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The Righteous Among the Nations Award Will Be Presented by the State of Israel as Part of the Yom HaShoah Ceremony For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 21, 2016 (San Francisco, CA) – Community members are invited to observe Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Sunday, May 1 at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco. This year’s observance, titled Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering Artists, Musicians, and Poets, will include performances, workshops, and a Memorial Ceremony focusing on the young artists, musicians, and scholars whose lives were cut short because of the Holocaust. During the Memorial Ceremony there will be… Read More

Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties will be putting its love of community into action as it hosts the 15th Annual Emigre Community Gala on Sat., Jan. 23, at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis Hotel on Union Square. The Emigre Gala is a festive celebration, an important fundraiser, and one of the largest annual events for the Jewish community in Northern California. JFCS Executive Director, Dr. Anita Friedman states, “The Emigre Gala gives our community an opportunity to come together to celebrate our accomplishments, while making sure no one who needs… Read More

Massive earthquakes have devastated Nepal — a magnitude 7.8 on April 25, a magnitude 7.3 on May 12, and their many aftershocks. The death toll has gone beyond 8,000 and is expected to grow. The number of wounded and missing is more than 18.000, and the people of Nepal desperately need our help to begin to rebuild. Please donate to the organization of your choice to help finance the relief effort for those people made most vulnerable by this tragedy.  Jewish Family and Children’s Services We are working with partners providing direct relief in Nepal and ensure that your gift… Read More

Community members are invited to observe Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Sun., Apr. 19, 1:30 – 6:15 pm, at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street. This year’s observance, titled Resilience through Creativity, will include a number of programs focusing on the significant role that art, music, and poetry have played in the lives of those who endured the Holocaust. All of the afternoon’s programs are free and open to the public. The event will also honor the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the end of the Holocaust. The afternoon will… Read More

Hundreds of supporters are set to attend Jewish Family and Children’s Services’ 31st Annual Fammy Awards Gala, which will be held Sat. evening, Mar. 21, at San Francisco’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. This year’s gala theme is “One World, One Family,” and JFCS will be honoring community leaders Lydia and Douglas Shorenstein of the Preisler Shorenstein Institute; employees of Cleanerific, JFCS’ innovative cleaning company; and Tamar Sofer-Geri, who formed a support network for parents whose children have juvenile diabetes. About the Honorees: Celebrating its 13th year, the Preisler Shorenstein Institute is pleased to support an important program of the JFCS Holocaust Center:… Read More

Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) will be paying tribute to a group of 20-, 30-, and 40-somethings making significant contributions to the vitality of the Jewish community when the agency holds its 14th Annual Emigre Community Gala on Sat., Feb.7, at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis Hotel . These younger individuals, participants in a JFCS affiliate group called RJeneration, are part of a large and growing number of Russian-speaking Jews who, as volunteers and donors, are ensuring the continuity of the Jewish community for generations to come. “RJeneration members, their friends, and their families play an integral role in… Read More