Thank you for your interest in helping to resettle Afghan evacuees! The commandment to care for the stranger is mentioned more times than any other commandment in the Torah. To date, JFS has welcomed 13 Afghan evacuee families (47 individuals) to the Greater Boston...
Recently Massachusetts committed to welcoming 2,400 Afghan Evacuees to the Commonwealth. Supported by JFS Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships Lucia Panichella and case managers Nermin Helaly, Fahim Amin, Susan Delahunt, and Maggie Kenney, as well as dozens of...
Dear Friends, In recent days, we have received an urgent update that the State of Massachusetts is imminently expecting to receive 1,000 people coming from Afghanistan. Through our partnerships with JFS of Western Mass and HIAS, we here at JFS are expecting to provide...
(photo credit: HIAS, Getty Images, Anadolu Agency) Dear Friends of JFS, As many of you are aware, JFS has been involved with refugee resettlement since its founding. JFS is currently the only Jewish agency in Greater Boston that is involved in this noble and sacred...
At the 2026 Seize the Dream celebration, JFS of Metrowest was proud to honor Rob Andrews with the JFS Max Michelson Humanitarian Award for his extraordinary compassion, leadership, and dedication to welcoming and supporting immigrant and refugee families throughout...
