Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of Barbara and Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center

April 2, 2017 was the long-awaited Grand Opening of the new, state-of-the-art, 18,000 sq. ft. Barbara and Harvey Brodsky Enrichment Center of Jewish Family and Children’s Service on the Main Line. It is located at 345 Montgomery Avenue in Bala Cynwyd, PA. At the ribbon cutting, Barbara Brodsky along with Rabbi David Ackerman, Adam Laver Board Chair, Paula Goldstein CEO, and Michael Wilner, Past board chair cut the ribbon with many members of the community in the community. The Center is named in honor of Barbara “Bobbi” Brodsky of Haverford and her late husband, Harvey.

For 162 years, JFCS has assisted countless individuals and families in the Philadelphia region at every stage of life. And, now these services will be much more convenient to those in the western suburbs and becomes the fifth branch of JFCS of Greater Philadelphia adding to those in Center City, Elkins Park and North and Northeast Philadelphia, offering therapeutic services and educational programs

This state-of-the-art building was designed by Jason Wilhelm of J. Wilhelm Consulting and has been custom-built to meet the needs and programming for a wide range of clients extending from Holocaust survivors, older adults, children, LGBTQ communities, people living with disabilities, parents seeking to adopt a child, family counseling, to food insecurities and helping individuals to gain financial stability.

Its social services range from foster care and adoption, to family support and education, to financial assistance and healthcare and much more. In the lobby, visitors will find very large black and white portraits (12’ x 8’ in size) of 18 Holocaust Survivors with a supportive and much more throughout the space.

To learn more, please visit www.jfcsphilly.org