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January E-Connect
Thank You! Dear Friends, It may be cold outside, but we are warmed by the kindness and generosity of all of our supporters and volunteers. We wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed during...
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February E-Connect
Dear Friends, We continue to be very busy at JSS. In January we hired Becca Schwartz to be our new Resettlement Coordinator. Becca is originally from Middleton but lived and worked in various...
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March E-Connect
Mishloach Manot and the Meaning of Purim Dear Friends, This past weekend we celebrated the Jewish festival of Purim full of costumes, hamentashen and the revelry of Purim carnivals and megillah...
View ArticleA Celebration of Janice Beers
By Steven H. Morrison Executive Director Emeritus Perhaps the greatest joy and most professionally fulfilling work during the years I served as Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Madison...
View ArticleNational Council on Aging (NCOA) Call-In Day to protect Medicaid on June 14th...
From: Janet Zander, Advocacy & Public Policy Coordinator, Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources, Inc. Despite earlier reports of U.S. Senators having difficulty getting agreement on their plan to...
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Balancing Gratitude with Impatience in the time of Charlottesville
Like all of you, I was really struck by the events of this weekend in Charlottesville, VA. Madison is a college town, as is Charlottesville. We also have very passionate people who are ready to standup...
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Jewish Social Services, Our Core Values
By Dawn Berney, Executive Director The months of August and September have brought significant turmoil to the United States. Charlottesville. Hurricane Harvey. The end of DACA for many teenagers and...
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One year later the Jewish Community remembers Mindy Wiseman
By Rabbi Renee Bauer Sukkot is a time of joy on the Jewish calendar but at Jewish Social Services the holiday is tinged with grief. Last year during Sukkot beloved JSS caseworker, Mindy Wiseman,...
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Legacy gift shows gratitude for welcoming of JSS’s senior lunch program
Friends and community have always been important to Ernie Clasen. Ernie Clasen gets to hang out with some of his closest friends at lunchtime on most Mondays. Nearly every Monday, he drives, (or gets...
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