HOST COMMUNITY
GUIDE
WE WELCOME YOU TO THE
2018 BIENNIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTING SPONSORS
HOST COMMUNITY COMMITTEE HOST COMMUNITY CHAIR Jenny Herman HOSPITALITY CHAIRS Susan Chase Cindy Finestone
HOST COMMUNITY EVENT CHAIRS Judy and Larry Moss Laurie and Harry Samuels
Larry Skolnick MJCC President/CEO
VOLUNTEER CHAIRS Jed Miller Robin Orgel
Elise Jordan MJCC Board Chair
ENTERTAINMENT CHAIR Ilysa Wertheimer
Lindsey Chase Host Community Lead Staff
6560 Poplar Avenue • Memphis, TN 38138 (901) 761-0810 • jccmemphis.org
WELCOME TO
MEMPHIS! Shalom Y’all and Welcome to Memphis! We are thrilled that you are here for the 2018 JCCs of North America Biennial. Memphians take tremendous pride in our city and all that it has to offer. While here, you’ll be able to take advantage of the wonderful culture and community of Memphis. The 2018 Biennial promises to keep you engaged with insightful speakers and plenaries. Outside of the convention center walls, please take advantage of some of Memphis’ finest attractions, restaurants, and our rich Southern and Jewish history. We are Home of the Blues, Graceland, Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, and so many more must-see spots. Part of the programming during your stay includes our Host City Event at Graceland on Sunday night, May 6. Prepare to be dazzled by all things Elvis while you are enjoying a delicious barb-que feast! We are also excited to welcome you to the Blues Hall of Fame Museum on Monday evening, May 7, as well as engage you with a walking tour of Memphis’ Pinch District with famed Memphis historian Jimmy Ogle also on the evening of Monday, May 7. For anyone who wants to make their way out east, we would love to show off the Memphis Jewish Community Center, the “living room” of theMemphis Jewish community for the past 60 years.
This Host Community Guide highlights a number of our favorite destinations in Memphis that cater to the desires of all who visit here. You will find attractions, neighborhoods, and all types of restaurants. Thank you to our Host Committee, especially our Hospitality Chairs, Susan Chase and Cindy Finestone, for putting so much time and effort into creating this guide; Judy and Larry Moss and Laurie and Harry Samuels, our Host City Event Chairs; Robin Orgel and Jed Miller, our Volunteer Chairs; and Ilysa Wertheimer, our Entertainment Chair. If you have any questions while you are here please feel free to stop by our Hospitality Desk at the Convention Center or ask one of our many blueshirted volunteers! On behalf of the Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Board of Directors and professional staff, we hope you enjoy your stay in Memphis. Jenny Herman Host Community Chair
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Beale Street bealestreet.com
ATTRACTIONS
(901) 526-0117 Visit the heart of Memphis nightlife and entertainment, three blocks of nightclubs, restaurants, and retail shops. (W/T)
Sun Studio sunstudio.com Big River Crossing bigrivercrossing.com The country’s largest active rail/bicycle/pedestrian bridge connecting Memphis to Arkansas. (T)
Peabody Ducks peabodymemphis.org 149 Union Avenue • (901) 529-4000 Join the internationally famous Peabody Ducks as they parade through the Peabody’s grand lobby at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (W/T)
Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid basspro.org 1 Bass Pro Drive • (901) 291-8200 This new, immersive retail experience offers something for everyone from the serious outdoor enthusiast to families looking to have fun. Inside the expansive 535,000-square-foot pyramid are many experiences and features that offer something for everyone: bowling, archery range, aquarium & fish feeding, and the world’s tallest freestanding elevator 28 stories to the top of the Memphis Pyramid. (W/T)
