Categories for News & Events
June 19, 2020
Violeta Delgado, Housekeeper at The Leavitt Family Jewish Home
Violeta is a member of the Housekeeping team at the Leavitt Family Jewish Home. She joined the team 3 years ago, after working for over 20 years at Vibra in…
June 4, 2020
George Floyd – In Memory
I speak to you today as a White woman, as a mother of a White son, as a rabbi. As one who sees this time in America as a Critical…
June 3, 2020
CJL/JGS United Together
Team CJL and Team JGS: Like so many across the world, we too have been reading, watching, and hearing about the tragic events unfolding across our nation. We are outraged…
June 1, 2020
Letters of Love – Beautiful Expressions of Compassion and Care
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Like all families, Leigh McGrale Vengco and her three daughters, Lily, Grace and Teia were home socially distancing and trying to adjust to the new reality forced…
May 4, 2020
Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Director of Spiritual Life at JGS Lifecare, Supporting JGS Staff during Unprecedented Times
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Chaplain and Director of Spiritual Life at JGS Lifecare, has witnessed a great deal of suffering, stress and loss in the past six weeks,…
April 29, 2020
Community Sponsors Meals of Gratitude for Staff at JGS Lifecare Supporting Healthcare Workers and Local Restaurants
LONGMEADOW, Mass. – Over the last few weeks, in a generous show of support, several local organizations and restaurants have initiated fundraising efforts to sponsor Meals of Gratitude for the…
March 19, 2020
Elder Care in The Face of Covid-19 by Michelle Woodbrey of 2Sisters Senior Living Advisors
It was two years ago this summer that my mom and dad moved into an independent living community. My dad had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s ten years earlier, and while he…
March 18, 2020
Wernick Adult Day Health Care Temporarily Closing on March 20
In light of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, we are temporarily closing Wernick Adult Day Health Care as of March 20, 2020. Please know we will work closely with families on…

