JFS resettles people from across the globe and serves over 80 young refugees a year. Many are enrolled in English Language Learner programs in Kent and Tukwila. Tukwila’s Foster High School, one of the most language diverse schools in the nation, is home to the poetry workshop known as the Stories of Arrival: Youth Voices Poetry Project. Most of…
From Baku to Bellevue
After my marriage in 1956, I lived in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan, located on the shore of the Caspian Sea. Baku, a place on the border of Europe and Asia, was a beautiful site with many buildings in European and Asian styles. A lot of people of different nationalities lived there, and there were…
Four Facts for Food Stamps
When I began my internship with the Solutions to Senior Hunger program last September, all I could have told you about food stamps was that they existed. However, I believe in knowing what I represent, and since my internship with JFS is outreach to help people sign-up for the government’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP),…
Stories From the Luncheon
Since 1892, JFS has been committed to helping people in our region achieve well-being, health and stability. Whether providing support for people living with disabilities, making their home in a new country or experiencing domestic violence or another crisis, JFS has remained dedicated to treating our clients with dignity. Part of this is recognizing that…
ESL Class Teaches More Than English
Volunteer Leslie Taub spends her Friday afternoons teaching English classes to a group of Russian women in their 70’s and 80’s. They emigrated from the former Soviet Union anywhere from 5-20 years ago. Each is dedicated to improving her English. We talked to Leslie to learn about her class and students. Where does your interest…
Our Local Survivors
Visions of Remembrance, Voices of Hope is a photographic documentary celebrating local area Holocaust survivors. Dara Rosenwasser’s portraits and the oral histories that accompany them are a testament to the prevailing spirit of these individuals. Their journeys help us better grasp the atrocities of the past – to understand not only the trauma borne from the…
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