Memphis Zoo memphiszoo.org 2000 Prentiss Place • (901) 333-6500 Get nose to nose with polar bears, grizzlies, gray wolves and sea lions. Memphis is one of four US zoos to exhibit the giant panda bear. The Zoo has over 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. (C)
Shelby Farms shelbyfarmspark.org At 4500 acres, Shelby Farms Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country. The park features more than 40 miles of trails for walking, running, and biking, 20 bodies of water for fishing, kayaking, and paddle boarding, a dog park, horseback riding, discovery playground, disc golf, treetop adventure course, sprayground, buffalo herd, & restaurants. (C)
MUSIC Graceland graceland.com 3717 Elvis Presley Boulevard • (800) 238-2000 Walk in the history of the King of Rock’n’Roll at the Graceland Mansion and see where he spent time with family and friends. Visit the car museum, Elvis’s jets and other special exhibits. (C) (W) WALK (T) TROLLY (C) ALL OTHER 3
706 Union Avenue • (901) 521-0664 Birthplace of Rock and Roll, Experience outtakes from recording sessions, touch Elvis' microphone, and hear history of the studio. (C)
Gibson Guitar Factory gibson.com 145 Lt. George W. Lee Avenue • (901) 543-0800 See and hear how for over 100 years, Gibson has helped make the world of music what it is today. (W/T)
Memphis Rock-n-Soul Museum Memphis memphisrocknsoul.org 191 Beale Street • (901) 205-2533 Museum tells the story of the birth of rock and roll and soul music (W/T)
MUSEUMS Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art
belzmuseum.org 119 South Main Street • (901) 523-2787 Largest collection of Chinese Art in the southern US, exhibit also includes Jewish and Judaica and various contemporary arts and crafts. (W/T)
Dixon Gallery and Gardens dixon.org 4339 Park Avenue • (901) 761-5250 Set amid 17 acres of gardens, the art museum features a permanent collection of Impressionist paintings and diverse hanging exhibits. (C ) Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
brooksmuseum.org 1934 Poplar Avenue • (901) 544-6200 Collectives from antiquity to present, exhibit and permanent collections include Renaissance/Baroque art and European/American paintings. (C)
Memphis Botanic Garden
memphisbotanicgarden.com 750 Cherry Road • (901) 636-1400 Ninety-six acres offering natural areas with native flowers as well as 28 unique gardens. Art exhibits and monthly wine tastings. (C)
National Civil Rights Museum
civilrightsmuseum.org 450 Mulberry Street • (901) 521-9699 Interpretive exhibits and audio/visual displays bring to life the most significant moments of the civil and human rights struggles and victories. (W/C)
Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange memphiscottonmuseum.org
Stax Museum of American Soul Music staxmuseum.com 926 East McLemore Avenue • (901) 261-6338 Memphis Soul Music where it all happened in the 60’s and 70’s. (C)
Temple Israel Museum timemphis.org 1376 East Massey Road • (901) 761-3130 The museum houses and displays a remarkable treasure of Jewish ritual art featuring the Herta and Justin H. Adler Judaica Collection. The collection includes work of artisans from Germany, France, Morocco, Egypt, Poland, Russia, Israel, and America. (C)
CITY EVENTS Beale Street Music Festival memphisinmay.org
65 Union Avenue • (901) 531-7826 Re-discover the American South and learn the dynamic story of the plant that built the Bluff City. Learn all about how the fabric of our lives influenced the cultural fabric of the Mid-South. (W/T)
Levitt Shell levittshell.org Free concert series (C)
Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island River Park mudisland.com
SPORTS TEAMS
125 North Front Street • (901) 576-7241 Museum of the natural and cultural history of the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Walk through the replica of the mighty Mississippi. (W/C)
