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Since 1976 Jewish Family & Children's Services has been there to strengthen, preserve, and enhance the quality of life for residents of Ocean County.  As a dynamic, non-profit, non-sectarian agency, we strive to meet the ongoing challenges faced by the individuals, couples and families in our community. 


Programs are open to all without regard to race, religion, ethnic origin or ability to pay.

Wedding coming up?  How to be a good in-law

Rita Sason, Director JFCS

Spring has arrived, and with it: wedding season. Much planning goes into the wedding. Little girls dream for years what the wedding will be like. Brides, grooms, and their families focus on all of the details. What can be forgotten in all of the dreams and fantasies is that it is not only the bride and groom who are entering into marriage, but families will also be tied together by the marriage.
According to Peter Steinglass, M.D. of the Ackerman Institute for the Family, “The in-law situation is a frequent issue in marriage counseling. When family members feel slights instead of support, when people fret about what is said to whom, tension mounts and everyone suffers.” The good news is that usually all an in-law needs to foster a good, warm relationship is to follow a few simple rules. more

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Scenes from the JFCS Intergenerational Seder with the Seniors

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Holocaust Survivor Benefits

"This program has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany." more

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Cafe Europa Luncheon

Our Holocaust Survivors enjoy an afternoon at Cafe Europa sharing conversation, music and dancing!
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Holocaust Survivor Luncheon

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JFCS Seniors Group Travels to Point Pleasant

Our van driver Ed always makes sure that safety is key!

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JFCS Seniors enjoy visit to Jewish Museum in Monmouth County

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Program for Teens and Parents

 >Building Healthy       
   Relationships for Teens 
   as the Basis for 
   Positive Lifelong
   Relationships.


> What Makes a Relationship Healthy,
   What Makes a Relationship Unhealthy.
> Signs of an Unhealthy Relationship.
> How to Talk to a Friend Who is Being Abused.
> Where to go for Help.

Parenting:
> When They Return Home
> Raising Children without Sibling Rivalry
> Parent Empowerment
> Positive Parenting
> Discipline and Setting Limits
> Living with an Teenager
> FAT City”, (Frustrated, Anxious, Tense),
   The Learning Disabled Child
> “When the Chips are Down”, Discipline in the Classroom and
    in the Home
> “Last One Picked, First One Picked On”, Social Skills Development

HAA  (Help Always Available) Program

Email your parenting questions to jfcs@ocjf.org
Email responses will be provided by a panel of community professionals.

 For information on any of the above:  contact JFCS, 732.363.8010

 

Dear Bubbe (Mixed marriage) June 2010

Dear Bubbe:
My sister and I are very close even though she now lives in Arizona. My niece, her daughter, is getting married this fall and of course we will be invited to the wedding. My sister is excited, but I am not, because unfortunately, she is marrying someone who is not Jewish. My husband and I have made it a practice not to attend interfaith weddings. This may have caused some tension within friendships, but it was something that we were prepared to live with even if it strained the friendship. But this is now family, and suddenly it isn’t simple anymore. We don’t know what to do: Attend the wedding and go against our beliefs or create a permanent split between my sister and me? We do not know what’s right anymore. more

Jewish Family & Children Services

301 Madison Avenue Lakewood, NJ 08701
732.363-8010
Email: jfcs@ocjf.org

Rita Sason, LCSW, Director

Eligibility:
All residents of Ocean County, regardless of age, sex, race of religion, are eligible for service.

Hours:
Monday through Thursday
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Confidentiality:
We respect the privacy of all individual that we serve
and all contacts are confidential.

Fees:
Fees are based on a sliding scale, according to ability to pay.
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Support Jewish Family and Children’s Services
A simple method of supporting JFCS is by using the websites http://www.igive.com or http://www.bigcrumbs.com/crumbs/frontpage.jsp(referral name OceanJFCS) as the link when shopping online.

JFCS is now registered as a non-profit charity with both companies. A percentage of the purchases made are donated to the chosen charity. Both have a huge selection of stores and special purchase offerings. Shop and support JFCS at the same time.

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Seniors enjoy Cafe Europa

Cafe Europa is a program funded through Claims Against Germany Conference to offer social opportunities to counteract the isolation that survivors feel as they have aged.

The following slide show took place in October 2006 at the Cafe Europa New Year Celebration!!!
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Seniors get a chance to get out and about

by Marshall Kurtzman

An hour’s walk in June on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk is a frequent activity for many living in Ocean County, but not for those individuals who can no longer drive. For two groups of seniors, however, Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Ocean County (JFCS) provided the opportunity for this event, as well as a similar one, in October. It was a rare opportunity to see, smell, and hear the ocean, and to enjoy this experience along with others. Even the ride on the van became an ideal opportunity for socialization.
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