BIKUR CHOLIM ORGANIZATIONS—USA
The organizations listed below provide a wide variety of services, which may include medical referrals, transportation to local hospitals, meals for patients and their families, senior services, support groups, medical equipment loans, accommodations for patients’ families, and more. Please call the specific bikur cholim to verify the services that it provides.
Alabama
Birmingham
1) Chabad
205-970-0100
Arizona
Phoenix
1) Bikur Cholim
602-944-2753
2) Deutch Family Shalom Center of Phoenix
602-971-1234 ext 280
Scottsdale
1) Bikur Cholim
480-998-1410
Arkansas
Little Rock
1) Hildy Tepper Bikur cholim
501-221-7940
California
Los Angeles
1) Jewish Healthcare Foundation--Bikur Cholim
323-852-1900
Fax 323-852-0727
8489 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Rabbi Hershy Z. Ten
services include:
Bikur Cholim House
Blood & Platelets--Drives & Direct Donor
Challah Shel Bracha
Community Health Campaigns & Education
Community Tehillim List
Crisis Intervention & Case Management
Funding Treatment, Medication, & Diagnostics
Heartwarming Chicken Soup
Holocaust Survivors Assistance Program
Home Care Assistance
Hospital Shabbos Closets & Shabboxes
Kosher Meals
Medical Equipment Free Loan--G'mach
Medical Referrals & Specialist Consultations
Mitzvah Kids
Shira V'Zimra--Multimedia Library
SPOT--Speech, Physical & Occupational Therapy Funding
Transportation to/from Medical Appointments
Visitation--Home & Hospital
Weiss Wellness Endowment--Kollel Fund
South Bay
1) Bikur Cholim of South Bay
California
310-626-2221
Serving the South Bay cities of Lomita, Torrance, Harbor City and surrounding areas.
Services include chaplaincy, hospital visits, senior citizen visitation, and more.
Palm Springs
1) Bikur Cholim of Palm Springs
760-325-8076
Santa Barbara
1) Jewish Family Service of Santa Barbara
805-957-1116
Colorado
Denver
1) Bikur Cholim
303-333-1017
Connecticut
New Haven
1) Bikur Cholim
203-786-3096
Waterbury
1) Bikur cholim
203-596-7569
Florida
Boca Raton
1) Bikur Cholim of South Palm Beach
561-375-0740
Servicing patients of West Boca Medical Center and Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, as well as the medical needs of anyone in the community. Services include hospital Shabbos room & kosher pantry, hospital visitation, medical referrals, patient advocacy, a medical equipment gmach, and provision of Shabbos boxes.
Fort Lauderdale
1) Ahavas Chesed
954-434-3333
Hollywood
1) Bikur Cholim of Hollywood
954-894-8514
3851 N 43rd Ave Hollywood
- Visiting the hospitalized at Memorial Hospital on an almost daily basis:
- Providing for the religious needs of the hospitalized with electric:
Shabbat and yahrzeit candles, siddurim, tehillim and tefilin: - Providing Glatt Kosher meals for patients and families who have no one here to provide for them:
- Conducting semi-annual blood drives a year to provide blood in times of need:
- Providing short term loans of medical devices such as crutches, wheelchairs and walkers …. at no cost:
- Attending to the needs of hospice patients and families:
- Visiting local ALF’s and Nursing Homes before Yom Tov and bringing individual and appropriate gifts
- Joining with community schools during the year to visit local ALF’s and Nursing Homes, providing entertainment for the occupants while also giving the students the opportunity to fulfill a great mitzvah and chesed:
- Equipment loans
2) Healing Hearts Bikur Cholim
305-450-8287 Rabbi Klein
618 N Luna Ct Hollywood
- Subsidized apartments for patients and their families
- Transportation to/from airports, stores, appointments, etc.
