Posted 3 years ago
After many, many months, we at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis are excitedly preparing to fully re-open our Golden Valley office and offer our services in-person! Effective Oct. 25, during o[...] Posted 3 years ago
J-Pride’s mission is to engage Minnesota-based LGBTQ+ Jews and their allies to come together for social events, community gatherings, celebrations, and educational opportunities. New J-Pride Program Coordinator[...] Posted 3 years ago
October marks the 76th annual observation of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which is themed as “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion.” Minnesota’s economy and its competitiveness requ[...] Posted 3 years ago
Though he has lived in New York and/or Los Angeles for many years, as many comedians do, Pete Lee has plenty of ties to the upper Midwest, and even Minneapolis.
Pete, the featured performer at JFCS’ 33rd Ann[...] Posted 3 years ago
By Stacey Spencer • Jewish Inclusion Program Manager
JFCS Caring Connections program for Jewish adults with disabilities, along with our other JFCS programs, successfully pivoted programming from in-pers[...] Posted 3 years ago
September is so many things—back to school, High Holidays, end of summer, and for most of us, signals transition. We seem to feel the change from summer to fall more profoundly than the transition to other seas[...] Posted 3 years ago
JFCS Career Services is part of statewide effort to adapt Minnesota’s workforce to fill thousands of open jobs
By Sheilah Howard • JFCS Career Services Director
September is Workforce Development Mo[...] Posted 3 years ago
Melanie Barry, along with her children, Michael and Etta, Ronald and Shari, and Leslie and Jerad and their families, will be presented with the Friends of the Family Award
At its Annual Benefit each year, [...] Posted 3 years ago
By Mindy Teele • Hag Sameach Coordinator
The Hag Sameach program helps hundreds of individuals and families in our community celebrate the holidays. Whether you are someone in need of a confidential ref[...] Posted 3 years ago
What is your background?
I was born and raised in London, England. My family are Ashkenazi Jews who emigrated from Vilna, Lithuania, and Moscow, Russia, over several generations. I came to the U.S. for graduat[...] 