THE GUIDE
to Everything Jewish in the
Greater Philadelphia Area
JEWISH FEDERATION OFFICES
Gratz College*
T E E N S Jewish Community High School • Jewish Online Learning
for Teens • College credit for high school students (Gratz Academy)
ON LINE AND A C C E LE R ATE D G R ADU AT E AN D
C ERTIF I C AT E P R O G R A M S Jewish Education (MA and Ed.D)
Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MA and Ph.D) • Jewish-Christian
Studies Certificate • Jewish Communal Service (MA) • Jewish Studies
(MA) • Jewish Professional Studies (BA and MA)
P R OF ES SI O NAL D E V E LOP ME NT ( N E X T) Online, Hybrid,
and On-Campus Education for Supplementary School Teachers
Jewish Community Services Building
2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-832-0500 • Fax: 215-832-0510
info@jewishphilly.org • jewishphilly.org
NON-C R EDI T A D U LT P R O GR A M M IN G Continuing Legal
Education • Adult Jewish Learning Courses • Hebrew and Yiddish
classes • Monthly Lunch & Learn programs
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Grat z.edu I a dm is s ion s @ gr at z. ed u I 215-635-7300
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Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties
501 N. Jerome Ave. • Margate, N.J. 08402
609-822-4404 • Fax: 609-822-4426
becky@jewishbytheshore.org • jewishbytheshore.org
Jewish Federation of Delaware
101 Garden of Eden Rd. • Wilmington, DE 19803
302-427-2100 • Fax: 302-427-2438
JFDinfo@shalomdel.org • shalomdelaware.org
Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley
702 N. 22nd St. • Allentown, PA 18104
610-821-5500 533• Fax: 610-821-8946
mailbox@jflv.org • jewishlehighvalley.org
Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey
Harold R. Isdaner Building • Weinberg Community Campus
1301 Springdale Road, Suite 200 • Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003
856-751-9500 • Fax: 856-751-1697
jewishfederation@jfedsnj.org • jewishsouthjersey.org
Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks
4 Princess Road • Suite 206 • Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648
609-219-0555 or 609-530-0400 • Fax: 609-219-9040
mailbox@jewishpmb.org • jewishpmb.org




SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
The rang e of services offered by the Jewish community for its members and
for the general public is varied and wide-ranging, with the community priding
itself on offering high-quality services. Though it is not pos sible to provide for
all needs in all parts of the Greater Philadelphia area, the organized Jewish
community hopes that people will take advantage of available programs and
services to which they are en titled. Almost all Jewish communal agencies
charge fees on a sliding-scale basis or make other provisions for assisting those
with limited financial means. Residents of the five-county region are eligible
to use these services, as are local college students, visitors and members of the
armed services stationed nearby.

ADDICTIONS Achievement Through Counseling and Treatment (ACT)
JEVS Human Services
5820 Old York Road • Philadelphia, PA 19141
215-276-8400 • Fax: 215-276-2739 • jevshumanservices.org
1745 N. Fourth St. • Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-236-0100 • Fax: 215-236-7601 • act@jevs.org
Offers comprehensive medication-assisted treatment for opiate abuse with
individual and group counseling in both outpatient and intensive outpatient
settings at both locations.

Eagleville Hospital
100 Eagleville Road • Eagleville, PA 19403
610-635-7400 or 1-800-255-2019 • Fax: 610-539-9314 • eaglevillehospital.org
A private, independent, nonprofit addictions and behavioral health treat-
ment and educational organization. Offers levels of care ranging from acute
psychiatric hospitalization to specialty hospitalization to residential care
for treating addiction, co-occurring, and mental health disorders. Staffed
by physicians, nurses and psychiatrists, who, along with therapists, social
workers and addictions counselors, provide integrated care customized to
adults of all ages. When a patient has both mental health issues, including
acute psychiatric disorders, and substance use disorders, all issues are treated
simultaneously. Provides a complete spectrum of integrated care options.

Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically dependent (JACS)
hosted at: Congregation B’nai Tikvah, Beth Israel
115 East Holly Avenue • Sewell, NJ 08080
609-841-9616 • exshicker@gmail.com
Encourages Jewish alcoholics, chemically dependent persons and their
families, friends, and associates to explore recovery in a nurturing Jewish
environment. JACS educates all sectors of the Jewish community through
its resource center, speaking engagements at synagogues, JCCs, schools and
youth groups about issues of chemical dependency and Jewish family life.

JACS also runs retreats and events throughout the year for Jews in recovery
and significant others.

ADO PTION
AND CHILD-WELFARE
Foster Care Services
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia
1501 N. Broad St., Suite 14 • Philadelphia, PA 19122
1-866-JFCS-NOW or 1-866-532-7669 • jfcsphilly.org
An accredited program under contract with the Department of Human
Services and other county agencies that delivers services to children who
are abused or neglected or whose parents cannot adequately care for them.

Foster Care
Provides certified foster homes for children from birth to age 21. Many of
these children, including those with special medical needs, have experienced
trauma, loss and grief, and need a temporary home that provides stable
support and structure.

Special-Needs Adoption
Through the SWAN (Statewide Adoption and Permanency Network), JFCS
works to find permanent homes for children who cannot safely return to
their family of origin. JFCS’ Child Welfare Department provides in-home
services to help prepare children for adoption and post-adoption services.

Open Arms Adoption Network
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia
7607 Old York Road (Lower Level) • Elkins Park, PA 19027
1-888-OPEN-ARMS info@openarmsadoption.net • openarmsadoption.net
Helps build and support families through the Domestic Infant Open
Adoption program. Offers a broad range of services for families hoping
to adopt internationally, too. Licensed in PA, NJ, DE and NY.

Jewish Adoption and Family Care Options (JAFCO)
234 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 100 • Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-525-1040 • Rana@jafco.org • jafco.org
Provides child welfare services to abused, neglected and at-risk children
and children with developmental disabilities. The Family Preservation and
Strengthening services include clinical case management, support, referrals,
and supervised visitation. The goal is to provide an immediate cost-free
response to a family in crisis while creating an additional safety net for
Jewish children who are in need. JAFCO Northeast Communities is licensed
as a foster care/adoption agency in Pennsylvania and is in the process of
recruiting foster care and adoptive parents. The foster care program works
to provide culturally appropriate foster and adoptive homes for children
within the Jewish community and the community at large.

Support Group for Parents of Adolescent & Adult
Children Living w/Addiction and Related Brain Disease
Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-627-6747 x216 • rabbimaderer@rodephshalom.org • rodephshalom.org
Meets regularly to learn more about substance use and mental health disorders;
share experiences/resources; and explore how to appropriately support our
children. Anonymity respected. No affiliation with RS is necessary. No charge.

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