annual report
2012
of western
massachusetts
mission statement
We provide professional services to assist
all individuals and families with life’s
planned and unplanned challenges and
transitions, based on the Jewish principle
of performing acts of loving kindness,
Gemilut Chasadim.
our values
We value and honor the fundamental
sanctity and worthiness of all human
beings, Tselem Elohim.
We demonstrate dignity and respect in
every aspect of our work, Chessed.
We put into practice a commitment to
heal and repair the world, Tikkun Olam.
We operate with fiscal efficiency and
integrity, Haginut Ba’asakim.
chair’s message
Dear Friends of JFS,
This has been a remarkable year for Jewish Family Service which has included
many hours of Board involvement as well as a growing group of volunteers
engaged in diverse activities. We are so proud of our dedicated staff whose
professionalism shines under the visionary leadership of our President and CEO,
Bob Marmor.
Our Springfield locations, on Lenox Street, Sumner Avenue and our office on the
Springfield Jewish Community Campus are bustling with activity. Because of the
care and concern of our community, we are able to respond to the ongoing needs
of both the Jewish community and the community at large through counseling,
eldercare services, the resettlement of new Americans, the urgent economic
response initiative and a whole host of other activities.
One of the newest developments for Jewish Family Service has been the creation
of an interactive website. We are very proud of the way in which people can
now visit us electronically. We have also initiated an e-newsletter, “Community
Matters”. We hope that both of these offerings make it easier to learn about JFS
and the work that we do.
On behalf of everyone at JFS, thank you for your continued support of our agency.
We are truly grateful.
Sincerely,
jfs board & officers
Marsha Shapiro
Chair of the Board
2011-12 Officers
Marsha Shapiro, Chair
Daniel Plotkin, Vice Chair
Hermine Levey Weston, Vice Chair
Luis Escobar, Treasurer
Anita Sarro, Secretary
2011-12 Board Members
Amy Bricker
Andrea Chasen
Jonna Gaberman
Janice Greenberg
Debra Ann Latour
Elizabeth Leshine
Sheldon Lyons
Todd Ratner
Life Board Members
Hyman Darling
Joseph Dorison
Alan Skole
Michael Sorrell
Bernice Thaler
financial report
Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts And Lenox Charitable Fund
Income
Contributions
$97,473
Jewish Federation
$58,450
United Way of Pioneer Valley
$83,764
Government Contracts, Grants
Program Fees
Lenox Rental Income
Interest, Dividends, Misc
President & CEO
Robert Marmor
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2011
Realized Gains/Invst.
Total Support and Revenue
3%<1% 4% 2%
4%
$1,235,375
$805,395
34%
$70,163
$3,647
$(1,586)
$2,352,681
52%
our programs
community programs
counseling programs
In response to changing needs and demographics, we are developing
new, innovative services and programs that address traditional and
contemporary Jewish family life. Cutting edge social services include
outreach to Jewish individuals and families. We offer support groups,
educational programs, lectures, classes, workshops and new ways to
make or strengthen Jewish connections.
We assist families and individuals who are
coping with difficult problems, challenges
and every day life transitions. Our caring
and compassionate professional staff can
work with you to address personal loss,
depression, trauma, relationship issues or
other troubling circumstances in your life.
We offer a sliding fee scale and accept most
major insurances, including MassHealth
and Medicare.
315 individuals enriched by Jewish Life programming.
older adult programs
Elder care is a hallmark program at JFS; people count on us as impartial
experts to help them solve problems for the health and wellness of their
loved ones or themselves. Elders and their families look to us for support
and resources because families now live further apart. The changing
face of our community requires a multitude of services including
guardianship, geriatric care management and crisis intervention.
602 families received guidance and
62 frail elders were cared for through guardianship.
volunteer programs
We believe that healing the world begins with one person at a time. Get
involved with JFS; bring your talents, skills and interests. We have short
and long term volunteer opportunities: good cheer phone calls to elders,
helping a refugee family navigate their new life, graphic design and
video editing - and that’s just the beginning. Volunteering with us is
ideal for people who would enjoy working from a Jewish base for the
greater well-being of the entire community. Join us!
