News & Impact

Are you in a quandary over where to send your children for preschool in San Francisco? Don’t despair. For decades, JFCS’ Parents Place has helped parents and caregivers find the answers. In cooperation with Bay Area Parent magazine, Parents Place is pleased to present its 19th annual Preschool Preview Night 2011 on Wed., Sept. 21, 5:30 – 8:00 pm, at the San Francisco County Fair Building (at the 9th and Lincoln entrance to Golden Gate Park). This go-to event brings together more than 100 San Francisco preschools, child-related agencies, and other vendors and exhibitors, who provide parents and caregivers with… Read More

The JFCS Holocaust Center, the Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM), Lehrhaus Judaica, and the Jewish Community Relations Council—in collaboration with San Francisco synagogues, schools, and other community organizations—are hosting a Holocaust Day of Remembrance on May 1, 2011, at the CJM, 736 Mission St., San Francisco. Admission is free, and people of all ages are invited to join in the all-day commemorations. From 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, museum attendees can participate in family programs, educator workshops, group tours, teen activities, and the special exhibit “Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?” on loan from the Jewish Historical Museum in… Read More

Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties will hold its 27th Fammy Awards Gala on Sat., Mar. 26, at the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco. Gala Chairs Yamilee Bermingham and Doug Winthrop; Regional Co-Chairs Lisa and John Pritzker (San Francisco), Diane and Howard Zack (Marin County), Linda and Steve Monosson (North Peninsula), Alison and Ken Ross (South Peninsula), and Jan Gilman and Michael Tonjum (Sonoma County); and the entire Gala Committee invite community members to participate in a very special evening, featuring delicious food, great company, a fabulous silent auction, and dancing with Pamela… Read More

How do you say no to injustice? Stand up for your and other people’s rights? JFCS’ Holocaust Center is helping thousands of young people to answer these questions, understand how the Holocaust came about, and learn how to prevent future genocides. Among the center’s many educational programs is its annual Day of Learning, on Sun., Mar. 13, 2011, 1:00 – 5:00 pm, at San Francisco’s Mercy High School, 3250 19th Ave. Approximately 500 high school students and teachers throughout the state will attend workshops that run the gamut: from “Where Were the Churches? The Role of the Churches in Holocaust… Read More

Human rights activist Natan Sharansky, internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Regina Spektor, KGO radio talk show host John Rothmann, and America’s Got Talent finalist George Komsky headline the 10th Annual Émigré Community Gala, to be held Saturday evening, January 29, at San Francisco’s Westin St. Francis Hotel. The Gala, the premier Northern California event for Russian-speaking Jews and one of the largest annual events for the entire Jewish community of the San Francisco Bay Area, raises funds for life-saving social services for those in need served by Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS) of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.… Read More

The nasty text message your 13-year-old received from a classmate saying that she is fat and ugly isn’t just mean. It’s an act of bullying. And the taunts, shoves, kicks, and pushes your 10-year-old son faces everyday at school aren’t just cases of “boys being boys.” They’re also bullying. “Bullying is a dehumanizing act that can take many forms,” says one of this country’s leading authorities on bullying, Barbara Coloroso. “It can be physical, such as beating up a classmate. It can be verbal, such as referring to someone by a racial, religious, or ethnic epithet. And it can be… Read More