Center for Holocaust Survivors
A common bond of private memories & resilience
Jewish Family Service provides Holocaust survivors with care management; home visits; restitution assistance; counseling and referral; social therapeutic activities; free hearing tests; and safety/adaptive equipment.
A recent review of the Center for Holocaust Survivors determined that survivors who took advantage of its array of programs and care management services enjoyed a better quality of life. Benefits include but are not limited to — timely attention to healthcare needs, emotional support, encouragement to engage in "life review" therapy, and additional counseling methodologies to help survivors deal with loss and traumatic memories.
Being Active:
We offer Holocaust survivors activities like this Drumming Circle, which is proven to reduce depression, lower blood pressure, and increase joy.
Creating Memories:
Join other Holocaust survivors at our monthly Friendship Club socialization gatherings to create memory books, celebrate a holiday, or just talk.
Staying Connected:
The Tablets and Technology program helps participants connect with the world, through the internet, email, and video conferencing.
To understand why this program is so valuable to survivors, please read the grantee spotlight that was written by the HealthPath Foundation of Ohio.
To learn how a grant from JFNA will help even more survivors, click here.
If you'd like to volunteer to help survivors learn how to use an iPad, contact Beth Kotzin at: info@jfscinti.org
Did you know that Holocaust survivors may be eligible to receive some or all of these FREE life-enhancing services:
- Care management
- Hearing tests and hearing aids
- Medical adaptive equipment
- Financial assistance for medical care and prescription drugs
- Social therapeutic activities
- Restitution assistance
- Non-medical home care: help with meal preparation, light housekeeping, and laundry.
- Dental care
- Home safety modifications
- Transportation assistance
- Navigating complex, bureaucratic benefit systems
- Help with understanding / filling out various forms
- Home visits to check in
- And more.
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany recognizes a Holocaust survivor as an individual who was persecuted as a Jew in Germany, Austria, or any other country occupied by the Nazis or their Axis allies between the years of 1933-1945, including Jews who emigrated from those countries after the persecution began and before liberation of that specific country, in addition to suffering recognized persecution. (Please contact Jewish Family Service or the Claims Conference for further details).
Our services are available for all Jewish Holocaust survivors, but receiving some of the services for free may be limited to financially and/or physically vulnerable Jewish Nazi victims.
Jewish Family Service programs and services for older adults, including Holocaust survivors, receive funding in part from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, The Jewish Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio, The Bahmann Foundation, Jewish Federations of North America, and the Alfred Landecker Foundation, administered by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. It is a member agency of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies.