Pink Palace Museum & Autozone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium memphis.museums.org
Memphis In May (W/T)
Memphis Grizzlies nba.com/grizzlies Professional NBA Team (W)
Memphis Redbirds milb.com St. Louis Cardinals Triple A baseball team, Pacific Coast League Champions 2017 (W)
3050 Central Avenue • (901) 636-2362 A regional national history, science, and cultural museum. (C) (W) WALK
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RESTAURANTS Bluff City Coffee Coffee and Bakery $ 5050 S. Main | (901) 405-4399 (C/T) The Brass Door Irish and New-American $$ 152 Madison | (901) 572-1813 (W/T) Café 7/24 Southern $$ 94 S. Front | (901) 590-3360 (C/T)
DOWNTOWN
Café Keough European-style café $ 12 S. Main | (901) 509-2469 (W/T)
Agave Maria Mexican $$ 83 Union Avenue | (901) 341-2096 (W/T)
Café Pontotoc Small Plates $$ 314 S. Main | (901) 249-7955 (C/T)
The Arcade Breakfast/Café $ 540 S. Main | (901) 526-5757 (C/T)
Capriccio Grill (Peabody) Italian Steakhouse $$$ 149 Union | (901) 529-4199 (W/T)
Aldo's Pizza Pizza $ 100 S. Main | (901) 725-7434 (W/T)
Catherine & Mary's Italian $$$ 272 S. Main | (901) 254-8600 (C/T)
Automatic Slim's Contemporary American $$$ 83 S. Second | (901) 525-7948 | RSVP (W/T)
Chez Philippe Classic French $$$ 149 Union - The Peabody | (901) 529-4188 (W/T)
Bangkok Alley Thai $$ 121 Union Avenue | (901) 522-2010 (W/T)
Cozy Corner Barbeque $ 745 N. Parkway | (901) 527-9158 (C)
Bardog Tavern American Grill $ 73 Monroe | (901) 275-8752 (W/T)
Dirty Crow Inn Bar Food $ 855 Kentucky | (901) 207-5111 (C)
Bedrock Eats & Sweets Paleocentric $$ 327 S. Main | (901) 409-6433 (W/T)
Eighty3 Contemporary American $$$ 83 Madison | (901) 333-1224 (W/T)
Belle: A Southern Bistro Southern $$$ 117 Union | (901) 433-9851 (W/T)
Evelyn & Olive Jamaican/Southern $ 630 Madison | (901) 748-5422 (C)
Belle Tavern Bar Food $ 117 Barboro Alley | (901) 249-6580 (W/T)
Felicia Suzanne's Southern/Creole $$$ 80 Monroe | (901) 523-0877 (W/T)
Bleu American $$$ Westin Memphis - 221 S. Third | (901) 334-5950 (C)
The Five Spot Bar Food $$ 531 S. Main | (901) 523-9754 (C/T)
Bluefin Restaurant Japanese Fusion $$ 135 S. Main | (901) 528-1010 (C/T)
Flight Fine dining $$$ 39 S. Main | (901) 521-8005 (W/T)
Blue Plate Café Southern Breakfast $ 113 Court | (901) 523-2050 (W)
Flying Fish Seafood $$ 105 Second Street | (901) 522-8228 (W/T)
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Gus's Fried Chicken Fried Chicken $ 310 S. Front | (901) 527-4877 (C)
Riverfront Bar & Grill Sandwiches/Salads $ Beale Street Landing | (901) 524-0817 (C)
Happy Mexican Mexican $ 385 S. Second | (901) 529-9991 (W/T)
Sabor Caribe Caribbean $
Huey's Burgers $ 77 S. Second | (901) 527-2700 (W/T)
South Main Sushi & Grill Sushi $
Itta Bena Southern Bites $$$ 143 Beale | (901) 578-3031 (W/T) Kooky Canuck Prime Rib/Catfish $$$ 87 S. Second | (901) 578-9800 (W/T) The Little Tea Shop Southern Comfort $ 69 Monroe | (901) 525-6000 (W/T) Local Gastropub Locally grown $$ 95 S. Main | (901) 725-1845 (C/T) Loflin Yard Beer Garden $$ 7 West Carolina | (901) 249-3046 (C) The Lookout at the Pyramid Seafood/Southern $$$ 1 Bass Pro Drive - Bass Pro | (901) 620-4600 (C) Luna Restaurant Cajun $$$ 179 Madison | (901) 526-0002 (C) Lyfe Kitchen Healthy $ 272 S. Main | (901) 526-0254 (C) Maciel's Tortas & Tacos Mexican $ 45 S. Main | (901) ) 526-0037 (C) The Majestic Grill Steak/Seafood $$$ 145 S. Main | (901) 522-8555 (C/T)
662 Madison | (901) 949-8100 (C)
