Services to the Jewish Community

The following programs and services are designed to help individuals and families in the Columbus Jewish community who are struggling with a variety of needs, including but not limited to educational, financial and dependency issues.

• Jewish Family Services administers (for the Columbus Jewish Foundation) the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) to help students who, as a last resort, need a loan to further their education. The no interest loan is given to qualified Jewish students who are currently accepted or enrolled in a post-secondary educational program.
  Click Here to find out more about the H.E.L.P. Loan and print an application
  Click Here for a Microsoft Word form that can be filled-in online, then printed and signed.
  For more information, call 614-559-0141 or email help@jfscolumbus.org.

 

• Bonei Mishpachot (Builders of Families) is a program  that reaches out to Jewish individuals and families who are having a difficult time meeting their daily needs and do not know how to find the necessary resources. A Jewish Family Services' professional outreach worker meets with clients offering in office and community-based counseling, case management and emergency financial assistance (through funds provided by the Columbus Jewish Federation and the Columbus Jewish Foundation). For more information, call 614-559-0124 or email BoneiMishpachot@jfscolumbus.org.
  

 

• The JACS (Jewish Alcoholics Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others) group meetings are coordinated by Jewish Family Services. The monthly meetings with a community rabbi offer spiritual guidance for individuals in recovery. For more information, call 614-559-0124 or email jacs@jfscolumbus.org.
  

 

• The Holocaust Survivor program at Jewish Family Services provides assistance in receiving compensation and reparations. Emergency funds (provided through the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany) are available to survivors who meet the Claims Conference criteria. In addition, the agency offers a quarterly social event - Café Europa - with films, guest speakers and other forms of entertainment. For more information, call 614-559-0125 or email hsp@jfscolumbus.org.
  

 

• Jewish Family Services works with the Columbus community synagogues administering funds (provided by the Columbus Jewish Federation) for the burial of indigent Jews. For more information, call 614-559-0143 or email communityoutreach@jfscolumbus.org.