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Looking to improve or change our community?  Volunteer!

Is there something in our community you would like to improve, change or introduce? As a volunteer, you can do just that. Wishes do come true simply by getting involved, by making things happen, by coming to the organization of your choice with your suggestion, questions, and desire. At the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati we can match your interests with opportunities within our Jewish community. 

For more details on different programs that are offered though a wide variety of agencies and organizations contact Kim Morris at 513-985-1523 or by email.   read more

Introducing:
Women's Philanthropy
Helping on Chai
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
6:00-8:00 pm at Bethany House
1833 Fairmount Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45214

Help give hope and bring change on the 18th. Join us as Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati kicks off the Helping on Chai series of social action events. Bethany House Services provides a full range of housing, education and assistance programs to homeless and low-income women and children. We will cook food for the residents and serve them dinner. 

Helping on Chai Series Co-chairs: Linda Greenberg, Pammy Moss Samuelson and Felicia Zakem. Event Co-chairs: Felicia Zakem, Idit Isaacsohn and Lisa Samuels.

For more information, contact Lindsey Wade at 513-985-1522 or by email, or check back soon for more info.

Meals on Wheels

Volunteers are needed to help with the JCC's Meals on Wheels program.  Meals on Wheels provides homebound seniors at risk of hunger, malnutrition, and isolation with meals and companionship! Volunteers deliver vital human contact and a daily safety check to homebound, frail seniors, helping them maintain their independent living.  Volunteers can create a schedule that works for them. Volunteers are needed for weekdays. For more information and/or to volunteer, please contact Diane La Haie at 513.792.5667.

A Volunteer Program Coordinator is also needed for this program!  If you have previous volunteers experience with Meals on Wheels, we need your help!  For more information and/or to volunteer, please contact Felicia Zakem at 513.985.1527.


Volunteer with Federation`s P2K Committes

Want to help build people-to-people bridges between Netanya and Cincinnati?  Volunteer with the Federation's P2K Committee.  For more information, please contact Barbara Miller at 513.985.1528 or email bmiller@jfedcin.org

Get inspired and make a difference. Meet Nate, a student from the University of Cincinnati, who connected to the Jewish Community through Hillel Jewish Student Center’s “Operation Warm-Up.” Watch video below and read more
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What's Jewish About Volunteerism?

The heart is revealed in the deeds. - Abraham Joshua Heschel

At the very core of Jewish identity is the premise that as partners in creation we have an obligation to make the world a better and stronger place. In our efforts at Tikun Olam ("repairing the world"), every Jew is enjoined to "not place a stumbling block before the blind" and to assist the orphan and the widow. The Torah teaches, "Tzedek, tzedek, tirdof' ("Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue)". more