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Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley

Mindy Berkowitz, Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley executive director, speaks at a press conference on Sept. 13 with Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg (directly behind her) and others. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Silicon Valley Jewish agency receives big funding boost to aid Afghan refugees

by Gabriel Greschler September 13, 2021September 14, 2021

UPDATED: Sept. 14, 12 p.m. Anticipating a rush of refugees over the next year escaping Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley has secured additional financial assistance to its […]

A Mother's Day celebration for Afghan families hosted by JFCS East Bay in 2011. (Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inBay Area

‘We’re picking up people every day’: Jewish orgs scramble to assist Afghan refugees arriving in Bay Area

by Gabriel Greschler August 20, 2021
the jcc as seen from the street
Posted inNews

Los Gatos JCC and Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley merge into ‘Jewish Silicon Valley’

by Dan Pine December 2, 2020
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inHolidays

Survivors in shrinking community speak their truths

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 27, 2020January 27, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to present the 2018 International Religious Freedom Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Nicholas Kamm-AFP)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

Bay Area Jewish orgs condemn Trump admin’s plan to admit no refugees in 2020

by Gabriel Greschler August 8, 2019August 8, 2019
signs reads "we support our muslim neighbors"
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Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley files suit to halt refugee ban

by J. Staff November 13, 2017March 19, 2018

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