Feb 22, 2024 | Community Partners, Featured, Immigrant and Resettlement, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
During Framingham State University’s Spring 2024 semester, Child and Family Studies majors in the Community-based Education course have been volunteering their time to Haitian families JFS has been resettling. These students have been coming once a week to play...
Feb 20, 2024 | Community Partners, Featured, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Ilene Perlman was the guest speaker at the JFS-Rashi Learning & Leadership Council earlier this month. Ilene is a photographer who travels the world to tell the stories of Jewish community members from all different backgrounds and ethnicities. She travels to...
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 | Business, Featured, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Karina Pimenta With JFS since: February 2024 Job Title: Case Manager From: Brazil Speaks: English, Portuguese, and Spanish I am a social worker by nature. I am trilingual and I have over 7 years of experience in human services. I hold a degree in Social Services, and...
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 15, 2024 | Community Partners, Featured, Jewish Community, JFS of Metrowest, We are JFS!
Earlier this month JFS Board Engagement Stephanie Elkind, Jodi Bring and Jeffrey Swartz in partnership with Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland hosted Lyana Rotstein, an Israeli tour guide to speak about the current state of Israel. Stephanie Elkind traveled to Israel...
