Meet Rabbi Ronit: The New Voice of Project Kavod at JFS

Meet Rabbi Ronit: The New Voice of Project Kavod at JFS

Jewish Family Service is excited to welcome Rabbi Ronit Tsadok as the new Director of Project Kavod, a JFS initiative that ties the vital work we do to the core Jewish values that inspire and guide our mission. With over 12 years of experience as a rabbi at IKAR in Los Angeles, Rabbi Ronit brings…

Stock Shelves & Spread Hope:Join the JFS Community-Wide Food Drive & Food Sort

Stock Shelves & Spread Hope:
Join the JFS Community-Wide Food Drive & Food Sort

It’s that special time of year again! Help us fill the Polack Food Bank’s shelves during our annual Community-Wide Food Drive & Food Sort! Listen for details about the drive at your synagogue’s Rosh Hashanah services and start gathering food and hygiene items starting Wednesday, October 3. Not a member of a synagogue? You can…

This is What a Community of Caring Looks Like

This is What a Community of Caring Looks Like

On Friday, May 10, we hosted our annual Community of Caring Luncheon. What a gathering! Nearly 800 of us attended—each table filled with friends, family members, and colleagues. And as our CEO Rabbi Will Berkovitz shared after the event, “As I scanned the crowd, I didn’t just see faces, I saw relationships. The hundreds of…

In Times of Uncertainty We Need More Humanity

In Times of Uncertainty We Need More Humanity

By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, Schocken Family CEO Our world has transformed, and it feels like our humanity has been hijacked by extremists. Everything is off its axis. People are not thinking clearly. These are very painful and difficult days with no easy answers or simple solutions. It is a time of uncertainty. Many in our…

Repairing the World: Judy and Joe Schockens’ Transformational Gift to Jewish Family Service

Repairing the World: Judy and Joe Schockens’ Transformational Gift to Jewish Family Service

We are thrilled to share that Jewish Family Service has received a multimillion-dollar donation from long-time supporters Judy and Joe Schocken. For 132 years, JFS has partnered with our community to improve the well-being, health, and stability of those who need our support. This extraordinary gift, the largest to our endowment fund to date, will…

Meet Rebecca Mather, Project DVORA Outreach and Prevention Coordinator

Meet Rebecca Mather, Project DVORA Outreach and Prevention Coordinator

We are thrilled to have Rebecca Mather continue her outstanding work at JFS as the new Outreach and Prevention Coordinator with Project DVORA! We spoke with Rebecca about what she looks forward to in her new role, introducing the innovative healthy relationship workshops for teens, and what she likes to do in her free time….

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