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Despite the extensive efforts the Nazis went through to break
and destroy Murray's life, he has flourished. Although he
lived through many concentration camps, saw so many die, and
lost his entire family, Murray strove to rebuild his life ...
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Dana has a permanent smile. It is big, it is
genuine and it is infectious. How could someone who had her
entire life turned upside-down be so permanently happy? I'll
tell you how - by not recognizing that her life was ever turned
upside-down ...
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An
Act of Kindness Goes a Long Way -
Interview of Cara ... A husband and wife in Atlantic City
had wanted a child for a long time, but they were having
trouble. Their local JFS agency answered their prayers and
helped them adopt a baby girl ...
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Nathan's mother worked at Jewish Family Services of
Columbus (JFS) before becoming a social worker with the City of
Columbus, but Nathan said that when he was younger, his encounters
with JFS were pretty limited ...
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... as many have suggested, health care is the greatest
crisis facing our economy and our culture. At the forefront of
that crisis is the question of how to take care of our aging
population. ... Take Catherine ...
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Edward, an economist in the Ukraine, was in his 50s
when he and his wife left the Ukraine, Russia and traveled by
train to Poland. The Communist government limited his freedom,
and things continued to deteriorate over time ...
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"That's our hallway with two feet of sludge," said Tamara,
showing photos that require dialogue, because the viewer can't
process them without it. Everything is exactly where it
settled when the Katrina floodwater receded in September 2005
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I was expecting someone much older. Someone who was going to
tell me his story of how he immigrated here from Russia to
escape persecution ... What I found was someone much different
... Kyle was first exposed to JFS by his mother ... read more |
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Aynn arrived at work on Friday morning. By 9:30, she was fired.
"They told me that the position was no longer needed. It wasn't my work that was the reason. And that was that ... "
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Despite her severe arthritis and limited mobility, Norma's world is rich with family and full of life. You can
tell from the sprightly way she greets you when you visit ...
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For the past three years, Ben, senior manager of Community Relations at Easton, and Lynn,
JFS director of Business Relations, have collaborated on the Job Fair at Easton ...
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In Columbus, Ohio in the 1970s, Paul was larger than life. Everybody knew him.
Everybody loved him. Especially his youngest child, fourteen year old Susan ...
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In everything Lynda has done, the common denominator has been helping.
Lynda began her career in Columbus, Ohio as a social worker with
Southwestern City Schools. When she decided to leave the school
system ...
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To Donna giving back was not only a labor of love, but
it was also a religious duty. In Judaism, a Mitzvah is a
commandment to perform good deeds. After receiving life-saving
services from Jewish Family Services on two different occasions...
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Vinci is very grateful for her beautiful, healthy one-year-old baby Dominic
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and one-year-old Adraina, and one-year-old Gabriel, and one-year-old ...
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In 1998, Lisa was looking for help - she just didn't know what
kind.
Lisa spends her days getting help and giving help.
Lisa finds peace in helping others ...
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As she prepared to celebrate her triplet boys' first birthday
recently, Kathleen recalled the vital assistance
she and her young family received from Jewish Family Services'
Help Me Grow program. "The triplets were born at 32 weeks - eight weeks premature ...
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Fatimata
grew up in tropical Dakar, the westernmost city in Africa, in the country of Senegal. These days, Fatimata finds
herself raising two tiny daughters in a considerably smaller
city with a much cooler climate, far from the
Atlantic she last crossed in 2003.
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If you would have asked Ed, in January 2007 what he knew about
Jewish Family Services (JFS), he would have replied, "I think
they help people with counseling and some financial aid." If you
would have asked Ed, after February 19, 2007 ... ...
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They were married for 30 years. It was the perfect Catholic
marriage, a husband who was highly regarded in the community and
successful in his work, a beautiful wife, four lovely children
and a very comfortable home. No one would have guessed what went
on behind the closed doors ...
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Although programs have changed
over the past 100 years, the heart of JFS has remained the same
- to be there for any individual or family, when confronted with
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