Jewish Family Service

One Child, One Family, One Story of Freedom

By Kim Kupfer

When you walk into Cristina Stanton’s bedroom, you cannot help but be drawn to the fabulous mural on her wall. It is a hand painted mural of Antigua, Guatemala, her birth city, created by her

Grandfather. That is the way the Stanton’s are: they embrace their adopted daug…

Helping People Get “Back on Track” in the New Year

2020 has been such a difficult year for so many of us—between COVID-19, quarantining in place, and a dissentious presidential election, almost all of us are looking forward to putting 2020 behind us and ready for the New Year.

This is particularly true for those community members who have…

Jewish Family Service JAAM

Below are the materials submitted by Jewish Family Service for the 2020 Joint Agency Annual Meeting edition of Community Review, including a State of the Agency report, Tribute to Barry Stein, and Board List.

 

 

2020 STATE OF THE AGENCY

As I start my second year as Board President at …

Kosher Meals on Wheels Rolls Along Despite Virus

By Mary Klaus

COVID-19 has changed everything in the Harrisburg Jewish community from Seders to Shabbat services, from b’nai mitzvot to minyans, and how community members get their food.

Yet, the Finkelstein-Cohen Kosher Meals on Wheels program, which provides fresh and nutritious meals …

Limited Kosher Meals on Wheels Available to JCC Senior Adult Club Members

Members of the Harrisburg JCC and Senior Adult Club aged 60 or over and residing in Dauphin County are now eligible to receive two meals weekly, delivered on Wednesdays, through Jewish Family Service’s Finkelstein-Cohen Kosher Meals on Wheels program.

Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging m…