Charlie’s a widowed Holocaust survivor, determined to live out his life as independently as possible. His daughter visits often, but realized she could no longer deal effectively with her dad’s increasing day-to-day needs. Charlie’s daughter called JFS’s Fay Roth, MSW. Fay arrang…
Mark’s wife, Miriam, lives in a long-term care facility for mental illness. Mark cares for their children 9, 12, and 13. He works two jobs and had two heart attacks in the last 5 years. Jewish Social Services sends Mark a food card each month and once in a while, he needs help with a uti…
We all know that kid – the one who shines a little brighter, does things just a little better, makes people feel good about themselves. Erez was that kid. Then something changed, and by his third year in high school, he was a different kid.
Poor grades were the least of his troubles. He…
Jordan liked attending Shabbat services with her dad. Until one day, she was asked to leave – and not come back. She liked palling around with the kids at Hebrew School – then one day, she learned she would not be going back. …We simply can’t meet her needs, Jordan’s parents were…
“It could never happen here” no longer applies. ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents reported assaults up more than 50 percent nationwide in 2015. State-by-state, New Jersey ranked third in all kinds of anti-Semitic incidents -- with 137 in 2015, up 30 percent. This Rosh Hash…
