Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley

Local Hillels join together to prepare a special High Holiday Mazel Meal

The Mazel Meal Program is in its fourth consecutive month of supplying kosher meals to older adult clients across the Lehigh Valley. The ability to expand the program is in large part thanks to a generous increase in the allocation from the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, along with …

Ushering in the New Year with inspiration from our youth

Thanks to the vision of our youth, JFS looks forward to our future. We celebrate the New Year with these young leaders!

JULIAN FINLEY is a Temple Beth El member who is becoming a Bar Mitzvah this September. He  chose to support JFS with his mitzvah project. On his invitations, he requested…

Plant a Row offers families fresh choices for summer

In a survey Jewish Family Service conducted of its food pantry clients, one of the most requested items was fresh produce. The Plant a Row program helps to fill that need for the 125 families who visit the pantry each month.

Plant a Row is an initiative which was started four summers ago to…

JFS partners with Brith Sholom for Shavuot Mazel Meals

Thank you to Congregation Brith Sholom for hosting JFS for a very special Shavuot Mazel Meal prep.

We chopped, sauteed, simmered and created meals filled with flavor and prepared with love.

Forty older adults in the Lehigh Valley were treated to red lentil soup, spiced salmon, rice pilaf, …

Jewish Family Service helps older adults celebrate Passover

This year, Jewish Family Service helped dozens of older adults across the Lehigh Valley experience a more meaningful Passover holiday by bringing the celebration to them thanks to the generous donations and immense amount of volunteer hours poured into that special week by members of the Jew…