420 S. Main | (901) 249-2194 (C/T) South of Beale Gastropub $$ 361 S. Main | (901) 526-0388 (C/T) Spindini Italian Fusion $$$ 383 S. Main | (901) 578-2767 (C/T) Tamp and Tap Coffee/Salads/Breakfast $ 122 Gayoso | (901) 207-1053 (W/T) Terrace Restaurant American/Continental $$ 50 Harbor Town Square | (901) 260-3366 (C) Texas De Brazil Brazilian $$$ 150 Peabody Place | (901) 526-7600 (W/T) Trolly Stop Market Sandwiches/Pizza $$ 704 Madison | (901) 526-1361 (C) Twilight Sky Terrace Small Plates $ 79 Madison - Rooftop | (901) 333-1224 (W/T) Uncle Buc's Fish Bowl and Grill Casual food $$ 1 Bass Pro Drive - Bass Pro | (901) 291-8000 (W)
McEwen's on Monroe Southern/American $$$ 120 Monroe | (901) 527-7085 (W/T)
The Vault Creole/Italian Fusion $$
Mollie Fontaine Lounge Tapas $ 679 Adams | (901) 524-1886 (C)
The Gray Canary Upscale Diner $$$
124 G. E. Patterson | (901) 591-8000 (C/T)
Pearl's Oyster House Seafood $$$ 299 S. Main | (901) 522-9070 (C)
301 S. Front | (901) 249-2932 (C)
The Pig on Beale Barbeque $$ 167 Beale | (901) 529-1544 (C/T)
HARBORTOWN
Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous Barbeque $$ 52 S. Second | (901) 523-2746 (W/T) Rizzo's Diner Upscale Diner $$ 492 S. Main | (901) 304-6985 (W/T)
Miss Cordelia's Deli Grocery/Sandwiches $ 737 Harbor Bend | (901) 526-4772 (C) Paulettes French and Hungarian $$ 50 Harbor Town Square | (901) 260-3300 (C) (W) WALK
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EAST MEMPHIS Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen Italian $$$ 712 W. Brookhaven Circle | (901) 347-3569 (C) City Silo Table & Pantry Vegetarian $$ 5101 Sanderlin | (901) 729-7687 (C) Corky's Ribs and BBQ BBQ $$ 5259 Poplar | (901) 685-9744 (C) Gibson's Donuts Donuts $ 760 Mount Moriah | (901) 682-8200 (C) Half Shell Seafood $$ 688 S. Mendenhall | (901) 682-3966 (C) Holy Cow at the MJCC Kosher Café and Deli $ 6560 Poplar | (901) 598-1152 (C) Houston's American $$$ 5000 Poplar | (901) 683-0915 (C) Interim Resturant and Bar American $$$ 5040 Sanderlin | (901) 818-0821 (C) Muddy's Bake Shop Bakery $ 5101 Sanderlin | (901) 683-8844 (C) Nothin Bundt Cakes Kosher Dessert $$ 5679 Poplar | (901) 208-8984 (C) One & Only BBQ BBQ $$ 567 Perkins Extended | (901) 249-4227 (C) Sakura Japanese $$ 4840 Poplar | (901) 572-1002 (C)
The Kitchen American $$ 415 Great View E. | (901) 729-9009 (C) Zaka Bowl Vegetarian $$ 575 Erin | (901) 509-3105 (C)
Alchemy Memphis New American $$ 940 Cooper | (901) 726-4444 (C) Babalu Tapas and Tacos Casual $$ 2115 Madison | (901) 274-0100 (C) (T) TROLLY
Beauty Shop Whimsical New American $$ 966 Cooper | (901) 272-7111 (C) Belly Acres Hamburger $$ 2102 Trimble Place | (901) 529-7017 (C) Café 1912 French $$$ 243 Cooper | (901) 722-2700 (C) Golden India Indian $$ 2097 Madison | (901) 728-5111 (C) Lafayette's Music Room Live Music and Food $$ 2119 Madison | (901) 207-5097 (C) Local on the Square Gastropub $$ 2126 Madison | (901) 725-1845 (C) Mama Gaia Vegetarian $$ 2144 Madison | (901) 214-2449 (C) Memphis Pizza Café Pizza $ 2087 Madison | (901) 726-5343 (C) Restaurant Iris French Creole $$$ 2146 Monroe | (901) 590-2828 (C) Robata Ramen & Yakitori Bar Japanese $ 2116 Madison | (901) 410-8290 (C)
Stanley BBQ BBQ $$ 2110 Madison | (901) 347-3060 (C) Strano! Sicilian Kitchen $ Bar Italian $$ 948 Cooper | (901) 275-8986 (C) Sweet Grass Southern $$ 937 Cooper Young | (901) 278-0278 (C)
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Bayou Bar & Grill Cajun $$ 2094 Madison | (901) 278-8628 (C)
Soul Fish Café Southern Comfort $ 862 Cooper | (901) 725-0722 (C)
Seasons 52 Seafood $$$ 6085 Poplar | (901) 682-9952 (C)
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Bari Italian Mediterranean $$$ 22 S. Cooper | (901) 722-2244 (C)
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The Bar-B-Q Shop Barbeque $ 1782 Madision | (901) 272-1277 (C) The Second Line Sandwiches $$ 2144 Monroe | (901) 590-2829 (C) Tsunami Pacific Rim $$$ 928 Cooper | (901) 274-2556 (C)
DID YOU
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Memphis tourism is 3.1 billion dollars annually.