945 individuals received compassionate
care to help them solve their problems
refugee resettlement and
immigrant programs
We welcome refugees from around the world who are fleeing religious
and political persecution. Our agency is nationally recognized as having
a premier resettlement program, working with the Hebrew Immigrant
Aid Society (HIAS) and the U.S. Department of State, to settle refugees
in our Springfield community – their new home. Our innovative
programs and comprehensive services assist refugees in becoming
engaged U.S. citizens. We also offer citizenship and naturalization
services to immigrants with legal permanent residency.
205 refugees from around the world were resettled and
960 individuals were helped with resettlement programs.
52 volunteer donated 2080 hours to JFS
COMBINED STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Expenses
Adoption Program
2011
$2,160
Older Adult Program
$413,589
Counseling Program
$634,261
Jewish Family Life
$121,445
New American Program
$911,744
Lenox Charitable Fund
$51,477
Marketing and Development
$96,797
Management and General
Total Expenses
2011
2%
4% 4% <1%
18%
40%
27%
$81,199
$2,312,672
Change in Net Assets
$40,009
Net Assets–Beginning
$335,653
Net Assets–Ending
$375,662
This financial information is excerpted from the
complete financial statements for the year ended
9/30/11. Audited by the firm of Moriarty & Primack
Certified Public Accountants. The full financial
statements are available upon request at Jewish
Family Service of Western Massachusetts, Inc.
15 Lenox Street, Springfield, MA 01108.
5%
2
legacy society contributors
We are extremely grateful to our visionary leaders who have made commitments to support Jewish Family
Service through their estate plans:
Shira Atik
Lawrence & Sue Bernstein
Amy Bricker
Ida Caplan*
Andrea Chasen
Melvin Cohen &
Pamela Smith
Hyman Darling
Catherine Dorison
Joseph Dorison
Seymour Frankel
Myra & Jerry Gold
Marc Goldman
Susan Goldman
Elliot Greenberg
Janice Greenberg
Harold Grinspoon
Edward & Susan Kline
Avrom Kushner &
Nancy Posnick-Kushner
Jonathan Lasko
Jeannine LeBlanc
Bruce Leshine
Elizabeth Leshine
Michael & Debra Latour
Robert Marmor
Arthur & Rebecca Marshall*
Mary Louise &
Newell Nissenbaum*
Ronda Parish & Herbert Wood
Daniel Plotkin
Mollie Plotkin
Todd C. Ratner & Amy Grodsky
Suzanne Rosenberg
Michael Rothberg
Anita Sarro
Mark Shapiro
Marsha Shapiro
Anne Weiss
Steven Weiss
Hermine Levey Weston
Bruce Wintman &
Jonna Gaberman
Six anonymous donors
funders & collaborators
We gratefully acknowledge these corporate, public and nonprofit organizations for their financial
support and partnership. Thank you.
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Funders
Collaborators
B’nai Tzedek Youth Foundation
City of Springfield:
Dept. of Health & Human Services
Dept. of Elder Affairs
Community Foundation of
Western Massachusetts
Greater Springfield Senior Services
Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Hebrew Immigration Aid Society
Highland Valley Elder Services
Jewish Endowment Foundation of
Western Massachusetts
Jewish Federation of the Berkshires
Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Executive Office of
Health & Human Resources:
Dept. of Elder Affairs
Office for Refugees & Immigrants
MassMutual Financial Group
Mass. Rehabilitation Commission
The Laurence J. & Ann Rubenstein Foundation
TD Bank Foundation
United Way of Pioneer Valley
Allen Park Apartments
Alzheimer’s Association, NH/MA Chapter
Amherst Survival Center
Baystate Medical Center
Beit Ahavah
Berkshire Insurance Group
Boston College
Caring Health Center
Catholic Charities
Chabad House
Combined Jewish Philanthropies:
Jewish Community Relations Council
Congregation B’nai Israel
Congregation B’nai Torah
Elder Services of Berkshire County, Inc.
