✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
[by Emily Levin] On Sunday, June 10, Ben Gurion Society Co-Chairs David and Elizabeth Kaplan welcomed members of the group into their home to celebrate their very generous support of the 2012 Annual Federation Campaign. Ben Gurion members had … Read More
Editor’s note: This is the letter from a client of Jewish Family & Career Services that Executive Director Judy Freundlich Tiell read at the Ben Gurion Society event. What tzedakah means to me. When I turned 10 years old, I … Read More
[by Phyllis Shaikun] From the day Meryl Kasdan landed in Louisville, she has had a love affair with the city and its Jewish community. The relationship has only become richer and more meaningful in the years since. “This is a … Read More
A group of JFCS staff members and volunteers attended the annual Association of Jewish Family and Children’s Agencies (AJFCA) Conference and received national recognition for some of its programs. Mauri Malka participated on a panel related to JFCS’s Senior Concierge … Read More
Jewish Family & Career Services has received notification that it has achieved Hague Accreditation through the Council on Accreditation (COA) as authorized by the U.S. Department of State, according to an announcement made to Judy Freundlich Tiell, Executive Director of … Read More
[by Beverly Bromley] JFCS Director of Development and Marketing Jewish Family & Career Services held its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 22, at the Louis and Lee Roth Family Center. The speaker at the meeting this year was Papa Gueye, … Read More
The Republic Bank Golf Challenge will be held Monday, June 25, at the Standard Country Club. The event benefits both the Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family & Career Services. “All of the participants really enjoyed playing at Standard last … Read More
A Belgian medical CEO and environmentalist, a Scottish opera producer and author, a Bolivian businessman helping the Latino community, a Pakistani cardiologist, and a dynamic entrepreneurial Indian couple. These six individuals have made their mark in our community and will … Read More
[by Shiela Steinman Wallace] When Shelley Kahn began work at Jewish Family & Career Services in July 2005, she was hired under a three-year grant from the Retirement Research Foundation in Chicago. She wound up staying for almost seven years, … Read More
The Robert and Marjorie Kohn Pledge 13 Program was created by Jewish Family and Career Services to encourage seventh grade students to perform 13 hours of community service the year of a student’s bar or bat mitzvah. One of its … Read More