Category: News
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Drug Addiction and Dementia: Jewish Family Services Offers Light in the Darkness
Jewish Family Service plays a vital role in our community, caring for people with its abundance of compassionate social service programs, and connecting people with other providers when additional services are sought. More than just a service provider, JFS becomes a partner to its clients, creating collaborative relationships with people…
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Yom HaShoah 2017- Monday April 24 in the Belz Social Hall, MJCC
(Photos from Yom HaShoah 2016, Steve Conroy- photographer) Laura Linder, President and CEO of Jewish Community Partners (JCP), announced this week that the Memphis Jewish community is invited to attend JCP’s 55th annual Yom HaShoah observance, featuring Better Together’s Names, Not Numbers program. The event will honor Holocaust survivors living…
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Open Your Doors to the Israeli Scouts
UPDATE: Host families are still needed for Scouts. The two summer Scouts need homes for the week of June 18-25 and the week of June 25-July 2, and the Caravan Scouts are in need of housing June 25 to 29. Contact Gila Golder for information about how and your family…
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Our Allies: Four Stories From our Overseas Partners
Jewish Community Partners works hard to maintain a high level of support for Israel and all Jewish communities across the globe. When working in communities overseas, we rely on strong partnerships with other agencies- The Joint Distribution Committee, The Jewish Agency for Israel, the Ethiopian National Project, and World ORT. Today we’ll highlight a few…
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Super Sunday: Be A Hero
We’re bringing a successful 2017 Annual Campaign to a close, but are mounting one last push to close the last round of gifts. Sunday, February 5, Memphis Jewish Foundation staff and volunteers will be calling past and prospective donors in the annual heroic effort known as Super Sunday. To those…
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Casting Call for Steven Spielberg Film: Looking for a Jewish Boy 6-9 Years Old
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is hosting open casting calls for the role of EDGARDO in the film, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. Online video submissions are also accepted (see below). The production is casting a boy age 6-9, and the search is on across Europe and North America. Amblin Entertainment issued…
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Four New Israeli Technologies Ahead of the Cutting Edge
This week, Bloomberg News released their Bloomberg Innovation Index for 2017, which ranked 50 countries based on the strength of each country’s research and development, productivity, high-tech density, higher education, concentration of researchers, added value in manufacturing, and patent activity. Israel took the 10th spot this year, living up to one of…
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Jewish Foundation of Memphis Distributes Record-Breaking $6.5 Million in Grants to Non-Profits in 2016
By Alyson Chensasky Last year was a banner year for the Jewish Foundation of Memphis’ grants to non-profits. Through the generosity of individuals and families who work with the Foundation to make their charitable grants, $6.5 million was distributed in 2016. This amount was dispersed to 684 non-profits locally and…
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2016: JCP Made an Impact
Though we’re still smack in the middle of our 2017 Annual Community Campaign and need every donor to give, we wanted to pause and share our pride in what community giving was able to accomplish in 2016, in Memphis, in Israel, and around the world. It’s because of you, the…
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JAFI: Connecting Jews to Israel
The latest download of news from our partners at The Jewish Agency for Israel is filled with stories about action, passion, and impact. Read on to learn more about the lives we change together through philanthropy. BRINGING ISRAEL TO JEWISH COMMUNITIES Building bridges in the face of adversity. After…
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