{"id":4072,"date":"2016-09-20T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2016-09-20T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:06:50","slug":"memphis-community-shabbaton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/community-events\/memphis-community-shabbaton\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Community Shabbaton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Orthodox Community Invites \u201c100 New Families\u201d to Relocate<br \/>\n\u201cTaste of Memphis\u201d Shabbaton Scheduled for November 11 \u2013 13, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Faced with skyrocketing costs of housing and education, an increasing number of young Orthodox families are choosing to move to the vibrant, affordable, and friendly community of Memphis, Tennessee. \u00a0Specifically, over twenty Orthodox families have relocated to Memphis over the past two years, moving from cities including Rochester, Boston, Columbus, Nashville, New York and Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Jewish community will be showcasing itself at a \u201cTaste of Jewish Memphis\u201d Shabbaton over the weekend of November 12th. Visitors will enjoy a fantastic weekend featuring the finest in Southern home hospitality. They will have multiple opportunities to interact with engaging families and speak with employment and real estate experts. On Friday, visitors can tour the newly renovated gym and kitchen at the Margolin Hebrew Academy\/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South (MHA\/FYOS; Age 3 through 12<sup>th <\/sup>Grade), Bornblum Jewish Community School (Grades K\u20138), the fabulous JCC, and visit the city\u2019s historic sights.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis is well known as a tourist attraction \u2013 600,000 people come yearly to visit Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley. Sun Studio, the Gibson Guitar Factory, Beale Street and the National Civil Rights Museum are popular destinations as well. It is not as well known, however, that Memphis boasts an extremely vibrant Orthodox community, which includes four Orthodox synagogues, a kosher bakery, an eruv, two mikvahs, two kollels and plenty of Kosher food.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Memphians enjoy a relaxed, stress-free lifestyle. Drs. Ari and Lindi VanderWalde moved to Memphis three years ago from Los Angeles. They stated that \u201cit is the rare city where one can experience both small-town perks and an exceptional Jewish community. The pace of life is slow and very family friendly. There is an abundance of outdoor space and the kids are able to play safely. Protecting family time is a cultural value in the city; the workday ends comparatively early for even the busiest professionals. People are friendly, accommodating and genuinely care about each other. And traffic is now a thing of the past!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To encourage Jewish families to explore life in Memphis, the Jewish community is offering a generous incentive package.\u00a0 It includes a $250 subsidy towards a family\u2019s flights to visit for a weekend. New Memphians will also receive a free year of membership at any of the four Orthodox synagogues and three months of free membership at the JCC.\u00a0 Also, students enrolling at the MHA\/FYOS will receive 50% off tuition for the 2017-18 academic year. Lastly, Jewish families who move to Memphis will receive $500 towards relocation expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis is the ideal destination for a family looking for a fantastic quality of life with all of the Orthodox amenities. We hope that you will visit the community on the weekend of November 12th and discover this gem for yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Please visit www.100newfamilies.com or contact us at 100newfamilies@gmail.com or 901-352-1776 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-post-4072 wp-image-4076 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/files\/2016\/09\/Relocate-to-Memphis-Orthodox-Ad-.jpg\" alt=\"Relocate to Memphis Orthodox Ad\" width=\"695\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/files\/2016\/09\/Relocate-to-Memphis-Orthodox-Ad-.jpg 695w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/community\/files\/2016\/09\/Relocate-to-Memphis-Orthodox-Ad--232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis Jewish Community Invites \u201c100 New Families\u201d to Relocate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":764,"featured_media":4073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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