Feb 19, 2024 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
CJP recently hosted a collaborative event with JFS, Repair the World, and JALSA. 110 young professionals were in attendance. The event was set up as a round robin where JFS, JALSA and Repair the World had a table and an activity. Repair the World hosted trivia of...
Feb 16, 2024 | Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
“It is a humanitarian crisis: Religious groups mobilize to support migrants.” Reporting on the influx of migrants to Massachusetts, the Boston Globe recently published ‘It is a humanitarian crisis’: Religious groups mobilize to support...
Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Michelle Parven, Art Teacher at Natick Public Schools and friend of JFS, recently volunteered to host an interactive art class with some of the Haitian families that are working with JFS. The class focused on young children and their families. Michelle brought markers...
Jan 2, 2024 | Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Earlier this month, Mitzvah Metrowest held a fundraiser at Spiga in Needham to help Israeli Evacuees resettle in the Metrowest area and beyond. Elyse, Amanda, and Melissa founded Mitzvah Metrowest after seeing the attack on the Israelis on October 7th; they...
Dec 19, 2023 | Children's Clothing Closet, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
As part of the JFS/ Rashi Learning and Leadership Council, JFS welcomed 41 Rashi students to the JFS Resource Room at Framingham Public Schools. After a presentation by Lucia Panichella, Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships students learned how the JFS...
Nov 14, 2023 | Business, Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
Recently, JFS CEO Lino Covarrubias attended ADL New England’s Young Leadership Celebration. There were over 130 attendees including current and next generation leaders who came together at Artists for Humanity in Boston to celebrate and pay tribute to the...
