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March 14, 2023

Purim to Passover Food Drive in Full Swing

Purim to Passover Food Drive in Full Swing

Join the Atlanta Jewish community and donate food items to the JF&CS Food Pantry. Let’s fill the shelves with mitzvot! Please bring food donations to your synagogue, school, or to JF&CS and help us fill the Kosher Food Pantry. Read More

November 07, 2022

High Holidays Food Drive Fills Barrels, Bellies, and Hearts

High Holidays Food Drive Fills Barrels, Bellies, and Hearts

In August, when reviewing the Kosher Food Pantry's increasing needs and current food supply, JF&CS planned a food drive for the High Holidays with hope that the community would support us. We are so thankful to our incredible community and more… Read More

November 07, 2022

Brighten The Holidays for JF&CS Clients

Brighten The Holidays for JF&CS Clients

For 27 years, volunteer Jody Reichel has spearheaded the Holiday Gift Fund to help brighten the holiday season for Atlanta families who cannot afford gifts for their children. The program has helped hundreds of families through the years. Read More

October 03, 2022

"Accepting help is not easy. Do it anyway."

"Accepting help is not easy. Do it anyway."

"The gratitude I feel for the opportunities this journey is affording me is huge. I tell this story not only in tribute to my therapist, psychiatrist, the Kosher Food Pantry and JFCS but most importantly in tribute to all those suffering with… Read More

September 09, 2022

Donate to the High Holiday Food Drive

Donate to the High Holiday Food Drive

Start the Jewish New Year off with a mitzvah and donate food to the JF&CS Kosher Food Pantry. Read More

July 06, 2022

Grow Around the Grief

Grow Around the Grief

Rabbi Judith Beiner, Community Chaplain, and Brennen Joseph, JF&CS Clinician, walk us through the best ways to support parents grieving a loss. They also offer resources and support for those doing their best to manage the loss themselves. Read More

November 17, 2021

JF&CS Career Services: Helping Community Members Achieve Their Dream Careers

JF&CS Career Services: Helping Community Members Achieve Their Dream Careers

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country in March 2021, many in metro Atlanta found themselves losing careers they had spent years building in just the blink of an eye. Others had to try and make the best of the usual life challenges in… Read More

June 15, 2021

Taxi Driver Delivers Food to Latinx Community Members

Taxi Driver Delivers Food to Latinx Community Members

This year, our food pantry has been able to provide food to more families in the Latinx community than ever before thanks to the efforts of taxi driver and food pantry volunteer, Luz Sepulveda. Read More

June 02, 2021

Providing Layers of Support for Older Adults

Providing Layers of Support for Older Adults

Mrs. Rebecca Greene* is a 90 year old Jewish older adult. She called Federation, looking for help for assistance paying her rent. She was referred to JF&CS where she received help with more than just rent assistance. Read More

March 24, 2021

The Food Must Move

The Food Must Move

Rebecca Grapevine is a Congregation Bet Haverim volunteer food delivery coordinator who offered to help deliver food to Southwest Ecumenical Emergency Assistance Center (SWEEAC) clients. She shares some words about her experience while delivering… Read More

March 12, 2021

JF&CS Moves the Kosher Food Pantry into Modular Unit to Expand Services Offered

JF&CS Moves the Kosher Food Pantry into Modular Unit to Expand Services Offered

Sunday, March 7, 2021, volunteers gathered in the parking lot at Jewish Family & Career Services Atlanta to help the constantly growing Kosher Food Pantry move to its new home. Read More

February 08, 2021

Emergency Assistance Eases Client's Covid Recovery

Emergency Assistance Eases Client's Covid Recovery

It can be difficult to ask for help, especially if you’ve never had to ask for it before. There is a stigma that surrounds asking for help which causes many people to struggle with knowing when they should reach out for a lifeline. One JF&CS client… Read More

January 25, 2021

Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta Receives Funding from Breman Foundation to Help Augment Critical Services in Response to COVID-19

Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta Receives Funding from Breman Foundation to Help Augment Critical Services in Response to COVID-19

ATLANTA (Jan. 25, 2021) – Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta (JF&CS) has received a gift of $12,500 from The Breman Foundation, Inc. to support the JF&CS Emergency Assistance Program, which has expanded significantly in response to the… Read More

June 12, 2020

Press Release: JF&CS and JIFLA Launch New Collaborative Emergency Assistance Program With Funding from The Zalik Foundation

Press Release: JF&CS and JIFLA Launch New Collaborative Emergency Assistance Program With Funding from The Zalik Foundation

Jewish Family & Career Services and Jewish Interest Free Loan of Atlanta Launch New Collaborative Emergency Assistance Program With Funding from The Zalik Foundation Read More

April 21, 2020

Your Dollars Are Helping JF&CS Meet Exponentially Rising Needs

Your Dollars Are Helping JF&CS Meet Exponentially Rising Needs

We are very grateful for the outpouring of support from our Atlanta Jewish community, and the funds granted to us by the Jewish Federation to help meet the changing needs in Atlanta. Read More