Fallon Community Health Foundation
Franklin County Home Care, Inc.
FutureWorks
Georgetown Condominiums
Gray House
Greater Springfield Council of Churches
Heritage Academy
Islamic Society of Western Mass.
Lander Grinspoon Academy
Longmeadow Senior Center
Lutheran Community Services
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy
Jewish Community of Amherst
Jewish Family Service of Metrowest
Jewish Geriatric Services
Massachusetts Association of
Jewish Federations
Mercy Care - Forest Park
New England Farm Workers Council
Northampton Survival Center
Park Edge Apartments
Rachel’s Table
Russian Community Association
of Massachusetts
Shriners’ Hospital for Children
Sinai Temple
Smith College
Springfield Jewish Community Center
Springfield Housing Authority
Springfield College
Square One
St. Jude’s Church
St. Mary’s Church, Longmeadow
St. Mary’s Church, Northampton
St. Peter’s Church
Valley Opportunity Council
West Springfield Public Library
Westfield State University
WestMass ElderCare
Springfield Public Schools
Temple Beth El
Temple Israel
Trinity United Methodist Church
Western New England University
our generous donors
$10,000–$24,999
The Barrington Foundation, Inc.
$1,000– $4,999
Amy Bricker
Martin & Marian Broder
Samuel Dorison
Isadore & Amanda Jermyn
Maxine Levey
MassMutual Financial Group
Larry & Julie Port
Posnick Family Foundation
Steven & Hana Rivkin
Michael Rothberg & Shira Atik
Ronald & Brenna Sadowsky
Anita Sarro & Randy Purinton
Mark & Marsha Shapiro
Hermine Levey Weston
Bruce Wintman & Jonna
Gaberman
One anonymous donor
$500–$999
Fredric Brownstein
Sheila Budnick
Richard & Diane Friedberg
Michael & Sally Ginsburg
Joy Hendel
Local Resettlement Fund
Robert Marmor
Arthur & Rebecca Marshall
Legacy Fund
Lois Meyers
Daniel & Mollie Plotkin
David & Ellen Ratner
Suzanne Rosenberg
Jacob & Estelle Shammash
Michael & Jannell Sorrell
Eric & Elizabeth Stahl
$100–$499
David & Sharon Aminia
Stuart & Michelle Anfang
Elan Barnehama & Nisa Zalta
Eric & Margie Berg
Lawrence & Susan Bernstein
Randall & Maxine Bernstein
Elliot & Anne Bloom
Michael Bogen
Freeman & Audrey Botnick
Richard & Barbara Brody
Jeffrey & Susan Chanin
Jonathan & Andrea Chasen
Kenneth & Linda Cohen
Sidney Cooley
Jeffrey Cossin
Benjamin Coyle
Alan & Brenda Curtis
Steven & Amy Dane
Hyman & Meryl Darling
George & Sherry Dickerman
George Dickstein
Joseph & Catherine Dorison
Richard & Jane Engelman
Nancy O’Fagan
George & Sylvia Falk
Steven & Donna Feldman
William & Susan Firestone
Steven Fischel
Richard Gaberman &
Betsy Heit Gaberman
Alan & Bette Gerstein
Stanley & Candy Glazer
Morton Goldberg
Thelma Goldberg
Jonathan & Susan Goldsmith
Abraham Goodman Fund for
Immigrants
Edward Greenbaum
Elliot & Janice Greenberg
Frank & Beatrice Hano
Philip & Margaret Hendel
