No one is immune from the threat of sexual abuse. A Jewish Federation targeted overseas grant to Tahel Crisis Center in Israel has helped some of the most vulnerable adults and children from under-served communities take the action needed to stop or escape abuse and heal themselves and…
Melissa* came to the JFS Women’s Center for help getting her life on track. She joined the JFS Women’s Center support group to learn what other women were doing to redefine themselves after losing a partner. The group helped Melissa find the strength and confidence she lost after years…
Marcia Schwartz, a Federation leader and member of Congregation B'nai Tikvah, North Brunswick, addressed congregants of her synagogue during this year's high holidays. She described ways the Federation and B’nai Tikvah have been working together to make a positive impact in the Jewish…
These elderly Holocaust survivors were confined to their home until a Jewish Federation's partner helped them access the resource they needed to regain mobility.
Too “traumatized after the war,” Marsha Kreuzman didn’t discuss her Holocaust experiences for nearly 30 years. “I cannot actually tell you what date motivated me, but I woke up and said, ‘the world has to know what we went through,’” she recalls. The younger generation had to h…
