Strengthening Lives in Times of Need...
Since 1943, Jewish Family Service has played a vital role in responding to the constantly changing challenges and stresses of everyday life experienced by individuals and families in Greater Cincinnati.
Our professional and experienced staff can strengthen your life in times of need - at every age and stage.
Call us today for a better tomorrow. 513-469-1188.
In times of need, Jewish Family Service is There!
Click on the arrow, clap along, and see how our community counts on Jewish Family Service to be there to strengthen lives in times of need:
Take a short online survey to help us with strategic planning...
JFS is embarking on a 3-year Strategic Plan and we need your input. Please take this short but valuable survey to share your opinions and ideas. We want you to help us understand and address the community's highest priorities and most urgent human needs. Thank you!
Join us for the Hunger Walk: May 27th...
Lace up your shoes and hit the pavement for a great cause! Join the Jewish Family Service team on Monday, May 27th for the Freestore Foodbank's 16th annual Hunger Walk and 5K Run! 100% of the $20 registration fee - or your donation if you can't join the walk - provides 75 meals to our Heldman Family Food Pantry
Learn more about the walk Join our team Donate
JFS Annual Meeting focused on Strategic Planning and finding more people to help...
On May 1, during the Jewish Family Service Annual Meeting, we welcomed Dan Rapp as New Board President. With CEO Liz Vogel by his side, the two spoke to the crowd about the ongoing dedication to strategic planning for Jewish Family Service and what this means for the future of the community.
Thank you for making Passover Delivery a success...
The 21st Annual Dr. Samuel S. Rockwern Passover Delivery Project of Jewish Family Service was an incredible success - all due to our amazing staff, donors, and volunteers. On April 7, 2019, 125 volunteers were able to pack and deliver nearly 600 meals to members of our Jewish community who would otherwise be unable to traditionally observe Passover.
Jewish Family Service Launches Social Enterprise With Acquisition of Cedar Village Home Care...
Jewish Family Service is now providing personal caregiving services through the acquisition of Cedar Village Home Care. Renamed “StarPoint Home Care,” caregivers are available 24/7 to help older adults with daily living activities, so they feel comfortable, secure, and independent while remaining in familiar surroundings.
Sharing and showing abilities at Barbash Family Vital Support Center...
During a recent group activity at our Barbash Family Vital Support Center, a few individuals openly shared their challenges, finding support and understanding within the group. Here are two pictures from "Share a Word" that reflect each artist’s reflection about their growth into adulthood, having overcome childhood adversities. Our Vital Support team acknowledges each participant in taking an active role in sharing their story. When we discuss our vulnerabilities, we break down the stigma, showing our abilities.
Another Success! 2018 Dancing with our Stars...
Eight generous community members raised nearly $201,000 through individual donations and sponsorships to help Jewish Family Service strengthen lives in times of need when they volunteered to dance on stage for the 2018 Dancing with our Stars gala on Saturday, November 3. This event was vital to help fund our many important programs including Heldman Family Food Pantry, Barbash Family Vital Support Center, and Center for Holocaust Survivors.
Thank you to all our dancers, co-chairs Meryl Juran and Judy Kadetz, staff, and supporters.
Coping with a Crisis
Jewish Family Service is trusted by our community to be there to strengthen lives in times of need.
To help you and your family cope with the recent tragedy at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue, Jewish Family Service's knowledgeable social workers are available to listen, counsel, and offer you support.
This crisis can especially be difficult for children and for Holocaust survivors. Please read and share this list of suggestions to help them cope.
Holocaust survivors' personal stories recorded for history
Bonnie Rupe partnered with Jewish Family Service Center for Holocaust Survivors to create beautifully written "books" recording their personal stories and family photos.
Volunteer to help Holocaust survivors stay connected to family, friends, and the world
Is using an iPad easy for you?
Volunteer with our Tablets and Technology: Alleviating Isolation in Holocaust Survivors project and teach survivors how to use an iPad to help them stay connected to family, friends, and the world.
Russian speakers are especially needed. Learn more.
Read more about the Tablets and Technology: Alleviating Isolation in Holocaust Survivors project in this spotlight article by The HealthPath Foundation of Ohio.
JFS director of Aging & Caregiver Services was featured live on radio...
Personalized solutions for older adults
Jewish Family Service is excited to lead AgeWell Cincinnati, a central solution that helps links those 60 and better – along with their family members, friends, and caregivers - to community resources for aging well in Jewish Cincinnati.
This new program, AgeWell Cincinnati, was created by the Cincinnati Jewish Senior Service Coalition. Whether you or a loved one are looking for a thought-provoking class, a ride to the grocery store or medical appointment, a new home, or ways to live independently, you’ve come to the right place. Learn more about AgeWell Cincinnati
Have a question about MEDICARE?
Jewish Family Service has been approved by the State of Ohio as one of only a handful of sites in the Tri-state area to provide Medicare counseling and information; and the only Jewish communal site in Southwestern Ohio. Learn more
Managing Senior Adult needs requires more than hiring home care services.
Jewish Family Service has an
experienced team of aging life care managers, Your Experts in Aging, to oversee the full range of demands and
responsibilities associated with aging.
Donate your car to Jewish Family Service
Want to get rid of an old car? Donate it to Jewish Family Service Cincinnati! Donating your car, truck, motorcycle or other vehicle is easy - even if it won't start! All you need is a clear title and we'll do the rest, including free pick-up. Once it is sold, we'll send you a tax receipt and the sale proceeds will go directly to helping those most in need in our community.
A few notes of appreciation from our clients...
We asked clients and volunteers to write personal notes explaining how Jewish Family Service strengthened their lives.
Below is a sampling of the heartfelt messages we received:
Creating Your Jewish Legacy to keep the flame alive
We all strive to leave the world a better place – through our children, our good deeds, our generosity.
Thank you to our supporters, such as Mona and Dick Kerstine, who have created a Jewish legacy for Jewish Family Service so future generations will say of us, "The world is a better place because, for a brief time, they lived in it."