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When she was a young woman in the former Soviet Union, Svetlana Geguzina followed in the footsteps of her physicist father and earned a Ph.D. in physics. For 26 years she put those skills to work for a government physics institute. “I liked it, but I did not see why…Read More
Originally from the United Kingdom, Melissa Watson and her daughter Brynn came to the US as visitors, where Melissa met and married her husband George in 2015. George is a US Citizen, making Melissa and Brynn eligible for permanent residency, so they contacted JFCS Immigration Legal Services for help through…Read More
Elena* visited the JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry in the early spring, expecting to get her usual food items for the month. She was surprised when Pantry Coordinator Stacie Dow handed her a packet of powdered eggs. “We received eggs like this from the US after World War II. ...Egg…Read More
Baldwin RYEP (Refugee Youth Employment Program) Graduation 21 seniors who are a part of the JFCS after-school program, RYEP, attended their commencement ceremony at Baldwin High school on July 1, 2020. Suffice to say, this was a very different ceremony than those held in previous years. The school district divided the ceremony into…Read More