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How JFCS Helped the Community Celebrate Passover

JFCS Passover Activities This Passover, JFCS helped the community celebrate through several initiatives. Here is a roundup of everything that we did over the past few weeks for Passover. Passover Food Distribution at the Pantry This year’s Passover distribution was another logistical feat. We met our delivery driver at 6am,…Read More

Awaken Home Project with Blaine Siegel

The Awaken Home Project, led by artist Blaine Siegel, is funded through the Just Arts program of the Heinz Endowments. Started in January 2020, the project seeks to match newly arrived refugees with local artists who will then create a piece of artwork for their home to help them create…Read More

Who’s New at JFCS?

new staff at JFCS

Join us in welcoming some of the new staff that have joined JFCS in the last few months! Drew Yingling JFCS Refugee & Immigrant ServicesClient Services Administrator Andrew (Drew) Yingling recently joined the Immigrant and Refugee Department of JFCS after spending several years working and studying abroad. Upon graduation from…Read More

Passover Recipe: No-Sugar Added Charoset

no sugar charoset

No-Sugar Added Charoset Adapted from The New York Times Yields 3.5 cups INGREDIENTS 1 cup walnut halves 1 lb (2 large or 3 small) crisp sweet apples, such as Fuji or Gala, peeled, cored and diced in 1/4-inch pieces 5 tablespoons sweet Passover wine, such as Manischewitz or ruby port…Read More

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