Jews at Christmas – it’s a mitzvah thing
- JFCS in the Media
J Weekly
by Rebecca Rosen Lum
Christmas Day for many Jews is about more than eating Chinese food and going to the movies.
This year like every year, as part of the time-honored American tradition of Jews doing mitzvahs at Christmastime, Jewish volunteers across the Bay Area will be offering gifts of comfort and community — sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry and caring for the vulnerable.
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Posted by Admin on December 20, 2012
JFCS Helps Fight Senior Depression
- Seniors
A retired teacher with a busy social calendar, Ann P., 84, suddenly became reclusive, declining invitations to lunch, theater, and the symphony. This concerned her children, who always thought of their mother as outgoing, spry, and interested in life. “We tried talking to her about what we saw,” says Ann’s daughter, Marla, “but she always rebuffed us.”
Frustrated and increasingly worried, Marla and her brother, Jeffrey, met with a Seniors At Home care manager for a consultation about Ann. “We had a very thoughtful discussion about the possible reasons behind our mother’s recent changes,” says Marla. “The care manager gave… Read More
Posted by Admin on November 2, 2012
She’s Jamming for Success
- Stories & Testimonials
- Financial Assistance
For Dafna Kory, it all started with the jalapeño.
“I’m from Israel, and I remember seeing jalapeño jam in the store soon after we moved to the States and thinking ‘What’s this?’” says Kory, founder and owner of Inna Jam, an artisanal jam company that recently received support from JFCS’ Business and Professional Loan Program.
A few years ago, when Kory was at a friend’s, she braved jalapeño jam and found she loved it. “Now, if I were an ordinary person,” she says, “I would have asked my friend where she bought it. But being who I am, I had… Read More
Posted by Admin on November 2, 2012
Elderly care and the future of social innovation
- JFCS in the Media
Stanford Social Innovation Review
by Curtis Chang
I recently spent some time with one of the most well-regarded agencies in the Bay Area: Jewish Family and Children Services (JFCS). JFCS is the oldest public charity west of the Mississippi and serves the elderly from the entire community, not just the Jewish one. In the 1980s, it began to struggle financially. Amid this fiscal crisis, Anita Friedman took over as the executive director and vowed to reinvent the agency’s business model or go out of business trying.
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Posted by Admin on August 27, 2012
Shopping for one of the city’s girls
- JFCS in the Media
San Francisco Chronicle
by Leah Garchik
All in the San Francisco family:
The Jewish Family and Children’s Services has been flooded with offers of support for the Brown twins, Marian and Vivian. Among the letters received by JFCS marketing man Robert Miller was this from Evelyn Miller Adler, which cam along with a contribution…
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Posted by Admin on August 24, 2012
JFCS lends helping hand to iconic twin sisters
- JFCS in the Media
J Weekly
by Emma Silvers
When people started hearing that San Francisco iconic 85-year-old twin sisters in need of help, offers of assistance started pouring in – and Jewish Family and Children’s Services was among those leading the charge.
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Posted by Admin on August 23, 2012