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The 18th largest city in the US, founded in 1819 by John Overton, Andrew Jackson, and James Winchester. Prior to its official founding, the Bluffs of Memphis were occupied by Native Americans, traders, and forts. It is situated on the edge of the widest part of the Mississippi River.
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Memphis means Established and Beautiful.
Elvis Presley, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, made Memphis his home after his family moved to the city from Tupelo, MS in 1948.
Known worldwide as the "Home of the Blues & Birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll" as well as gospel, jazz, R&B, rap, and soul. Close to 20% of the earliest inductees in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame came from within a 100-mile radius of Memphis.
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Home of historic Beale Street, whose musical offerings has been voted the second most popular entertainment district in America after Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
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Home to Graceland and Elvis Presley, the second most visited private home in the US next to The White House in Washington, D.C.
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Sun Studio, the birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll, is located just outside of downtown Memphis.
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Memphis is mentioned in more songs than any other city in the world. Over 400, according to Billboard Magazine. Kemmons Wilson of Memphis opened the first Holiday Inn in 1952. Tom Lee Park was named after a great citizen who saved 32 people from drowning in the Mississippi River when the steamship Norman sank.
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Home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies and Major League Baseball's (AAA) Memphis Redbirds.
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Memphis' official city flower is a shrub, the crepe myrtle.
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Piggly Wiggly, the world's first self-service grocery store, opened in Memphis in 1916.
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"America's Distribution Center," FedEx, was founded in Memphis in 1971. They built a sorting facility and an administration building on the airfield. FedEx's package-sorting complex – currently known as the Super Hub – makes Memphis International Airport the number-one busiest cargo airport in the world.
Memphis' official city tree is the dogwood. Memphis is the home of the first Greyhound and Continental Trailways bus lines. Memphis is home to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, by entertainer Danny Thomas. St. Jude is one of the world's premier research and treatment centers of catastrophic diseases in children, treating more than 16,000 children from the U.S. and 60 foreign countries. Peter Doherty, Ph.D., chairman of the hospital's immunology department, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1996.
Memphis is the site of the first Welcome Wagon, founded here in 1928. Memphis is the largest spot cotton market in the world, with nearly half of the U.S. cotton crop going through Memphis. Memphis has one of the top urban park systems in the nation covering 7,000 acres.