- Crisis intervention and spiritual counseling
- Hospital visitations by staff and volunteers
- Respite program for caregivers to be able to “take a break”
- Family doctor referrals for patients’ family members
- Childcare and babysitting assistance for the family
- Kosher meal assistance
- Assistance withJewish holiday observances
Miami
1) Gesher Tzedaka
866-943-7437
2) Bikur Cholim of Miami Beach
305-531-5351
651 W 47th St Miami Beach
http://www.bikurcholimmiamibeach.com/
- Hospital, nursing home, and at home visitation
- Meals
- arranges local accommodations near hospital
- equipment loans
- volunteer transportation
- emergency funding
- Weekly senior get together
North Miami Beach
1) Bikur cholim
305-690-8949
South Florida
1) Bikur cholim
305-652-0685
St. Johns, Duval, Clay County
1) Jewish Healing Network
904-394-5723
Georgia
Atlanta
1) Bikur Cholim
404-320-6433
Illinois
Chicago
1) Bikur cholim
773-558-7918
2) Chicago Mitzvah Campaign
Rabbi Aron Wolf
2939 W Touhy Ave
Chicago, Il. 60645
1-866-MY RABBI (1-866-697-2224)
www.ChicagoMitzvahCampaign.com
Providing a full range of services for cholim in Chicago including:
Food, Transportation, Hospitalities, Patient advocacy and much more
Maryland
Baltimore
1) Bikur Cholim of Baltimore
410-999-3700
Services include:
Medical referrals
Accommodations near hospitals
Shabbos & Yom Tov medical transportation
Medical equipment gmach
Hospital & home visitations
Birth night babysitting
Hospital kosher hospitality rooms
Meals, transportaton, & housing for patients & their families
Hospital advocacy
2) Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington Area
202-331-4481
Massachusetts
Boston
1) Rofeh International
617-734-5100, 617-566-9182, 617-734-5101
Fax 617-739-0163
1710 Beacon Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02445
Medical referrals to all Boston area specialists
Rooms and apartments for families of medical patients
All bikur cholim services
Michigan
Ann Arbor
1) Chabad
734-995-3276
Detroit
1) Bikur Cholim
248-443-5107
2) Chabad
248-855-6170
Missouri
St. Louis
1) Bikur Cholim
314-727-1643
Minnesota
Minneaplois & St. Paul
1) Bikur Cholim
952-926-7867, 952-926-9050
St. Louis Park
1) Bnei Emet Bikur Cholim Society
952-927-7309
Nebraska
Omaha
1) Nebraska Bikur Cholim
402-330-1800
New Jersey
Bergen County (Engelwood, Fairlawn, Hackensack, Teaneck, Bergenfield, Paramus, Fort Lee)
1) Bikur Cholim of Bergen County
https://bikurcholimbergencounty.org/
201-579-3066, 201-446-7938
Helping families in medical crisis with hospital apartments, meals, equipment, rides, and facility guidance. Serving patients in Englewood Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Holy Name Medical Center, The Valley Hospital & Kessler Rehabilitation of Saddlebrook.
Deal
1) Sefardic Bikur cholim
732-531-1117
Edison
1) Rariton Valley Bikur Cholim
732-572-7181
Elizabeth
1) Thea Loewy Bikur Cholim of the Jewish Educational Center
908-354-3129, 908-289-5415, 908-353-2498
Hackensack
1) Bikur Cholim
201-996-2345
Lakewood
1) Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim
732-905-3020, 732-363-6848
1450 Walden Avenue
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701
Services include:
Adopt a Bubby program
Bnos Bracha
Chaya Jachimowitz Door to Door Driving
Health seminars
Hospital food pantries
Keshe big sister program
Lending library
Meals
Medical equipment gmach
Nshei League-senior get togethers
Support groups
Visits to hospitals, nursing homes, and the homebound
2) Lakewood Refaenu
732-901-7513
Livingston
1) Bikur cholim
973-597-1655
Raritan Valley
1) Bikur Cholim
732-572-7181
Passaic & Clifton
1) Bikur Cholim
973-249-8811
Teaneck
1) Weingarten Family Visitation Program
201-907-0686
New York
New York City
1) Adas Yereim Vien
718-387-8729, 718-387-1887
2) Agudah Women of America
718-436-7356
3) Bederech Kavod
718-384-7723
4) Belle Harbor
718-945-1077
5) Belzer Bikur Cholim
718-851-5393
6) Bikur Cholim of Boro Park
718-438-2020
5216 11th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Services include:
Medical referrals
Assistance with medical bills
Blood donations
Family crisis unit
Hospice
Support groups
Chevra Kedisha
Volunteer services
Medical equipment gmach
Hospital kosher hospitality rooms
Senior services
Our Place teens at risk program
