Members of Congregation Dor Hadash have long been committed to welcoming and supporting refugees. This is both an expression of the congregation’s devotion to social justice and a recognition of the personal histories of many members, who came to the United States as refugees, or who are the children or…Read More
Category: Stories of Hope
JFCS attorneys help Carlos reunite with brother
Carlos* is an unaccompanied child who came to the U.S. from Honduras. JFCS began providing legal representation to him in December 2021, when he was 17 years old. Even though Carlos was born in Honduras, he did not have a birth certificate or any other documentation to indicate his nationality.…Read More
Local Faith Groups Help Welcome Refugees to Pittsburgh
At the beginning of 2022, JFCS launched their new Community Sponsorship program for faith-based and organized community groups to directly engage in refugee resettlement efforts. Each group goes through a specific training and must commit to providing both financial and volunteer support towards the family they’re matched with. Since that…Read More
“This is what America is made of.” Pittsburgh family welcomes Ukrainians into their home
Katya and Andrii didn’t expect to leave their home and everything they knew behind when their daughter Diana was born a year ago. But when the war broke out in Eastern Ukraine, quickly reaching their home city of Kharkiv, they knew they needed to find a safe place for their…Read More