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Rywka’s Diary: The Writings of a Jewish Girl from the Lodz Ghetto was first published by the JFCS Holocaust Center in 2014. It has now been translated and published in 15 countries around the world. Buy It Here.

Centuries of Pioneering was published by JFCS in 2010 in celebration of our 160th anniversary. The book tells the story of the Jewish people in the Bay Area and our work to help others since 1850. Cost: $24.99 plus sales tax and shipping. To order your copy call 415-449-1256.

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A Caring Group of Friends Bands Together to Help Those in Need

What do Zoe Schwartz, Marsha Jacobs, Lynn Ganz, Miriam Sparrow, Ellen Mundell, Marlene Stein, and Bonnie Lasky all have in common? The dynamic septet are part of the Sonoma Leadership Council, a JFCS affiliate group that has come together to support JFCS’ outstanding services. “JFCS is like my f...

A Childhood of Loss Fuels a Giving Opportunity

When the San Francisco section of the National Council of Jewish Women helped establish an educational scholarship at JFCS benefiting single parents in need, it held particular resonance for NCJW Board member Linda Kurtz, who partnered with the Council to bring the scholarship to fruition. “My fat...

A Father’s Love Lives on—and Young People Succeed

Anita and Ronald z’l Wornick sat for this interview in 2014. May his memory be for a blessing. Over many years, Ronald and Anita Wornick have touched the worlds of art, medical research, education, and Jewish philanthropy through gifts that have made a difference in the lives of many. But few of t...

The History of the JFCS Holocaust Center

In 1977, San Francisco’s reputation as a city of peace and love was tested by an unexpected threat: just steps away from a synagogue in the Outer Sunset, a Nazi bookstore had opened its doors. This brazen, shameless act infuriated Tauba Weiss, a member of the city’s considerable population o...

Joyce Newstat and Scott Wiener on Pride, the Pink Triangle, and the Fight Against Hate

June is Pride Month, and we would like to highlight a recent opinion piece in the Bay Area Reporter by community leader Joyce Newstat and state Senator , both of whom are members of the LGBTQ+ community and close friends of JFCS and the JFCS Holocaust Center. They serve on the Governor’s Counc...

Celebrating the Next Generation of Advocates Against Antisemitism and Hate

There is no more powerful tool in fighting antisemitism than Holocaust and genocide education. The JFCS Holocaust Center’s Manovill Seminar program is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for high school students to dive deep into the ties between racism, antisemitism, and the patterns of genocide as they ...

A Shupin Community Role Model: Weatherman Jordan Darensbourg

When several members of the Shupin Social Club were curious about climate change and the floods we were having this past winter, the Shupin Community was inspired to host an event to learn about the weather. A bit of creative Googling yielded a surprising gift: a neurodivergent weatherman in Texas. ...

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