During Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish New Year and High Holy Days, Jewish Family Service (JFS) reaches out to isolated Jewish seniors in a variety of ways to ensure that they have a meaningful holiday season.
Throughout the month of September, JFS has been leading High Holy Day services for Jewish residents of long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, a mental health center, and four correctional institutions in metro Denver. Services are led by Donna Lutz, JFS Nursing Home Outreach coordinator; Rabbi Eliot Baskin, JFS Jewish community chaplain; and 12 JFS Bikur Cholim volunteer para-chaplains.
Elise Zakroff, a teacher and community volunteer, also wants to ensure that Jewish seniors have a sweet New Year. For many years, Elise and her daughter's classmates have created holiday "goody bags" complete with apples, honey sticks, candy, and homemade cards for JFS to distribute to its senior clients who otherwise wouldn't celebrate the High Holy Days. This year, the 8th grade girls of Hillel Academy created more than 40 bags that the JFS Senior Solutions care managers are distributing to their clients.
Throughout the month of September, JFS has been leading High Holy Day services for Jewish residents of long-term care facilities, assisted living facilities, a mental health center, and four correctional institutions in metro Denver. Services are led by Donna Lutz, JFS Nursing Home Outreach coordinator; Rabbi Eliot Baskin, JFS Jewish community chaplain; and 12 JFS Bikur Cholim volunteer para-chaplains.
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