March 7, 2019
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In the Making an Impact series, clients and services are featured to expand awareness of the wide array of help available at JFS and to ensure donors understand the lives they touch and the difference they make throughout the community. Client names have been changed to protect their confidentiality. Salim is an 89-year-old Somali elder who was […]
Continue readingFebruary 6, 2019
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In 2010 the State of Minnesota passed legislation requiring the state to prepare for the huge impact Alzheimer’s disease will have on our population and our resources over the next few decades. One of the five areas the state identified as needing attention is helping communities become dementia capable. The state chose five pilot communities […]
Continue readingFebruary 5, 2019
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You can make a BIG impact by contributing a small amount of time through these new volunteer opportunities.
Continue readingJanuary 23, 2019
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PEARLS for Caregivers is a short-term counseling and life coaching program specifically designed for caregivers dealing with their own depression.
Continue readingJanuary 23, 2019
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In October of 2018, a report that ranks the mental health and access to care of all states in the US was released by the MHA, Mental Health America.
Continue readingJanuary 23, 2019
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After nearly three decades with JFS, Bilingual Senior Community Specialist Dora Lender has retired.
Continue readingNovember 14, 2018
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Deb Pastner faced a decision that many face on a daily basis: What to do with an aging parent who needs help. “We were moving her here from Vermont and I wanted her close to me,” said Pastner. “We’re Jewish, so that was a factor, but we looked at a lot of places.” Pastner settled […]
Continue readingOctober 12, 2018
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JHSUM is seeking artifacts, photos and records related to the Jewish communities and institutions in St. Paul from the early 1900’s through the 1960’s. This is for our comprehensive St. Paul Jewish History Project. Please tell us what you have at [email protected]
Continue readingSeptember 26, 2018
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Kaplan was a former Minnesota Hillel president.
Continue readingJune 12, 2018
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On May 3, the Dakota County Healthy Communities Collaborative hosted Living Longer: The Power and Possibilities of Aging and the Arts.
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