News & Impact

J Weekly by Dan Pine Anita Friedman is waiting for the other shoe to drop. The good news is that on Nov. 17 the state announced a reprieve for 275 Adult Day Health Care centers, which were slated to endure severe budget cuts – and possible closure – on Dec. 1. The cuts would have taken a huge toll on the L’Chaim Adult Day Health Center, run by S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children’s Services, for which Friedman servces as executive director. Read More from J Weekly… Read More

J Weekly by Patricia Corrigan Larry Goldberg speaks with gratitude about the people who help him navigate the medical system and cope with his illness – his wife, Nancy, his children, his friends, his nurses and his doctors. He also has high praise for Redwing Keyssar, his health care advocate from the S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children’s Services. Read More from J Weekly… Read More

J Weekly by Dan Pine For Gayle Zahler, draconian state budget cuts that go into effect Dec. 1 mean one thing: potential disaster for scores of elderly Jews under her charge at the S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children’s Services. Read More from J Weekly… Read More

San Francisco Chronicle (Letter to the Editor) by Holly Pedersen and Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet We appreciated your article about the study linking bullying to students’ desire to gain popularity (“Popular youths seen as more likely to bully as tool for social climbing,” Feb. 9). Our work with Bay Area students, teachers and parents corroborate this finding. Read More from the San Francisco Chronicle… Read More

J Weekly by Andy Altman-Ohr In their mid-80s and beset by Alzheimer’s disease and two types of cancer, respectively, Jewish Russian immigrants Dina and Isaak Freylikhman of San Francisco consider themselves blessed that the L’Chaim Adult Day Health Center exists. However, the Freylikhmans and thousands of other Californians like them are in danger of losing the ability to live on their own. If the state Legislature approves Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut $1.7 billion from Medi-Cal, some $486 million for more than 300 Adult Day Health Care programs in the state would be eliminated. Read More from J Weekly… Read More

J Weekly by Amanda Pazornik The Holocaust Center of Northern California started exploring the idea of a partnership with Jewish Family and Children’s Services in 2009 as a way to help close its budget gap. Now that vision has become a reality. Read More from J Weekly… Read More