URGENT: Tell Congress to Protect Medicaid & SNAP!
The U.S. Senate will now take up the House-passed reconciliation package that would force massive funding cuts for Medicaid and SNAP and kick vulnerable people off these core programs. ACT NOW to tell...
View ArticleJFCS East Bay | Jewish Insider
This juxtaposition — letting in refugees from one country on at least questionable grounds while expelling others — was eminently apparent to Robin Mencher, CEO of Jewish Family and Community Services...
View ArticleJFCS East Bay Board Member Speaks Out on DHS Letters to Bay Area Afghans
“The fact these notices went out same days we welcomed these Afrikaners from South Africa is so egregious. And really to me, is a scare tactic to have these refugees, which might I add, have been...
View ArticleJFCS East Bay Mourns the Tragic Loss of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim —...
JFCS East Bay mourns the tragic loss of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, whose lives were taken last night during an event dedicated to humanitarian and interfaith work at the Capital Jewish Museum...
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“We Were Children”: A Reflection by Ilse Eden
I was ten years old when I left Berlin. It felt like I was going away for summer camp. I was an only child. My parents didn’t tell me there was a war. I don’t think any of us children really knew. We...
View ArticleTrump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
Read article here. The effort comes as the president has pursued extraordinary measures to curtail legal and illegal immigration. June 4, 2025 at 8:26 p.m. EDTYesterday at 8:26 p.m. EDT President...
View ArticleJFCS East Bay Statement on ICE Raids and Attacks on Due Process
JFCS East Bay unequivocally condemns the recent ICE raids taking place in California and across the country. These aggressive actions, carried out in neighborhoods, near places of worship, at schools...
View ArticleJFCS East Bay Stands with MAZON to Protect SNAP Access
We join our partners at MAZON in sounding the alarm: the Senate’s proposed budget bill would eliminate SNAP protections for veterans, former foster youth, and people experiencing homelessness. With a...
View ArticleTell Congress to Protect Medicaid & SNAP!
Negotiations are at a critical juncture – ACT NOW to tell your Members of Congress to protect Medicaid and SNAP! Current proposals in the Senate reconciliation package would force massive funding cuts...
View ArticleJune 2025 Newsletter
This Pride Month, we honor the strength and resilience of LGBTQ+ refugees and the community of care that surrounds them. Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision reminds us that our laws and systems do not...
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