Jul 16, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Community Programs, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest (JFS) is excited and proud to share that they have received a generous donation from Ms. Elizabeth “Betty” Smith (née Kaldeck) on behalf of the Kaldeck family! JFS CEO Lino Covarrubias and Director of Development Jayne Lampert...
Jun 17, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
In light of last week’s staff meeting and dialogue about racial injustice, joined and facilitated by former JFS Board Member and retired elementary school principal Robin Welch, JFS Family Assistance Social Worker and Manager of Inclusion Programs, Stephanie...
Jun 12, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
The pervasiveness and injustice of racism in our community and across the country has been brought into stark relief in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by law enforcement. While this is certainly not the first deadly incident of police brutality...
Jun 4, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Business, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Dear JFS Friends, I wanted to let you know how JFS is responding to the current events throughout our country and community after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Aron Ain, JFS’s Past President and CEO of Kronos Inc. and Ultimate Software stated it the...
Apr 8, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, LGBTQ+, We are JFS!
Here we are, in age of uncertainty and doubt when our need to know what’s happening and the ability to communicate what’s happening get all jumbled up, leaving room for fear and frustration to fill the spaces in between. Yet, spring has begun to creep into the trees;...
Mar 6, 2020 | Anti-Hate, Equity and Inclusion, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Volunteer Opportunities, We are JFS!
This past week, JFS CEO Lino Covarrubias participated in McAuliffe Charter School’s Human Rights Project. Students interviewed him regarding all aspects of what JFS of Metrowest is doing to fight racism, discrimination, anti-Semitism, and hate in the community....
