We offer services thathealthose who are suffering. The client journeys you will read in this year’s Annual Campaign reflect these realities and how our guiding value isTikun Olam– repairing the world together. We are living in an Olam Hafukh – an upside-down world. Many of the societal...
Jewish Family Services (JFS) supports and strengthens lives throughout Greater Kansas City.We provide essential human services for people of all faiths, ages, cultures, and identities who are facing challenges in everyday life or times of crisis. ...
Rochelle is a 65-year-old woman who has been receiving services from Alpert Jewish Family Service for nearly 15 years. She receives subsidy care management, psychiatry, counseling, friendly visitor and food pantry services, Meals on Wheels, and chore service. She has limited ... ...
Jewish Family Services decided to undergo a complete campus remodel of the interior and exteriors of their buildings. Some exterior enhancements included environmentally conscious and water-wise landscaping. The interior remodeling included a full commercial kitchen, vegetable and herb gardens, new campus ...
Jewish Family Services fills needs of seniorsCherylAnne Millsap Correspondent
At a recent Teen Leadership of Jewish Family Services meeting,people with disabilities talked about their lives.(36) ___ However,what amazed me most was the great importance of education about handicap accommodations (残疾人便利设施). One school-teacher who is blind,and a woman who has used a...
on Saturday. Jews celebrate Shabbat tocommemorateGod’s rest on the seventh day of creation. Observant Jews begin the Sabbath with family and friends over a meal, abstain from work, and attend services. Many Jews avoid driving, operating electrical devices, cooking, and carrying things in public...
THE HUDSON INDEPENDENT –Phelps Staffers Pool Resources to Send a Dying Man Home to His Family in Guatemala, “Naranjo secured a grant from the New York Times’ Neediest Cases Fund and Westchester Jewish Community Services and used it to purchase Sazo’...
Emhoff was raised in a Jewish familyin New Jersey, where he attended Cedar Lake, a Jewish camp, and excelled in tennis and soccer. He has frequently described wearing a three-piece brown velour suit to his bar mitzvah. And as an early-career attorney in California, Emhoff was involved wit...
The author discusses the efforts by his agency (the YM-YWHA of Metropolitan New Jersey) to re-evaluate its programming in light of two priorities: (1) preservation of Jewish community life and (2) maintenance of the integrity of the nuclear family. The author discusses staff and community rol...