Mar 12, 2024 | Business, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
On Friday March 8th, 2024, A federal judge granted the Biden administration to continue work on a program that gives temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The program is named ‘Humanitarian...
Feb 28, 2024 | Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, Resettlement, We are JFS!
JFS recently attended an event hosted by the co-chairs of the Framingham Interfaith Community Association (FICA), Rev. Debbie Clark of Edwards Church and Open Spirit and Rabbi Allison Porier of Temple Beth Sholom. The event had two parts: a presentation from...
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 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...
