September 2019 E-News

8th Annual Saul Cohen - Schoke JFS Lecture

What Drives Us Apart and What Holds Us Together?
Jewish Identity, Jewish Community, and the Jewish People

Featuring Barry Shrage

Professor, Horenstein Program for Jewish Communal Leadership and Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University

Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 7:30 pm
Ferguson Library
One Public Library Plaza, Stamford

Open to the entire community

A reception with Barry Shrage for Schoke JFS Patrons will precede the lecture. Contact Lisa Rich at l rich@ctjfs.org to find out how to become a Patron

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Support the Freedberg Family Kosher Food Pantry

Friday, September 20th & Sunday, September 22nd

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
no early birds

60 Duke Drive, Stamford
(off Cedar Heights Rd)

ALL NEW kitchen and household items!
Pots, pans, gadgets, Pyrex, Tupperware! Everything must go!

Anachnu Participants – Budding Artists!

At the end of August, Holocaust survivors visited Pinot’s Palette, a high-end painting studio in Stamford. Although they were hesitant at first, with the instructor's guidance, the novice artists created masterpieces.

Anachnu is a program supported by a grant from the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Center for Holocaust Survivor Care and made possible by Schoke JFS. The grant helps advance individualized services for Holocaust survivors in Fairfield County.

Kavod SHEF and the Claims Conference on Material Claims Against Germany also support our Holocaust survivor programs.

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Thank You and Fond Farewell!

We would like to thank Ilene K. Locker and Jodi Maxner (pictured left to right) for their many years of service and dedication to Schoke JFS. Ilene will be retiring from her position in September as the Director of Employment and Training. During her tenure of over twenty years, she developed 4 out of the 5 programs in the employment and training department.

Jodi will be leaving the agency to pursue other career opportunities. For over eleven years, Jodi has worked as a Job Developer and Recruiter for the Employment and Training Program. During her tenure, she was also the Program Manager for our Residential Cleaning Program.

Best of luck to Ilene and Jodi on their next adventures!

Schoke JFS Gives the Gift of Food for the High Holidays
You can Help!

Ever year, Schoke JFS provides Rosh Hashanah gift bags for our clients. This year we will be preparing bags on Wednesday, September 25th at The Conservative Synagogue, Westport. The bags will be delivered to thirty homes in the upper Fairfield County area. Thank you to Sherri Warshaw for leading this effort.

The Stamford area Rosh Hashanah gift bag program, chaired by Risa Goldblum, will be held on Thursday, September 26th at our office, 196 Greyrock Place, Stamford.

Thank you to Six Thirteen, Soosh, Beldotti's and Chabad of Stamford for donating a portion of the items provided.

At this time of giving, consider a gift to the Freedberg Family Kosher Food Pantry.

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Valerie Gutman, New Intern with the
Kuriansky Family Counseling Program

Valerie Gutman joins Schoke JFS as an intern as part of her MSW Program at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service. “This year I will be focusing on elderly and senior services through my internship at Schoke JFS,” added Valerie, “and so far I am really enjoying the experience of working with this population.”

Prior to graduate school, Valerie owned a meeting and event planning company that specialized in organizing medical, physician-attended meetings for pharmaceutical companies. She previously owned an enrichment facility for children up to age 6 and their parents that offered a choice of classes including a gym, dance, art, and music programs.

Valerie and her husband live in Westport with their two children.