Feb 25, 2022 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Thank you for your interest in helping the people of Ukraine as they suffer the trauma and devastation of war. Updated as of 5/2/22 President Joe Biden has announced that the United States will accept 100,000 refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Through our...
Feb 16, 2022 | Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Thank you for your interest in helping to resettle Afghan evacuees! The commandment to care for the stranger is mentioned more times than any other commandment in the Torah. To date, JFS has welcomed 13 Afghan evacuee families (47 individuals) to the Greater Boston...
Feb 15, 2022 | Children's Clothing Closet, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, Seize the Dream, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Earlier this week, Sharon resident Abby Levine visited JFS with her husband David Cunningham and children Josie and Gabe to deliver and sort hundreds of clothing items for the JFS Children’s Clothing Closet at the Framingham Public Schools Resource Room. Many of...
Feb 11, 2022 | Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Recently Massachusetts committed to welcoming 2,400 Afghan Evacuees to the Commonwealth. Supported by JFS Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships Lucia Panichella and case managers Nermin Helaly, Fahim Amin, Susan Delahunt, and Maggie Kenney, as well as dozens of...
Feb 2, 2022 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
Special thanks to JFS board members, Jodi Bring and Allison Kates for their efforts in replenishing the shelves at the Framingham Public Schools Resource Room. Jodi and Allison reached out to their family and friends to request new and like new donations of casual...
Jan 26, 2022 | Business, Community Partners, Family Assistance Network, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
JVS Helps Afghan Evacuees and JFS FAN Clients Find Employment (Photo Credit: Jewish Vocational Services) JFS is proud to acknowledge collaborative relationships with over 100 organizations – from public to private, secular to faith-based, local to international –...
