Jordan's note on spring to JFCS board and staff - thought we'd share it with you. To JFCS board and Staff: As the bare and cold winter leaves us, flowers and other plants are beginning to stick up out of the ground. The greenery that we took for granted last…Read More
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Parkland to Pittsburgh: Stronger Together
On Friday, April 5, a group of students, teachers and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and teachers were killed in a mass shooting in February of last year, came to Pittsburgh for the weekend. They came to Pittsburgh to show solidarity and a very personal…Read More
The Weeping Tree of Life
Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky of San Francisco had been scheduled to come to Pittsburgh and give a talk. Then came October 27th. But her grief for the victims, the Jewish people and our community eventually expressed itself in something beautiful, a painting she delivered to Pittsburgh on Friday, March 8th. On…Read More
#MondayMotivation from the Wolf Den of Cub Scout Troop 1818!
Yesterday the Wolf Den of Cub Scout Troop 1818 met and talked about heroes. They decided that the staff at JFCS is some of their heroes and wanted to send treats as a THANK YOU for all we do. This morning our break room was filled with coffee, hot cocoa,…Read More