Category: News
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Elisha Wiesel to Keynote Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Memphis Jewish Federation’s 60th annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration will be held Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 6:30 P.M. in-person in the Memphis Jewish Community Center Belz Social Hall, or via Zoom and Facebook Live. Advance registration is required for both in-person and Zoom attendance, and can be found at www.jcpmemphis.org/yomhashoah.…
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B’nai Tzedek Teens Present $10,000 in Grant Awards
On Monday, March 21, students, parents, grandparents, and members of the greater Jewish community gathered to attend B’nai Tzedek’s Grant Reception. Sarah VanderWalde, Director of Programs at the Jewish Foundation of Memphis, facilitates this annual event, when students in the teen philanthropy program present awards directly to agency representatives. As part…
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Jewish Foundation Calling Professional Advisors to be Included in New Directory
Jewish Foundation of Memphis Professional Advisory Group (PAG) Planning Committee members Patrick O’Hearn, Scott Bendure, Jason Salomon, Garrett Bizzell, and Lawson Arney joined Foundation Director of Programs Sarah VanderWalde at the most recent meeting in February. Are you an estate planning attorney? An accountant? A Financial Advisor? A life insurance…
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Hillels of Memphis Annual Yiddishe Cup Fundraiser Returns In-Person April 10
Former Hillel students are pictured enjoying Yiddishe Cup together in-person. It’s finally time to polish up your putt-putt skills for Hillels of Memphis’ 14th Annual Yiddishe Cup Mini-Golf Tournament! A fixture on the Memphis Jewish calendar for over a decade, the fun, community-wide event for Memphians of all ages returns…
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Join Memphis Jewish Federation Online for Ukraine Crisis: Community Briefing Monday, March 14
This week, Ukrainian civilians were targeted by artillery as they attempted to flee and a maternity hospital was hit by Russian rockets in what the World Health Organization reports is the 19th attack on Ukrainian health facilities. A new column of Russians of untold number is steadily advancing toward the…
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Memphis Jewish Federation Mobilizes Community to Join $36 Million National Emergency Campaign to Support Ukrainian Jews
Jewish families in Ukraine have benefited from donor gifts to Memphis Jewish Federation’s Annual Community Campaign for years, through partner agencies on the ground like JDC, JAFI and World ORT. To meet needs emerging in the wake of war every day, Memphis Jewish Federation has joined Jewish Federations of North…
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Memphis Jewish Federation Celebrates International Women’s Day with Memphis-Shoham Partnership’s Kick-Off of Three-Part Webinar Series
Pictured clockwise from top left: Judge Sheryl Lipman, Dr. Sandra Arnold, Dr. Ronit Peled-Laskov, and Dr. Gili Hart. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis-Shoham Partnership is presenting Women Making a Difference, Tuesday, March 8 at noon featuring four dynamic leaders in their fields. Dr. Sandy Arnold…
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Experience Powers Insight for New Federation Senior Services Collaborative Chair Jennifer Roberts
Jennifer Roberts brings years of experience working with and for seniors to her new role as Chair of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Senior Services Collaborative. We caught up with her to get her take on the path that led her here, her hopes and concerns for the seniors of Jewish Memphis, and…
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Memphis Jewish Federation Launches 13th Annual Holocaust Art and Essay Competition
With her piece entitled Life in a Jar, Colonial Middle School student Whitney Ousley took the first place ribbon in Art in Memphis Jewish Federation’s 2021 Holocaust Art & Essay Competition. Submissions for this year’s contest, themed Safeguarding the Sacred: Perspectives on Holocaust Memory, must be submitted by close of…
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Federation’s Community Security Briefing Showcases Efforts to Protect Jewish Memphis
“One loss of life is to destroy the world entire- we believe this as Jews. And to save one life is to save the world entire. Most of our efforts are to keep these threats to Jewish lives out of our buildings,” said Stuart Frisch, Secure Community Network (SCN) National…
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