How can we all educate our children to true freedom? Teach them not to look at reality as defining their acts but to look at their acts as defining reality. – Yaacov Cohen Whether you are looking to volunteer or to prepare for the holiday, JFS has a Passover event for you. Passport to Passover…
Taking Human Resources to a New Level
The service and support that JFS provides really is the extension of our community’s caring, and there’s no better example of this than a recent volunteer effort from PMSI. PMSI provides Human Resources support to JFS. Stephanie Benadof of PMSI is often onsite at JFS, so when the company was looking to plan its annual…
Community. Living Simply & Sustainably. Social Justice.
Bailey Toth is a Lutheran Volunteer Corps member completing her year of service as the Food Bank Specialist in the JFS Food Bank. The three core tenets of the Lutheran Volunteer Corps could not have resonated more perfectly with my own values, so I knew I had to apply to the program. Applicants choose their…
Creating Your Legacy
I am honored to be serving as President of the JFS Board of Directors, which gives me a unique opportunity to understand and appreciate how JFS changes the lives of so many in our community. The opportunity to be of service to JFS allows me to express my deeply held value that we should always…
The Obligation and Joy of Giving
Once, while teaching an adult class regarding our obligation to preserve the kavod/dignity of panhandlers, a predictable question arose. When I give money to someone on the street, how do I know they won’t use it for drugs or alcohol? Other questions followed. How many people do I need to give to? How do I…
Becoming Life Scribes
When JFS hosted a reading by local poet Esther Altshul Helfgott last fall, she closed the event by asking audience members to write something from their own lives. I was inspired by the notion that we can become the scribes of our lives and the lives of our loved ones. This got me thinking about…
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