COMPASSION. INTEGRITY. EXCELLENCE.
At Jewish Family Service, we help enrich our Cincinnati community every day by providing high-quality services to individuals and families who need them. Guided by our values of compassion, integrity, and excellence—we help people from all walks of life move through the challenges and complexities of modern life in a way that feels comfortable, safe, and familiar.
Our full list of services runs deep, but the driving force behind them is simple:
We care.
Strengthening Lives, Together
With the help of generous donors and volunteers like you, JFS served thousands of people this year—children and families, the elderly, adults with disabilities, and people from all walks of life. With the uncertainties our community faces we need your help more than ever.
Ways to Give
recent Jewish family service news
JFS Volunteers Brighten Passover for Hundreds
“My wife Gabrielle and I typically deliver [Passover food] to immigrants from the former Soviet Union and to Holocaust survivors,” said volunteer and JFS board member...
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“A Two-Way Street”: Volunteer’s Journey Leads to New Friendship
Ken Germain is not yet retired, but he recently realized he wanted to devote more time to the Jewish community. World events also played a role…
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An open letter from Cincinnati Holocaust Survivors to Students
A group from JFS’s Center for Holocaust Survivors wrote a letter to Cincinnati students, and we believe it conveys a universal message of courage, fortitude, and positivity...
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1,824
groceries provided for families
103,577
hours of homecare for Holocaust Survivors
2,418
counseling sessions provided
$231,000
In Emergency Financial Assistance
G-d sent JFS to me. I don’t know what I would have done without you.
JFS has helped me for almost 12 years now. They have helped bring me back to the community and continue to help, lovingly and with respect.
I am extremely grateful for your assistance and compassion!
I would be on the street or homeless if it wasn’t for the services of JFS.
My quality of life has been improved due to the social worker’s help and assistance. She is my guardian angel.
The service you provide with the food pantry is very appreciated. That little added extra means so much to someone like myself on social security.
OUR AFFILIATED PARTNERS
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati partner agency. Partner agency of United Way. Social services for Jewish Nazi victims have been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.