Thomas & Elaine Henshon
Mark & Ronda Jackowitz
David & Pamela Kalman
Alan & Myrna Kaplan
Mary Ann Kaplinsky
Cheryl Kaplowitz
Michael & Carole Katz
Morton & Dorothy Katz
Richard & Karen Kessler
Victoria Kiss
Barry Kittredge
George Kittredge
Edward & Susan Kline
Arthur Krulewitz
Michael & Debi Latour
Robert Leavitt & Donna Fisher
Arthur & Kitty Levi
Marc & Iris Linson
Jay & Beatrice Loevy
Victoria Luftman
Sheldon & Linda Lyons
Donald & Linda McKeough
David Morse & Susan Shepard
Jay Musen
Ronald & Ronnie Sue Nadel
Lawrence & Nancy Nathan
Robyn Newhouse
Jane Newman
Jeffrey & Francine Ochs
David & Sheila Okun
Robert & Susanne Osofsky
Ronda Parish & Herbert Wood
Judd & Rhoda Peskin
David Pesuit & Elaine Ulman
Leonard & Adrienne Plotkin
Stanley & Susan Polansky
Todd Ratner & Amy Grodsky
Carl Reiner
F. L. Roberts and Co., Inc.
Joan Rosenbaum
Alan Rosenberg
Daniel & Jane Rothschild
Paul & Phyllis Salvage
Andrew Saykin
Warren & Jenny Schreiber
Jerry Schreibstein &
Harlene Ginsberg
Barry & Jane Schulman
Steven & Rita Schwartz
Ronald & Elaine Shepard
David & Michelle Shrair
Gordon Snider & Sarah Everett
Michael Solon &
Christina deMeza
George & Linda Spitz
Lawrence & Cynthia Starr
Roy & Candace Stillerman
Jeffrey & Anita Sussman
Bernice Thaler
John Todd & Dorothy Nemetz
United Church of Christ
Sheila Weinberg
Ruth Weiss
Steven & Nadine Wenner
Alan & Ava Wills
Elaine Wintman
13 anonymous donors
$50–$99
Edith Allen
Sylvia Allen
Frances Barnard
Scott Barton & Randi Klein
Phillip Berman
Sheila Blum
Kathleen Bowler
Hester Broad
Michael Ceppetelli &
Martha Finkel
Robert Chipkin &
Carolyn Robbins
David & Susan Corn
Mark & Phyllis Dindas
Lillian Dressler
Richard & Carol Engelson
Neil & Trudi Epstein
William & Marjorie Feinberg
Michele Feinstein
Edward & Merle Feld
Nancy Flam & Neil Kudler
Michael & Erica Freedman
Myron & Penina Glazer
Jerome & Myra Gold
Ellis & Roberta Goldberg
Daniel & Kathy Goodman
Joel & Bonnie Gordon
Amy Greenbaum
Samuel & Joan Ann Hellerman
Michael & Carole Hirshberg
Sarita Hudson
Kenneth & Abigail Jaffe
Jewish Community of Amherst
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our generous donors
Stephen Kaplan &
Susan Jaye Kaplan
David & Jodi Kaufman
Richard & Harriet Kimball
Oleg & Natalia Kofman
Ronnie Leavitt
Eric & Norma Lee
Bennett Levine
Charles & Carol Libowitz
Eugene & Yelena Litvinov
Jeffrey & Sharon Mandell
Doris Margolis
Patricia Marion
Jessica Mason
Sean & Lauren Munster
Pamela O’Keefe
Harold Okun
June Okun
Merton Peck
Samuel & Ruth Poppel
Monroe & Joan Rabin
Edward & Linda Radding
Harold & Sally Anne Resnic
Hyman & Jackie Robinovitz
Shelley Rome
Bernice Rothbard
Paul & Marsha Rothschild
Ian & Shari Schein
Jeff & Jill Schwartz
Leah Schwartz
Richard & Harriet Segool
Jonathan Sheffitz &
Andrea Newman
