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“We were living in Washington Heights, NYC, while Ari was in Yeshiva
University, and it was a convenient place to live while we were both working
in New York City,” said Molly. “However, we were looking to move to a place
with more of a community.”
Molly applied to medical schools around the country, so they knew they were
to likely to be moving, but it was unclear where. Molly was accepted at the
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. Ari is an IT Sy stems Analyst
at Sedgwick.
When asked what they loved about living in Memphis the couple said, “The
affordability is amazing. Almost none of ou r friends outside of Memphis
and in our stage of life were able to buy their own home and have two cars.
One of Ari’s favorite parts of living here is his four-minutes commute
(eight minutes if there is traffic) as opposed to the over 45 minutes it took
him to get to work in New York. We also love how relaxed everything is, Ari
describes living here as if being constantly on vacation.”
A “Fedovation Grant” from Memphis Jewish Federation helps fund the
initiative by offering incentives such as $250 towards the Shabbat weekend
airfare, $500 towards relocation expenses, a y ear’s membership at any of the
city’s synagogues, tuition discounts at both Day Schools, and a three-month
membership to the Memphis JCC.
Memphis has become a hot spot for those looking for an affordabl e living
option. We welcome the Haglers and other newcomers who are enjoying
all of the amenities of our city including the Memphis Zoo, Shelby Farms,
the Greenline, Grizzlies and Redbirds games, Th e Orpheum Theater and
the Memphis Symphony. And even with all of these big-city-like features,
traffic – it’s nothing like N ew York or even Atlanta.
If you have out-of-town friends looking for big-city feel with a small-town
lifestyle, visit 100newfamilies.com, facebook.com/100newfamilies, or
contact the Memphis Recruitment Committee at 100newfamilies@gmail.
com or 901.352.1776. Please spread the word about the upcoming “Taste of
Jewish Memphis” weekend on October 19-21!
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Michael Greenberg, Michelle
Rishel, Jessica Baum
Sukhadolsky and Joel Siegel
Newcomers brunch sponsored by
Memphis Jewish Federation.
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