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March 2013

Happy Passover
Happy Passover...                

 

May this festival of hope bring peace to your world, happiness to your home, and joy to your heart.  

Volunteers deliver Passover food          
420 Passover meals delivered with a smile
  

Passover Delivery logoWith the help of 120 volunteers, the 15th annual Dr. Samuel S. Rockwern Passover Delivery of Jewish Family Service delivered 420 Passover meals to families who could not otherwise afford to celebrate the holiday. 

See more pictures of Volunteers.  Read press release 

 

   

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You can still donate!
Remke/biggs at Highland and Ridge is making it easy for shoppers to donate $5, $10 or $20 to help Cincinnati families in need celebrate Passover. Display boards can be found in the kosher section and at the checkouts. Grab the coupon with the amount you want to donate, hand it to the cashier, and the donation will be added to your purchase. The promotion is good through April 2, 2013Remke biggs
  
Janis Abrahms SpringDon't ask me to forgive you!
A radical approach to healing from interpersonal wounds
Thursday, April 11   8am - 4pm

 
Professionals are invited to attend Jewish Family Service's 9th Annual Miriam O. Smith Educational Series professional development workshop with best selling author and nationally acclaimed expert on issues of trust, intimacy, and forgiveness. Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP. 6 CEUs available in a variety of disciplines. Learn moreDownload the pdf

 Life with Pop for Aging Happens at JFS
Aging Happens
Exploring the joys and heartaches of this extraordinary journey
Wednesday, April 10   7-8pm   FREE


With unsparing honesty and humor Dr. Janis Abrahms Spring will use poignant movie clips to explore the joys and heartaches of aging. Based on her award-winning book, Life with Pop, she'll also offer universal lessons about how to grow old gracefully. 

 

Dr. Spring has been a guest expert in national media (Good Morning America, NPR, The New York Times, and others).
 
Learn more. Register online now.

 

 

Bikur Cholim trainingFree Bikur Cholim/Jewish Visiting Workshops
Everyone has a story to tell. And someone who is homebound or in residential care would appreciate your listening. Jewish Family Service, in collaboration with Hebrew Union College, is offering a series of free workshops led by HUC Rabbinic students to help you be an effective visitor. You can attend one or all. The next workshop is Thursday, April 18 11 am-12:30 pm at Temple Sholom. Learn more.   Download pdf
The workshops are co-sponsored by Adath Israel Congregation, Beth Israel Synagogue, Congregation Beth Adam, Northern Hills Synagogue, Temple Sholom, and The Valley Temple.   

 

 Other ways you can help Jewish Family Service strengthen lives
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Do you have a special occasion that you need a gift for? Trying to buy something for the person who has everything?

 

Make a tribute donation to Jewish Family Service!  Learn more about all online donation opportunities.

 

    Donate a Car for JFS 

 Donate as you Shop 

Kroger for JFS

  

Shop as usual at Kroger using your Kroger Plus card and Kroger will donate to Jewish Family Service. Easy, effortless donations to Jewish Family Service.

 

If you already have a card, you must re-register in April.
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Fulfill the promise so future generations will say of us, "The world is a better place because, for a brief time, they lived in it."

Create a Legacy or contact Beth Schwartz at 513.469.1188 or [email protected].   

    
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Older Adult Services receives funds administered by Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio

 

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