Learn more about upcoming support groups or events with JFS. During the past few years I have made an effort to reconnect with former students and old friends. Many common themes arose over the course of these conversations, including a topic rarely discussed in public Jewish spaces. I have lost track of the number of…
In the Season of Turnings
My story is a familiar one, almost a cliché: I married a Jewish man, began raising Jewish children and, after many years, chose Judaism for myself. Of course there is more to the story than that. This is part of that story. In the season of t’shuvah – which literally means turning toward – I…
The Dirty Laundry of Domestic Violence
The shirts pictured above were created as part of the Clothesline Project in which Project DVORA participants depicted their experiences as survivors of domestic violence. All too often, women are encouraged to keep their abuse a secret, to hide their experiences, to feel ashamed of what happened. By making these shirts, women were encouraged to…
A Selfless Mitzvah
Aviva Lyss-Loren, a rising 3rd grader at Seattle Jewish Community School, approached JFS this summer about a special donation. Here’s the story on this 9-year-old and her creative, self-initiated mitzvah. Tell us about your donation. I gave JFS stuff that people would need moving in somewhere or if they didn’t have a house. I bought blankets, pillows, toiletries, and…
A Partnership of Faith
Families fall into homelessness for many different reasons: loss of a job, huge medical bills, divorce, domestic violence, foreclosure. Any one disaster can mean the loss of a home. When that happens, the first step is to find temporary shelter and other support to keep the family together and stabilize the children. Then comes the…
A Day in the Life Of…
…Sonja Adams, Case Manager for the SAJD Supported Living Program. 8:00 a.m. I start my day by checking for messages and mail. I get a lot of snail mail because most of my clients have their bills and important paperwork forwarded to me. I sort through it all to help them figure out what needs to…
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