Dear JFCS Family,  What a wonderful week it has been here at JFCS. We are abuzz with excitement and enthusiasm for our annual fundraiser, Stepping Out with JFCS, on Thursday, April [...]

Dear JFCS Family, Sometimes you need a little bit of success to end your week. We need to hear some good news that will inspire hope and rejuvenate us for [...]

Dear JFCS Family, This weekend, we celebrate the holiday of Purim – a holiday that reminds us not only to be grateful for our freedoms but also reminds us of [...]

Dear JFCS Family, Helen Keller famously said that “alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.” This quote has always resonated with me in ways I [...]

To my JFCS Family, This week marks the start of Social Work Month. On Wednesday, we gathered as a JFCS family as we do once a month! Even though it [...]

Dear JFCS Family, As I write to you today, I am thinking of my friends and family who struggle with drug use and addiction. I remember learning about drug use [...]

Dear JFCS Family,   “Volunteers are Love in Motion.” This time together is so very important to me. Every week, I sit, reflect, and think about the important issues within [...]

Dear JFCS Family, Inspiration comes in all different ways. Sometimes we are inspired by positive interactions and the success of our clients, and sometimes we must find inspiration through the [...]

Dear JFCS Family, “Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken.” This week, I had the pleasure of meeting with two of our Aging with Pride members, Michael* and David*. Aging [...]

Dear JFCS Family, “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” This past week was exhilarating! I so appreciated the [...]

Dear JFCS Family, “Learn from Yesterday, Live for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.” - Albert Einstein As we walk down this road together to repair the world and make a difference, [...]

Dear JFCS Family, While it is cold and snowy outside, the events of this past Monday are still warming my heart and soul! On Monday, January 15th, we hosted the [...]

Dear JFCS Family, First, let me wish you a Happy and Healthy New Year! While 2023 was filled with significant trauma and difficulties for our community, we persevered and supported [...]

Dear JFCS Family, We are stronger together! In this last Shabbat Inspiration of the year, I want to share a thank you from one of our clients. Each year, we [...]

Dear JFCS Family,  This is the "giving season!" Normally, I send out a Shabbat Inspiration, but since this is the last week of the year, I decided that we would [...]

Dear JFCS Family, “Light the Way.” Last night, we lit all eight candles and celebrated the last night of Chanukah.  I was overwhelmed with the brightness of our candles and [...]

Dear JFCS Family, “Be a Light Unto the World.” As today is the first day of Chanukah, the beginning of our festival of light, I want to wish everyone a [...]

Dear JFCS Family, “Change is the only constant in life.” Today is Moving Day! Some days I have no words to express my gratitude but while my words may fall [...]

Dear JFCS Family, When I woke up this morning, I was overwhelmed with emotions! I am filled with an immense feeling of pride and gratitude inspired by the work of [...]

Dear Friends, On Tuesday, I boarded one of the 10 South Jersey buses bound for Washington D.C. to join more than 290,000 people from all over the country to show [...]

Dear Friends, Tomorrow is Veterans Day, a day dedicated to remembering and honoring all those who served in America’s military. Last week, I had the privilege of speaking at Camden [...]

Dear JFCS Family, This all feels very surreal and still raw. Over the last month, the world has drastically changed. Since our homeland was attacked, we no longer feel secure. [...]

Dear JFCS Family, I have immense gratitude for all of you and your support. It has been such a difficult time for our community. While we say we are stronger [...]

Dear JFCS Family, As many of you know, last night was our JFCS Annual Celebration, where we gathered with over 200 people. While the tone of the evening was tempered [...]

Good afternoon JFCS Family, Today, I want to tell you a story about Debbie*, a new client of our Betsy & Peter Fischer Food Pantry. Debbie walked into our offices [...]

Dear JFCS Family, Tonight starts the Jewish festival of Sukkot, a harvest holiday that commemorates and celebrates our freedom, our gratitude, and our joy in claiming our independence from slavery [...]

Dear JFCS Family, This weekend marks the beginning of our holiest day in the Jewish calendar: Yom Kippur. It is the day that we take stock of the year and [...]

To my JFCS Family, I write to you today on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, a holiday where we take a moment to count our blessings and recognize our challenges [...]

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein The concept of having a peaceful home – feeling safe and secure where we live and who we [...]

“A small group of thoughtful people can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead This past weekend, I met our Cherry Hill Police [...]

“An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.” - Benjamin Franklin This has been a busy week for me, both professionally and personally. Yesterday, I dropped my oldest [...]

"The true measure of any society is found in how it treats its most vulnerable members" When I think about the mission and vision of JFCS and the legacy that [...]

Who Is Your Rock? Last week, I was working at my desk when Emily*, a longtime JFCS clinician, walked into my office. She was visibly shaken and upset. I immediately stood [...]

When the System Works Yesterday, JFCS received a beautiful thank you card from a recent client. It was just four months ago that I first spoke to Sarah, after she [...]

Since starting my role nine months ago, I have seen firsthand how our agency facilitates miracles and helps to change peoples’ lives for the better. This week, we connected with [...]