7) Bikur Cholim of Flatbush Nefesh Chaya Tiferes Yosef
718-253-3119
8) Bikur Cholim of Greater New York
212-927-7817, 212-923-8701
9) Bikur Cholim of the East Side
212-420-9414
10) Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights
718-756-0451
486 Crown Street
Brooklyn, NY
11) Bnos Chayil Bikur Cholim
718-338-4897
12) Bobov Bikur cholim
718-871-8606
13) Gemilas Chesed of Greater New York
212-923-8701, 212-927-7817
14) Klausenberg Bikur Cholim
718-782-6337
15) Kossiner bikur cholim
718-384-4621, 718-234-5846
16) Lenox Hill Bikur Cholim
212-744-4748
17) Lev Yael Bikur Cholim of Staten Island
718-494-4343
Emergency beeper 917-850-3144
18) Manhattan Bikur Cholim
212-873-9497, 212-877-0306
19) Mazkeret Frima of Munkatch
718-851-9193, 718-851-7005
20) Noshim Rachmunias
718-782-3028
21) Nshei Ahavas Chesed
718-438-0211
22) Pesha Elias Bikur Cholim
718-871-7606
24 hour emergency number 718-851-2500
23) Pupa Bikur Cholim
718-522-4257, 718-834-8342
24) Rivka Laufer Bikur Cholim
718-851-6920
Servicing NYU Hospital in Manhattan with all bikur cholim services including:
Kosher hospitality room
Shabbos apartment near NYU
Medical advice & liaison services
Financial assistance
Transportation
Lifesaving hospital equipment
25) Satmer Bikur Cholim of Boro Park
718-854-2500
26) Satmer Bikur Cholim of Williamsburgh
718-387-7749
Delivers hospital meals for invalids
27) Sefardic Bikur Cholim of Flatbush
718-787-1100
28) Staten Island Bikur Cholim—Mrs. Breuer
718-384-7723
29) Tzalem Bikur Cholim—Rebbitzen Grunwald
718-387-3036
30) Washington Heights Bikur Cholim
212-927-0110, 212-568-1134
31) West Side Bikur Cholim
212-873-9497
Albany
1) Chabad of Albany
518-439-8280
2) Albany Bikur cholim
518-402-5781, 518-438-4227
Catskills
1) Catskills Bikur Cholim
845-354-2627
2) Sullivan County Bikur Cholim
845-544-3066
Year-round services in the Catskills providing meals, rides, and assistance.
Far Rockaway & Five Towns
1) Bikur cholim
718-327-5989, 516-371-9662
2) Five Town Chevra Tehillim
516-374-7659
Long Island
1) Nash Kestenbaum Bikur Cholim of Long Beach
516-431-2068
2) Bikur Cholim--Mrs. Gottesman
516-764-9378
3) Great Neck Bikur Cholim
516-487-3859
4) Merrick-Bellmore Bikur Cholim
516-378-1988
145 S. Merrick Avenue
Merick, NY
Orange County
1) Jewish Family Service of Orange County
845-341-1173
2) Kiryas Joel Bikur Cholim
845-783-4500
Rochester
1) Bikur Cholim of Rochester-Chabad
585-271-0330
1037 Winton Road
Rochester, NY
Rockland County
1) Bikur Cholim of Rockland County
845-425-7878
25 Robert Pitt Drive
Monsey, NY 10952
Services include:
Medical referrals
Hospital meals & kosher pantry
Volunteers
Transportation to area hospitals
Blood donors
Jewish media library
Medical equipment loans
Rooms near area hospitals for patients families
2) Chesed of New Square (Chesed 24/7)
118 Clinton Road
Spring Valley, New York 10977
845-354-2627, 845-354-3233
Services include:
Hospital kosher hospitality rooms
Hospital meals for patients and families
Home meals for families after childbirth
Boost in a Bottle pomegranate juice for immunology patients
Shuttle to NY area hospitals
Transportation to medical appointments
Volunteers
Services for the elderly
Services for the disabled
Medical equipment loans
3) New Square—Mrs. Langsam
845-354-6509
4) Ezras Rayim of Satmer
845-371-7191
Ohio
Cleveland
1) Bikur Cholim
216-320-1771
Cincinnati
1) Bikur Cholim
513-731-0495
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
1) Josh Klein Bikur Cholim Society
717-545-8796
Philadelphia
1) Greater Philadelphia Bikur cholim
610-668-1183, 215-342-2999
Pittsburgh
1) Bikur Cholim of Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Providence
1) Bikur cholim
401-331-7085
Mrs. Rubenstein, director
Visits to homebound seniors
Hospital visitation and patient services
medical supply gmach
Tzniyus hospital gowns
Tennessee
Knoxville
1) Knoxville Jewish Alliance
865-690-6343
Texas
Dallas
1) Ohr Hadash Jewish Healing Center Bikur Cholim Society & Hospice
214-692-8489
Emergency only 214-334-5252
Houston
1) Aishel House of Houston
713-522-2004
Virginia
Virginia Beach
1) Jewish Family Service of Tidewater
757-321-2222
Washington
Seattle
1) Bikur Cholim
206-722-3711
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
1) Bikur Cholim Bais Yehuda of Milwaukee
414-445-9735