National Foster Care Month

By Morgan Goad May is National Foster Care Month, and every year JFS Connecting Hearts takes this opportunity to raise awareness about the nearly 1,000...

Lights of Love shines brighter this year

By Morgan Goad, Associate Director of Development Jewish Family Services The Lights of Love shone brighter than ever this year! Thank you so much to everyone...

JFS at 173: Evolving and  Innovating for the Future

By Morgan Goad, Associate Director of Development, Jewish Family Services The JFS team was thrilled to welcome back our volunteers and friends to celebrate our...

Kirva Hospice: Care, Comfort & Compassion

Editor's Note: This article has been updated since the print issue came out. The April Reflector will have updates. Jewish Family Services and Beth Sholom...

Lights of Love is back

By Morgan Goad Associate Director of Development, Jewish Family Services JFS’ Lights of Love is back for its fourth year! Lights of Love is a program that...

“A Hand to Hold”: November’s Adoption Awareness Month Campaign

There are almost 700 children in Central Virginia’s foster care system through no fault of their own. When 140 of the children currently in...

JFS: Rich history of women’s leadership

March was Women’s History Month – a great time to highlight JFS’ own rich history of women’s leadership, creativity, and service. JFS history is...

Kehillah Happenings

Shanah Tovah! And Looking Ahead for Kehillah That's a wrap on 5782! Thank you to everyone who celebrated the holidays with us, and special thanks to...

Living Well:  JFS is valuing care providers and their work

The population of Richmond is getting older. You might have heard it called the “Age Wave” or the “Silver Tsunami” but as the Baby...

Thanksgiving tradition with 21 friends

By Morgan Goad, Associate Director of Development. Jewish Family Services Longtime JFS staff member, Sydney Fleischer, has a special Thanksgiving tradition. She gathers her family...