JEWISH AGENCIES Beth Sholom Synagogue (Conservative) Memphis Jewish Community Center jccmemphis.org • (901) 761-0810 6560 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38138 Larry Skolnick, President/CEO lskolnick@jccmemphis.org
Memphis Jewish Federation (Operated by Jewish Community Partners) jcpmemphis.org/federation • (901) 767-7100 The central coordinating, fundraising, community planning, and budgeting agency for the entire Memphis Jewish community. 6560 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38138 Laura Linder, President/CEO llinder@jcpmemphis.org
Jewish Foundation of Memphis (Operated by Jewish Community Partners) jcpmemphis.org/foundation • (901) 734-0400 Endowment fundraising arm of the Memphis Jewish community. 6560 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38138 Laura Linder, President/CEO llinder@jcpmemphis.org
SYNAGOGUES Anshei Sphard-Beth El Emeth Congregation (Orthodox) asbee.org • (901) 682-1611 120 East Yates Road North Memphis, TN 38120 Joel Finkelstein, Rabbi rabbijmf@gmail.com
Baron Hirsch Congregation (Orthodox) baronhirsch.org • (901) 683-7485 400 S. Yates Road Memphis, TN 38120 Binyamin Lehrfield, Senior Rabbi rabbi@baronhirsch.org
bsholom.org • (901) 683-3591 6675 Humphreys Boulevard Memphis, TN 38120 Sarit Horwitz, Rabbi rabbisarit@bsholom.org
Chabad Lubavitch of Tennessee (Orthodox) jewishmemphis.com • (901) 754-0404 2570 Kirby Parkway Memphis, TN 38119 Levi Klein, Rabbi & Executive Director rabbi@JewishMemphis.com
Or Chadash Conservative Synagogue (Conservative) ocncs.org • (901) 435-6353 6629 Massey Lane Memphis, TN 38120 David Julian, Rabbi & Cantor rabbiCDJ@ocncs.org
Temple Israel (Reform) timemphis.org • (901) 761-3130 1376 E. Massey Road Memphis, TN 38120 Micah Greenstein, Senior Rabbi rabbig@timemphis.org
Young Israel of Memphis (Orthodox) yiom.org • (901) 761-6060 531 S. Yates Road Memphis, TN 38120 Akiva Males, Rabbi rabbi@yiom.org
JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS Bornblum Jewish Community School (Private Jewish community school K-8) bornblum.org • (901) 747-2665 6641 Humphreys Boulevard Memphis, TN 38120 Rabbi Brett Oxman, Executive Director/Headmaster boxman@bornblum.org
Margolin Hebrew Academy/ Feinstone Yeshiva of the South
Bornblum Judaic Studies Program at University of Memphis
(Private Orthodox Jewish school PreK-12) mhafyos.org • (901) 682-2400 390 S. White Station Memphis, TN 38117 Rabbi Benjy Owen, Dean of School benjy.owen@mhafyos.org
(Exploring the experience of the Jewish people within the contexts of world cultures.) memphis.edu/jdst • (901) 678-2919 121 Clement Hall Memphis, TN 38152 Dr. Shaul Bar, Director sbar@memphis.edu
SOCIAL SERVICES Jewish Family Service at the MJCC (Offers senior services, counseling and support groups, emergency assistance, special needs support & other services.) jccmemphis.org/jfs • (901) 767-8511 6560 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38138 Mary Elizabeth Jones, JFS Director of Social Services mjones@jccmemphis.org
Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab (Jewish nursing home and rehabilitation center.) memphisjewishhome.org • (901) 758-0036 36 Bazeberry Road Cordova, TN 38018 Bobby Meadows, Executive Director bmeadows@memphisjewishhome.org
Plough Towers (150-unit apartment community providing safe, HUDsubsidized independent housing and services for seniors.) ploughtowers.org • (901) 767-1910 6580 Poplar Avenue Germantown, TN 38138 Leigh Hendry, Executive Director lhendry@ploughtowers.org
HIGHER EDUCATION Hillels of Memphis: University of Memphis and Rhodes College (College students’ “Jewish home away from home”) hillelsofmemphis.org • (614) 602-9306 3581 Midland Avenue Memphis, TN 38111 Rabbi Jeremy Simons, Campus Director rabbijeremy@hillelsofmemphis.org
MISCELLANEOUS Hadassah, Memphis Chapter (Connecting and empowering Jewish women to effect change.) hadassah.org/regions/southern • (800) 664-5646 c/o Hadassah Hub - Super South 47 Perimeter Center East, Suite 210 Atlanta, GA 30346 Lee Ernst leeernst@bellsouth.net
Jewish Historical Society of Memphis & Mid-South (Researching, preserving, and disseminating the Jewish history of Memphis and the Mid-South.) jhsmem.org • (901) 624-2322 6560 Poplar Avenue Memphis, TN 38138 Mimi Clemons, President mjhspresident@gmail.com
Memphis Friends of Israel (Educating the local community on the value of America’s support for Israel.) memphisfoi.org • (901) 767-3918 P.O. Box 17785 Memphis, TN 38187 Scott Baum, President info@memphisfoi.org
New Jewish Neighborhood House (Midtown/Downtown area Jews celebrating Jewish life through prayer, ritual, art, song, learning, continuity, and community.) facebook.com/groups/ newjewishneighborhoodhouse
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