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 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...
