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Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs Jewish Fund for Human Needs (JFHN)

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Who We Are
The Jewish Fund for Human Needs works to fulfill the mitzvah of tzedakah (the obligation to do righteous acts) by helping to alleviate suffering. JFHN represents the organized Jewish community by supporting social agencies that provide direct services to those in the St. Louis area in need of food, housing health care, education, employment or other critical human needs.

JFHN is a joint project of the JCRC and the St. Louis Rabbinical Association with support from the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Lubin-Green Foundation. Each and every dollar contributed goes directly to these non-profit, direct service organizations working to help our community. By contributing to the JFHN, you are participating in our age-old tradition of tikkun-olam…repair of the world.

Recent JFHN News

Annie's Hope was recently awarded a Jewish Fund grant. This community agency provides comprehensive support to children and teens and families who are grieving the death of someone significant. 

Executive Director, Rebecca Sloan Byrne, explains the agency's programs to Jewish Fund committee members.

For more information contact JFHN at (314) 442-3873 or mratkin@jcrcstl.org

"Because every human has infinite potential"   
                            — Talmud-Sanhedrin 37a