Edward Shore
Lewis & Diane Silverman
Robert & Sheila Simon
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Maxine Sisitsky
Angenette Smith
Patty Stein
Ellen VanScoyoc
Carol Wernick
Bruce & Barbara Winer
8 anonymous donors
$1–$49
Ms. Estelle Abrams
Estelle Abrams
Ronald Ackerman &
Cleo Gorman
Benjamin & Jacqui Adler
Shirley Akerman
David & Diane Alpern
Melvyn Altman
Joanna Aviles
Alda Balbino
Adele Barden
Mark & Loretta Barowsky
Theodore & Laura Belsky
Herbert & Ann Berezin
Alan Berkenwald &
Joan Schaffer-Berkenwald
Arthur & Joanne Bertrand
Joel & Betsy Bertuzzi
Barbara Binsky
Paul Bloom
Nelia Blyankman &
Anna Margolin
Natanya Braun
Ruth Brenner
Hanh Bui
Susan Burk
Helen Burstein
Adele Citron
Alvin & Shirley Cohen
Bruce Cohen
Joseph & Cathy Cohen
Judith Cohen
Leonard & Carole Cohen
Shera Cohen
Susan Cohen
Claire E. Cohen-Stelzer
Joyce Contois
Robert & Shari Beth Cooper
John & Barbara Corcoran
Howard & Esther Rae Davis
Timothy Diehl & Debbie Charren
Charles Dorison
Liza Dorison
Janet Draymore
Shirley Ehrlich
Robert & Karen Engell
Myer Ezrin & Elaine Becker
Trish Farrington
Abraham & Toby Feinstein
Jessica Feldheim
Jesse & Leona Fieldman
Ina Fine
Dorine Finerman
Saul Finestone
Lillian Fink
Barbara Finkel
Gunther & Thais Fischel
Robert & Dorothy Fleischner
Myron & Ellen Follett
Robert & Betsey Freedman
Genya Gertsenzon
Gerald & Leah Glasser
Michael & Theo Glickman
Samuel & Maxine Goldberg
Marc & Susan Goldman
Eleanor Goldstick
Marisol Gonzalez
Richard & Diane Goodman
Selma Greene
Ellen Grey
Haim & Yaffa Gunner
Shirley Hersh
Joseph Hershon & Rina Miller
Irving Horowitz
Theodore & Judith Ingis
Barbara Jackson
Tracy Jeanis
Robert Kadis
Steven & Leslie Kaim
Gary & Roberta Kamen
Steve & Ellen Kappel
Daniel Karpman
Zane Katz
Jeffrey Korff & Shelley Steuer
Sylvia Krainson
Elina Kurbanov
Josif & Sulamit Ladin
Jonathon Lasko
Alice Lawrence
Kenneth & Jeannine Leblanc
Steven Lepow
Howard & Kay Lerner
Alan & Joan Levine
Alan & Shirley Levitz
Joseph Lieberman
Stanley Light
Richard Lilie
Miriam Lowell
Morton & Susan Lynn
Glenn & Maria Markenson
Judith Mason
Monika McCarthy
David & Sandra Merrill
Glenn Michelman
Anne Miller
Bernard & Selma Milstein
Marion Mindel
Goldie Newman
Lucilia Nunes
James Osofsky &
Suzanne Silverstein
Sabina Papai
Selma Paroshinsky
James & Nancy Pelletier
David & Deborah Peskin
Bernice Pine
Judith Plotkin
David & Susan Porter
Robert & Jeanne Potash
Robert & Marilyn Rappaport
Gloria Ray
Seth & Kathy Roberts
Anne Robinson
Michael & Rona Rosen
Lauren Rosenberg
Michael & Joan Rosner
Eileen Rutman
Frances Scheckter
Naomi Schoenberg
Morton & Frances Shames
Marjorie Sherman
Lina Shtrom
Remir & Lydia Shtrom
Alex & Galina Sokolskiy
Elliot Soltz
Allen Sommer
George Sosin
Leon & Barbara Stechenberg
Steven & Carol Steiner
