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
LATEST news
A Mitzvah Born from Loss
Some good can come from even deep loss. In March of this year, Cindy Jarnicki coordinated with her sons and grandsons to deliver Passover meals and items for the seder together, as part of Jewish Family Service’s Passover Delivery Project. This year was the sixth in a row her family has been doing the Passover Delivery Project together....
Be Patient, Parents: Expert Tips
Asked for her five best parenting tips, Leah Marcus, Director of Youth Mental Health Services at Jewish Family Service in Blue Ash, immediately said, “Be patient. And after that, pause, pause, pause, pause.” She smiled. “Parenting through big emotions is hard. One thing that ....
The Fenichels' Legacy
When asked recently why he gave a legacy gift to JFS, Henry Fenichel, member of our Center for Holocaust Survivors, said, "Well, you know something about my background, as an immigrant and the only reason I'm around and alive is because support of organizations such as this one....
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.
OUR LOCATIONS
Jewish Family Service
9395 Kenwood Road, Suite 100
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Heldman Family Food Pantry &
Barbash Family Vital Support Center
3113 Clifton Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45220
Hours: By appointment only
JFS Help Line: (513) 469-1188
General Fax: (513) 766-3358
