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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 HOST COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER CHAIRS ENTERTAINMENT Susan Chase EVENT CHAIRS Jed Miller CHAIR Cindy Finestone Judy and Larry Moss Robin Orgel Ilysa Wertheimer Laurie and Harry Samuels Larry Skolnick Elise Jordan Lindsey Chase MJCC President/CEO MJCC Board Chair 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! This Host Community Guide highlights a number of our favorite destinations in Memphis that We are thrilled that you are here for the 2018 cater to the desires of all who visit here. You will JCCs of North America Biennial. Memphians take find attractions, neighborhoods, and all types of tremendous pride in our city and all that it has to restaurants. Thank you to our Host Committee, offer. While here, you’ll be able to take advantage of especially our Hospitality Chairs, Susan Chase and the wonderful culture and community of Memphis. Cindy Finestone, for putting so much time and effort The 2018 Biennial promises to keep you engaged into creating this guide; Judy and Larry Moss and with insightful speakers and plenaries. Outside of Laurie and Harry Samuels, our Host City Event Chairs; the convention center walls, please take advantage Robin Orgel and Jed Miller, our Volunteer Chairs; and of some of Memphis’ finest attractions, restaurants, Ilysa Wertheimer, our Entertainment Chair. and our rich Southern and Jewish history. We are Home of the Blues, Graceland, Beale Street, the If you have any questions while you are here please National Civil Rights Museum, and so many more feel free to stop by our Hospitality Desk at the must-see spots. Part of the programming during Convention Center or ask one of our many blue- your stay includes our Host City Event at Graceland shirted volunteers! on Sunday night, May 6. Prepare to be dazzled by all On behalf of the Memphis Jewish Community things Elvis while you are enjoying a delicious bar- Center’s Board of Directors and professional staff, b-que feast! We are also excited to welcome you to we hope you enjoy your stay in Memphis. the Blues Hall of Fame Museum on Monday evening, May 7, as well as engage you with a walking tour Jenny Herman of Memphis’ Pinch District with famed Memphis Host Community Chair 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. (W) WALK (T) TROLLY (C) ALL OTHER 2 Beale Street bealestreet.com (901) 526-0117 Visit the heart of Memphis nightlife and ATTRACTIONS entertainment, three blocks of nightclubs, restaurants, and retail shops. (W/T) Sun Studio sunstudio.com 706 Union Avenue • (901) 521-0664 Big River Crossing bigrivercrossing.com The country’s largest active rail/bicycle/pedestrian Birthplace of Rock and Roll, Experience outtakes from bridge connecting Memphis to Arkansas. (T) recording sessions, touch Elvis' microphone, and hear history of the studio. (C) Peabody Ducks peabodymemphis.org 149 Union Avenue • (901) 529-4000 Gibson Guitar Factory gibson.com Join the internationally famous Peabody Ducks as 145 Lt. George W. Lee Avenue • (901) 543-0800 they parade through the Peabody’s grand lobby at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. (W/T) See and hear how for over 100 years, Gibson has helped make the world of music what it is today. (W/T) Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid basspro.org 1 Bass Pro Drive • (901) 291-8200 Memphis Rock-n-Soul Museum Memphis This new, immersive retail experience offers memphisrocknsoul.org something for everyone from the serious outdoor 191 Beale Street • (901) 205-2533 enthusiast to families looking to have fun. Inside the Museum tells the story of the birth of rock and roll expansive 535,000-square-foot pyramid are many experiences and features that offer something for and soul music (W/T) 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) 3 (W) WALK (T) TROLLY (C) ALL OTHER 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) Stax Museum of American Soul Music staxmuseum.com Memphis Botanic Garden 926 East McLemore Avenue • (901) 261-6338 memphisbotanicgarden.com Memphis Soul Music where it all happened in the 60’s 750 Cherry Road • (901) 636-1400 and 70’s. (C) Ninety-six acres offering natural areas with native flowers as well as 28 unique gardens. Art exhibits and Temple Israel Museum timemphis.org monthly wine tastings. (C) 1376 East Massey Road • (901) 761-3130 The museum houses and displays a remarkable National Civil Rights Museum treasure of Jewish ritual art featuring the Herta and civilrightsmuseum.org Justin H. Adler Judaica Collection. The collection 450 Mulberry Street • (901) 521-9699 includes work of artisans from Germany, France, Interpretive exhibits and audio/visual displays bring Morocco, Egypt, Poland, Russia, Israel, and America. to life the most significant moments of the civil and (C) human rights struggles and victories. (W/C) Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton CITY EVENTS Exchange memphiscottonmuseum.org 65 Union Avenue • (901) 531-7826 Beale Street Music Festival memphisinmay.org Re-discover the American South and learn the Memphis In May (W/T) dynamic story of the plant that built the Bluff City. Learn all about how the fabric of our lives influenced Levitt Shell levittshell.org the cultural fabric of the Mid-South. (W/T) 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 Memphis Grizzlies nba.com/grizzlies Lower Mississippi River Valley. Walk through the Professional NBA Team (W) replica of the mighty Mississippi. (W/C) Memphis Redbirds milb.com Pink Palace Museum & Autozone Dome at the St. Louis Cardinals Triple A baseball team, Sharpe Planetarium memphis.museums.org Pacific Coast League Champions 2017 (W) 3050 Central Avenue • (901) 636-2362 A regional national history, science, and cultural museum. (C) (W) WALK (T) TROLLY (C) ALL OTHER 4 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) Café Keough European-style café $ DOWNTOWN 12 S. Main | (901) 509-2469 (W/T) Agave Maria Mexican $$ Café Pontotoc Small Plates $$ 83 Union Avenue | (901) 341-2096 (W/T) 314 S. Main | (901) 249-7955 (C/T) The Arcade Breakfast/Café $ Capriccio Grill (Peabody) Italian Steakhouse $$$ 540 S. Main | (901) 526-5757 (C/T) 149 Union | (901) 529-4199 (W/T) Aldo's Pizza Pizza $ Catherine & Mary's Italian $$$ 100 S. Main | (901) 725-7434 (W/T) 272 S. Main | (901) 254-8600 (C/T) Automatic Slim's Contemporary American $$$ Chez Philippe Classic French $$$ 83 S. Second | (901) 525-7948 | RSVP (W/T) 149 Union - The Peabody | (901) 529-4188 (W/T) Bangkok Alley Thai $$ Cozy Corner Barbeque $ 121 Union Avenue | (901) 522-2010 (W/T) 745 N. Parkway | (901) 527-9158 (C) Bardog Tavern American Grill $ Dirty Crow Inn Bar Food $ 73 Monroe | (901) 275-8752 (W/T) 855 Kentucky | (901) 207-5111 (C) Bedrock Eats & Sweets Paleocentric $$ Eighty3 Contemporary American $$$ 327 S. Main | (901) 409-6433 (W/T) 83 Madison | (901) 333-1224 (W/T) Belle: A Southern Bistro Southern $$$ Evelyn & Olive Jamaican/Southern $ 117 Union | (901) 433-9851 (W/T) 630 Madison | (901) 748-5422 (C) Belle Tavern Bar Food $ Felicia Suzanne's Southern/Creole $$$ 117 Barboro Alley | (901) 249-6580 (W/T) 80 Monroe | (901) 523-0877 (W/T) Bleu American $$$ The Five Spot Bar Food $$ Westin Memphis - 221 S. Third | (901) 334-5950 (C) 531 S. Main | (901) 523-9754 (C/T) Bluefin Restaurant Japanese Fusion $$ Flight Fine dining $$$ 135 S.
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