by Edie Falk | Nov 7, 2025
Saying “Thank you!” 100 times a day? Yikes- how could you get that done. What would you offer gratitude for? Your best friend? Food you love? The air you breathe? Being alive? The clothes you wear? The earth? Your job? The practice of expressing gratitude in Judaism...
by Edie Falk | Oct 16, 2025
A day in the life of a housing navigator varies. Some days, I am in the office all day filling out check requests, documenting cases, and coordinating bed deliveries. On other days, I am in the community viewing apartments, picking up donations, and dropping off...
by Edie Falk | Sep 8, 2025
Some of you already practice mindfulness. I wonder what your practice is. For those of the Jewish faith who are aware, preparation for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins the month before in Elul, which began at sundown on Saturday, August 23. At that time, as...
by Edie Falk | Aug 28, 2025
It’s a scorchingly hot day, but Bijoux Bahati and JFS’ TST-R staff are enthusiastically leading small groups in team building exercises outside at Providence Farm Collective (PFC). Each summer during their break from in-school programming, the team partners with PFC’s...
by Edie Falk | Aug 14, 2025
Traditionally summertime is about going out. Like spies exploring foreign territories, we seek new places, maybe even a promised land. One goal in Buffalo might be to capture the sun when we can, to have fun and connect with friends old and new. Yet how do we...
