I write this to you as my new puppy, Babka,sleeps beside me. Many of us have adopted new fuzzy friends in the past couple of years. Pets are amazing companions who make us laugh and help us feel loved.
Have a great pet story? I’d love to hear about your fur baby! Email me at mindyb@jfssv.org and we’ll celebrate the joy pets bring to our lives.
B’shalom,
Mindy
Mindy Berkowitz
Executive Director
Recently Arrived Afghan Refugees
Need Your Help
In the past six months, JFS SV has resettled 225 Afghan refugees into Silicon Valley – with more large families on the way. They come to us with nothing more than a backpack with a few personal belongings.
We need your help:
Gift card donations: Target, Safeway and Amazon. Please send to JFS SV, 14855 Oka Rd., Suite 202, Los Gatos, CA 95032
We are grateful to our 25 community partners and to all of you for raising over $32,000 worth of gift cards in addition to over thousands of additional gifts that we received. Over 300 newly-arrived refugees, isolated elders, and struggling families did or will benefit from the gifts we purchased.
Here are a few heartfelt thank you’s we received:
"Yesterday I got a knock on my door and I found a vacuum! It’s so great and I can’t wait to use it. THANK YOU so much! And thank you for the gas cards to help me get around to the store."
"I am so amazed by the gift cards I got for the grocery store! And the microwave I received is working well. Thank you for all your kindness and the generous gifts … It’s very wonderful and I am so grateful."
I wanted to reach out and express, on behalf of the leadership of my church, our care for you, your staff at JFS, and for the local Jewish community. The hostage-taking at the synagogue in Texas was an awful event that was rattling to hear of. We are thankful that lives were not taken in that attack.
We also want to express that we are proud to be working with you in the effort to care for refugees. The fact that there are many faith communities working together under Jewish leadership in this time of need showcases a better way, a more life-giving way, of living in community.
Hundreds of individuals and families impacted by the pandemic need your help today. Can they count on your support?
Once you click DONATE on the JFS website, and you do not see a fund listed you would like to donate to; you can select "Other", and write your preference in the comment section.
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