CEO Liz Vogel Announces Retirement; Interim Co-CEOs Named
Jewish Family Service CEO Liz Vogel has announced she will retire on August 28. With Vogel’s full support, COO Linda Kean and Chief Services Officer Ann Sutton Burke have been named Interim Co-CEOs; they have a combined 49 years of service to JFS. The JFS board has set up a transition team to oversee the […]
Jewish Family Service Achieves the Gold Standard
On April 20, Jewish Family Service learned that it had earned a three-year accreditation from CARF International. “CARF International accreditation is the gold standard of approval for organizations like ours,” said Liz Vogel, JFS’s CEO. CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, is an internationally recognized nonprofit organization that provides accreditation for health and […]
A Mitzvah Born from Loss
Some good can come from even deep loss. In March of this year, Cindy Jarnicki coordinated with her sons and grandsons to deliver Passover meals and items for the seder together, as part of Jewish Family Service’s Passover Delivery Project, supported by the Rockwern Charitable Foundation. The Project’s volunteers deliver meals and seder items to those […]
Judy Barnett, Kim Juran, Nancy Steinberg Warren Honored at 2026 Annual Meeting
This year was all about the volunteers.
The Fenichels’ Legacy
After a 38-year-stint as a professor of physics at the University of Cincinnati, Henry Fenichel now dedicates his life to sharing his story as a Holocaust survivor. He and his mother first hid in
their home country, the Netherlands, and then were captured and sent to the transit camp Westerbork,
“A Two-Way Street”: Volunteer’s Journey Leads to New Friendship
Update: Len Mitzmanz”l,passed December 17, 2024, two months after this article was published. May his memory be a blessing.Ken Germain is not yet retired, but he recently realized he wanted to devote more time to the Jewish community. World events also played a role. “When war broke out in Israel af
Passion for Mental Health: The Smiths Endow JFS’s Counseling Center Waiting Room
There are at least three subjects that stir an appreciable passion in Leah and Gary Smith. The first is mental health. The second is giving back to the community. And the third is Jewish Family
Service of Cincinnati (JFS). So it was only fitting when the Smiths chose to make a significant donati
B’nai Mitzvah Project Teaches Eighth Grader the Profound Value of a Toothbrush
When Basic Hygiene Rituals Aren’t Merely Skin-Deep
A Love Supreme: Miriam Cohen’s 92-Year Love Affair with Her Parents
If it were possible to tell this story without referencing Miriam Cohen, that would likely please her. It’s not that Miriam is overly modest; it’s that the story she wants to share with the world
is about Dorothy Fine Paris and Isidore Paris—her loving and devoted parents. Still, there are compe
Size of Human Heart Unrelated to Quality: 6-Year-Old Turns 7th Birthday into Major Mitzvah
Sadie was happily making her seventh-birthday party plans with her family when a compassionate little switch flipped in her mind. Yes, birthday invitations had already been sent out a few weeks
prior. And, yes, parental expectations were solidifying around fun ideas that were age-appropriate, ch