Mark your calendars now for our annual Celebration of Service. The event will include Senator and mental health advocate Al Franken. Retiring staff members Dora Lender and Chris Rosenthal will be our honorees.
Who Speaks for Me: A Conversation about End of Life—Expected and Unexpected will be on Thursday, August 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the West Seventh Community Center. Panel members will include a local physician, nurse, social worker, chaplain and a family member who has experienced the challenges and gifts of making end-of-life decisions with family members.
Join us as we unveil the new tree wall memorial display. Each leaf will represent one of the members of the 1911 Society of Legacy Donors.
Last November, JFS partnered with Sholom and the St. Paul JCC to offer the “Thinking of Change?” forum designed for people facing the changes that mid-life often brings. Over and over, we heard participants ask for more workshops and information on caring for aging parents. With 75 million Americans between ages 40 and 60 dealing […]
You are invited to join us for an open house to meet our new CEO Ruth Olkon on Tuesday, September 10 from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. at JFS. Ruth joins JFS after serving as the Manager of Community Health Improvement at Allina for the past eight years. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. Meet […]
JFS is partnering with Sholom to bring the benefits of gardening to Sholom residents as we volunteer together to share the bounty of the season with a worthy organization in the greater community, Open Arms of Minnesota. We’re seeking 15-20 friends to support residents by volunteering to harvest and package garden produce on Thursday, September 12 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Sholom Shaller gardens.
JFS will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, September 30 and October 1, for Rosh Hashanah.
JFS will close at 4PM on Tuesday, October 8, and be closed all day Wednesday, October 9 for Yom Kippur.
JFS will close at 4PM on Tuesday, October 8, and be closed all day Wednesday, October 9 for Yom Kippur.
JFS is excited to announce the launch of our second Para-Chaplain Cohort, the unique and in-depth training of volunteers to work with Jews in need throughout our Twin Cities community. The training will be held on Mondays for seven weeks from November 4 through December 16 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at JFS. Interested in being a part of this program? Applications to volunteer are available here. The deadline to apply is October 11.