Dereck & Abby Stern
Francine Strauss
George & Sydney Torrey
Noreen Trenner
Margarete Vogel
Sidney Weiner
Shirley Wilson
Judi Wisch
Jerry Wise
16 anonymous donors
In Kind
Lilia Adzigirey
Doug Allen
Domenic Battista
Frederic Baxter
Deena Beals
Marthe Beauchamp
Ben Black
Michael Bogen
Pat Bowler
Hester Broad
Martin & Marian Broder
Susan Burk
Connie Chaitovsky
Herbert & Diann Cohen
Nancy Cole
Barbara Consolmagno
Mark & Elisabeth Cranna
Suzanne Cronin
Gail Cruise
Mark Edwards
Neil & Trudi Epstein
Judy Fachs
Jane Feinberg
Babara Fiorda
Gunther & Thias Fischel
Sam Freedman
Dale Fritze
Richard M. Gaberman & Betsy
Heit Gaberman
Donald Garden
Susan Russo Gelbart
Rafik Ghalaini
Stanley & Anita Glasser
Stanley & Candy Glazer
Jill Goodman
Dennis & Miriam Gordan
Cathy Gordon
Diana Henry
Annette Heyman
Mr. and Mrs. Hryniewicz
Melvin & Delores Hutner
Saad Abdul Jabar
Scott & Erica Kaplan
Laura Kessler
Lynn Lapierre
Kenneth & Jeannine Leblanc
Lois Leventis
Lawrence Lipari Marketing &
Design
Philip Marcus
Marcus Printing
Judith Mason
Bonnie Mikesh
Loraine Munsell
Hieu Nguyen
David & Sheila Okun
Lee Orenstein
Max & Lee Orenstein
Robert & Susanne Osofsky
Wanda Ouellette
Simma Petlock
Archie & Hannah Pistrich
David & Deborah Poppel
Celine Quinn
Todd Ratner & Amy Grodsky
Gloria Ray
Daniel Richman
Beth Rosen
Ann Rosenberg
Suzanne Rosenberg
Dorothy Rubin
Dorothy Saxon
Paul & Mary Scheer
Lisa Scheff
Harold Ser
Lisa Setian
Lauren Shanks
Marie Sheedy
Robert Sheets
Allan & Anita Skole
Michael Solon & Christina
deMeza
Alexander & Inna Sorkin
Roman & Yana Stein
Patty Stein
Margo Steinberg
Marlene Steinberg
Barbara Stoll
Dorothy Sullivan
Margie Thompson
Howard & Carlin Trietsch
Margarete Vogel
Wendy Webber
Virginia Wilson
Five anonymous donors
We apologize if we misspelled
or omitted your name. Please
contact us with any changes.
Thank you.
* of blessed memory
salute to volunteers
We proudly honor the dedication and enthusiasm of JFS volunteers who generously give their time and talents to
support our mission.
Barbara Albert
Israa Alzubaidi
Susannah Auferoth
Nancy Bouquet
Elan Barnehama
Elaine Becker
Fredric Brownstein
Jean Caldwell
Jeff Chait
Susan Chanin
Gaeton Cloutier
Anna Dancour
Joseph Dorison
Jan Draymore
Muriel Drew
Richard, Ellen &
Stephen Freyman
Elaine Geha
Rhoda Ginsberg
Katherine Grenier
Janice Greenberg
Jake Greenburg
Lisa Katz
Steven Korn
Saundra Leighton
Bonnie Light
Elizabeth Light
Joan MacMonegle
Pat McCarthy
Carolyn Mernoff
Charlotte Meyer
Pat Minsk
Betty Myers
Pat O’Connor
Alexander Perez
Barbara Perez
Fr. Bill Pomeleau
Janice Reisman
Myrna Robbins
Lauren Rosenberg
Sandra Rowley
Marjorie Sherman
Mildred Stambovsky
David Stein
Beverly Strodel
Nancy Swyers
Rose Troiano
Karen Utgoff
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