Mar 9, 2021 | Community Partners, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Pathways to College, We are JFS!
Join JFS in celebrating AmeriCorps Week! Across the country AmeriCorps engages 270,000 Americans each year in sustained, results-driven service through AmeriCorps service programs! This year we are celebrating our current AmeriCorps service member, Leila Murphy! Leila...
Feb 23, 2021 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, We are JFS!
Part 2 – Population focus: Supporting the Immigrant Community During COVID-19 An Interview with Lino Covarrubias on the Impact of COVID-19, conducted by Deb Merkin, JFS Board Member and CEO/Founder of GiftCard Partners: “The Immigrant community has been hit hard...
Feb 22, 2021 | Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Resettlement, We are JFS!
The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) has selected Abdulkader Hayani to be an honoree for this year’s Immigrant Heroes Award Benefit on Tues. April 6, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. JFS first met Abdulkader when he and his family fled violence in Syria and resettled in the...
Dec 28, 2020 | Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, Resettlement, We are JFS!
The JFS Immigrant Services Team works to accelerate equity for immigrant families and children through programs that build financial stability as well as community integration and social assets. JFS case managers work with immigrant families from over 30 different...
Oct 30, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, Immigrant and Resettlement, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, We are JFS!
Dear JFS Friends, As we prepare for one of the most important Presidential elections in modern history, I want to share the following story to inspire everyone to GET OUT THE VOTE. As Elie Wiesel of blessed memory so well stated: “We must take sides. Neutrality...
Sep 30, 2020 | Community Partners, Community Programs, JFS of Metrowest, New American Services, Older Adults, Pathways to Academic Growth & Enrichment, We are JFS!
When on March 15, 2020, Massachusetts State Governor Charlie Baker announced the imposition of emergency Covid-19 response measures, JFS of Metrowest, like many other local non-profit agencies, developed and operationalized new intervention paradigms to ensure that...