December 2024
On December 17, Café Europa, JFSLA’s social group for Holocaust Survivors, celebrated Chanukah with local students through music, crafts, and delicious food. This annual event brought joy to the survivors while fostering connections between generations. Each year, JFSLA provides vital services and a supportive community to over 1,200 Holocaust Survivors.
To honor what would have been their beloved mother’s 100th birthday, Stephanie Bronson and her surviving siblings, Stephen and Valerie Nemeth, chose to celebrate her life with a gift of profound impact: a $100,000 donation to Jewish Family Service LA. For Stephanie, this gift was not only “the most natural” choice but a deeply personal…
On November 19, students from Sinai Akiba Academy had the privilege of joining Café Europa, JFSLA’s social group for Survivors of the Holocaust, for a powerful intergenerational program. Students listened to survivors’ stories, building meaningful connections that bridged the past with the present.
Published by the Jewish Journal. Every Thanksgiving, Jewish Family Service LA (JFSLA), the city’s oldest social service agency, plays an important role in ensuring that Angelenos have access to the groceries they need to have a Thanksgiving meal. This year, JFSLA staff and volunteers distributed Thanksgiving meal staples to 1,000 households across Los Angeles. Year…
Every Thanksgiving for almost the last two decades, families at JFS Hope’s domestic violence shelters receive holiday baskets filled with essential staples for a Thanksgiving meal. These baskets, prepared by the students and faculty of Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School, also include tableware, flowers, and heartfelt cards. “We are deeply grateful for our partnership with…
November 2024
LOS ANGELES — Every Thanksgiving, Jewish Family Service LA (JFSLA), the city’s oldest social service agency, plays an important role in ensuring that Angelenos have access to the groceries they need to have a Thanksgiving meal. This year, JFSLA staff and volunteers distributed Thanksgiving meal staples to 1,000 households across Los Angeles. Year round, JFSLA’s…
Leading with Compassion In 2017, Rachael Kallick was looking for a way to give back to her community, when she heard about JFSLA’s Young Leaders program. JFSLA’s Young Leaders is a dynamic and diverse group of community-minded individuals, ages 21 to 40, committed to furthering JFSLA’s mission through volunteerism, philanthropy, and social events. From the…
Reported by Spectrum News. LOS ANGELES — October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month used to recognize the contributions people with disabilities make to the workforce. However, getting that job can be the biggest hurdle and that is where the Jewish Family Service LA organization is stepping in. Their Special Needs Life Skills Program, helps…
Reported by CBS News. On October 30, JFSLA in partnership with the LA County Registrar-Recorder office hosted a voting center at JFSLA’s Valley Storefront Senior Centers, helping seniors exercise their right to vote in the election.
October 2024
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic Violence, or Intimate Partner Violence, affects more than 12 million Americans every year. Over 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in the U.S. have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. What Is Domestic Violence? Domestic Violence is a pattern of abusive…
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