Press Conference, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Statement of Dr. Jordan Golin, President & CEO, Jewish Family and Community Services (JFCS) Our hearts are broken. Our community was targeted and will be forever changed by the events on Saturday. We mourn the victims of the tragedy in our community. We also…Read More
How I Got to the Career Development Center at JFCS
[caption id="attachment_3910" align="alignleft" width="300"] JFCS Pittsburgh[/caption] How I got to the Career Development Center (The following account is from Pam Day) While today is my only my second official week working as a Career Consultant at the JFCS Career Development Center, my journey with the center actually started long before…Read More
Twenty Years of building and strengthening families in our community
Last month, our beloved colleague JoAnn White, Director of JFCS Family Hope, formerly known as Family Hope Connection or FHC, retired after 20 years with the agency. JoAnn was hired in 1997 to create and lead the program. We at JFCS, and so many others in Pittsburgh, are deeply indebted…Read More
JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry – Story of Hope
Adil, his wife and two children came to the states from Iraq just five months ago. Once a teacher of English in his homeland, Adil had become a translator for American troops in Iraq, an extremely dangerous job. Iraqi interpreters risk their lives helping U.S. soldiers, and can become targets…Read More