewish and interfaith families across the Mid-South, a Jewish children’s book program is helping to preserve the richness and vibrancy of Jewish culture, one book at a time. 81% of Mid-South PJ Library families say the books help them have conversations about Jewish traditions, values, and customs with their…
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Meet the Officers- Charles Jalenak, Chair, Jewish Foundation of Memphis
New officers for Jewish Community Partners, Memphis Jewish Federation, and Jewish Foundation of Memphis were elected at JCP’s 3rd Annual Meeting, held earlier this month. Experienced community leader Charles Jalenak was elected to hold the Jewish Foundation of Memphis’ Chair for a two year term. What is your current role with…
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Meet the New Officers- Ken Steinberg, Chair, Memphis Jewish Federation
New officers for Jewish Community Partners, Memphis Jewish Federation, and Jewish Foundation of Memphis were elected at JCP’s 3rd Annual Meeting, held earlier this month. Experienced community leader Ken Steinberg was elected to hold the Memphis Jewish Federation’s Chair for a two year term. What is your current role with…
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Shoham, Memphis’ Partner City in Israel, Sends Delegation to Visit Memphis
Photo above: Laura Linder, center, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners, visited Shoham in February 2017 and met with Shoham youth and adults. Orly Lahat, right, is the chair of Shoham’s steering committee for the Memphis-Shoham partnership. By Gila Golder As part of a new partnership forged between the Memphis…
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Kay Usdan Saslawsky Institute of Ethical Leadership: Representing All Areas of the Memphis Jewish Community
By Jason D. Salomon (Pictured above, second from left) The Kay Usdan Saslawsky Institute of Ethical Leadership was named in memory of Kay Usdan Saslawsky, an ethical leader who was instrumental in creating the vision for Jewish Community Partners – the bringing together of Jewish Foundation of Memphis and Memphis…
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A Firsthand Look at the Jewish Federation’s work in India
Reprinted from ejewishphilanthropy.com By Rebecca Loeb It’s one thing to read, from the comforts of my home in Houston, about the Jewish Federation’s humanitarian work around the world. To witness that work up close, in India, is an entirely different experience. I recently visited India on a Jewish Federations of North…
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A Report on Baron Hirsch’s Teen Delegation to AIPAC
By Rena Osdoba “Many Voices, One Mission.” These were the words that I repeatedly heard over the course of my trip to Washington, D.C., as I attended this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference for my second year in a row. While the slogan consisted of four short words, its meaning became a…
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