Dementia Caregivers Group meets second and fourth Monday of each month. Monday, March 9 and 23, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Community Room, Sholom East, 740 Kay St., St. Paul. Grief East Metro Group meets on the first Wednesday of each month, March 4 at Sholom East Shaller Campus, 740 Kay, St. Paul. West Metro Group meets on the […]
JFS invites women who are navigating or embarking on a mid-life journey to another session of the popular Next Chapter Series on Sunday, April 19 from 10:00 to 11:30AM in the JFS Board Room. Participation is free. As you age, your children also age and change, and the relationship is constantly evolving. Most of us thought when our kids […]
In the Making an Impact series, clients and services are featured to expand awareness of the wide array of help available at JFS and to ensure donors understand the lives they touch and the difference they make throughout the community. Client names have been changed to protect their confidentiality. While “Charles” had several significant medical diagnoses, dementia […]
JFS is recruiting volunteers to help with the annual community outreach effort Passover for All. In partnership with the JCC, kosher-for-Passover food and supplies are provided to families to help them celebrate the holiday. Volunteer to assemble supplies on Tuesday, March 24 beginning at 7:00PM at JFS. Keshet Berlinsky Edry, the Shlicha (Israeli emissary) from St. […]
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. JFS will offer “Impact of Trauma from Generation to Generation,” a two-part free event on Thursday and Friday, April 30 and May 1. The event will begin on Thursday, April 30 from 7:00 to 8:30PM at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center (JCC) with a presentation by Irit Felsen, Ph.D. […]
Karin Onarheim has joined JFS as care coordinator on the Medica team. Karin previously served as a care coordinator at JFS in 2015. In her new position, Karin will be responsible for case management for assigned clients that includes assessment and creation of a care plan. Karin earned her Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW) from […]
Brian and Judy Krasnow made a gift in honor of L.R. (Bud) Harris’ birthday. Ruth Hampton Olkon and Burt and Lucille Garr donated in honor of Barry and Rena Glaser’s 55th wedding anniversary. Barry and Rena Glaser made several gifts: in honor of Darlene and Marshall Kaplan’s recent award, in honor of Dori Denelle’s special […]
JFS Lead Counselor and Project Coordinator Avi Zadaka, LGSW, and Therapist Beth Johnson, LMFT, will be part of a panel of local experts discussing isolation and aging after the February 27, 7:30 p.m. performance of “Significant Other” at the Minnesota Jewish Theatre Co. Avi delivers the Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) intervention […]
