Category: People
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The Past and the Present of Lodz- Batya Bosin’s 1st Prize Essay in MJF’s 2018 Holocaust Essay Contest
By Batya Bosin, 12th grade, Goldie Margolin School for Girls (pictured above, reading her essay at our 56th Annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration, held April 12 at the MJCC) We used to run, play and laugh. We used to wear our yarmulkes with pride, our tzitzit showing from underneath our…
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My Israel Story #54- Hilly Safier
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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My Israel Story #53- Aaron Canales
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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My Israel Story #52- Rabbi Cantor David Julian
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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Jewish Community Partners Brings Mayor of Shoham, Israel to Memphis
Gil Livne, mayor of Shoham, Memphis’ partner city in Israel, recently visited Memphis for a packed four days of engagement with the Memphis Jewish community and Memphis at large. Mr. Livne’s trip was a program of Memphis Jewish Federation’s Memphis- Shoham Partnership. He was accompanied by his wife, Anat, and…
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Rhodes College Offers Matzah and Matzah Ball Soup to Jewish Students This Passover
By Zoë Feder This year has been monumental for the Jewish community of Rhodes College. This academic year, with the inauguration of the official Hillel chapter, has seen great change for the Jewish students. There has been more robust programming, more frequent events, and a stronger sense of unity on…
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My Israel Story # 51- Rayna Greenberg
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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70 Faces: Humans of Memphis and Shoham
Strength Lies in Differences, Not in Similarities (Photo above: High school senior and volunteer photojournalist Pesya Berezin photographs her subject for 70 Faces: Humans of Memphis and Shoham while Israeli photojournalist Erez Kaganovitz coaches her.) In March, Jewish Community Partners kicked off a dynamic photojournalism project which will culminate in a…
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My Israel Story #50- Dani Chaum
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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My Israel Story #49- Alice Zalon
We’re marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel with a year-long celebration! Keep an eye out for “Memphis Celebrates Israel at 70” branding at your synagogue, at events around town, and online. In this My Israel Story series, we’re asking Memphians to tell their personal Israel stories. Do you have a…
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