Alpert JFS News

Sean Astin To Speak At Alpert JFS 18th Annual No Excuse For Abuse Virtual Evening

Free Event Focus on Breaking the Stigmas of Domestic Abuse and Mental Illness, and Features Sean Astin, Actor, Director and Son of Actress Patty Duke WEST PALM BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, January 31, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — For the 18th consecutive year, Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family Service of Palm Beach County (Alpert JFS) will host its No Excuse For Abuse event. Being held virtually February 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. , the event is free and features an intimate sit-down with […] https://www.alpertjfs.org/sean-astin-to-speak-at-alpert-jfs-18th-annual-no-excuse-for-abuse-virtual-evening/

2021 – 2022 Winter Transformations

Hot off the press is the latest edition of Transformations, our agency magazine. Click the photo below to read about how Alpert JFS is impacting our community, our latest events, ways to get involved, and more!   https://www.alpertjfs.org/2021-2022-winter-transformations/

WPTV Spotlights AmeriCorps Volunteer Program

There are seniors living all around us that are having trouble getting to their doctor for their appointments, getting to the grocery store for food and they are becoming isolated and disengaged from our community.   YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE by providing them with transportation, socialization, and friendship.   We provide ongoing training and support to our AmeriCorps volunteers to prepare them to serve and assist these seniors in need. By joining AmeriCorps you will become a part of […] https://www.alpertjfs.org/11050-2/

Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday

The offices of Alpert Jewish Family Service are closed on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday. There are numerous connections between the work of Dr. King and the Jews living in America at the time which include the following: ·         Dr. King repeatedly used the Jewish experience as a model of success over oppression. ·         A Jewish woman, Esther Brown, in Topeka, Kan., started the lawsuit Brown vs. Board of Education. That 1954 Supreme Court decision put an end to legally mandated racially segregated schools. (Note that the […] https://www.alpertjfs.org/martin-luther-king-jrs-birthday/