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Rab bi Robert P. Jacobs Jewish Fund for Human Needs (JFHN)
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. By contributing to the JFHN, you are participating in our age-old tradition of tikkun-olam…repair of the world.
Recent JFHN News
SUPPORT THE JEWISH FUND BY SHOPPING AT
BORDERS BOOK FAIR ON JUNE 7TH
On Sunday June 7, 2009, Borders is holding a Book Fair to benefit the JFHN. Shop anytime between 10 AM and 9 PM at the Borders store in Creve Coeur (located at 11745 Olive Blvd., 314-432-3575) or Brentwood (located at 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd., 314-918-8189) and fifteen percent of your purchase will go to the JFHN. Click on the following link to dowload your coupon.
http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/calendar/index.aspx?id=103&eventid=315313
Let's Start is an organization led by and for formerly incarcerated women which aims to break the cycle of incarceration in families by using the personal experiences of its participants to support recovery, educate the community and inform policy. The agency was recently awarded a JFHN grant.
Jewish Fund Committee members learn about Let's Start community programs.
For more information contact JFHN at (314) 442-3894 or gwechsler@jcrcstl.org
"Because every human has infinite potential"
— Talmud-Sanhedrin 37a
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