Perhaps you can sponsor a number of families. The leaders of Jewish Family Service feel that they do not have enough resources to meet all the needs in our community. There is a form in the back of the synagogue, which you can pick up on the way out. It is not too late to give and you will be performing a great a mitzvah. This is a mitzvah that is the foundation of redemption.
Poverty is an issue in our community.
Jewish Family Service does not have enough resources to deal with it. Nor do the synagogues. The Federation, which is the major funding arm of the community, has had a flat campaign for a number of years. Most of the resources of the Federation stays in the community subsidizing the four day schools, Hillel, the JCC, and Jewish Family Service. The rest goes to UJA, which goes both to Israel and the Joint Distribution Committee that supports Jewish life in the former Soviet Union and in other Jewish communities in need.