Kosher Food In Hospitals and other Specialty Services available for the needy

We are not responsible for the kashrus of any facilty.

California - Cedars Sinai Medical Center (Kosher Kitchen) 8700 Beverly Blvd. (310) 855-4797
Central NJ - Chabad House-Lubavitch at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ visits Robert Wood Johnson and St. Peters Hospitals on a weekly basis. The Chabad House also has a Bikkur Cholim Room - 170 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732)296-1800 Fax (732)828-6890 www.chabad.rutgers.edu
Chicago Mitzvah Campaign Chicago IL (866)697-2224 CMC office: 773-764-8872 or Rabbi Wolf's cell: 773-716-8872 in ILLINOIS ONLY call toll free: 1-866-MY RABBI. Weiss Memorial Hospital        Chicago, IL. Illinois Masonic Hospital        Chicago, IL. Swedish Covenant Hospital    Chicago, IL. Glenbrook Hospital        Glenview, IL. Patients are visited weekly at these hospitals We supply all chaplaincy services in most Chicago and suburban Hospitals.
England LONDON Hospital Kosher Meals Service 020 8795 2058
Englewood Hospital Medical Center*
350 Engle St.
Englewood, NJ 07631
Tel.: (201) 894-3000
Provides kosher meals for patients and Shabbat accommodation in the main building. There is a Jewish chaplain on staff, and
visits by various Bikur Holim groups are made. Arrangements for Shabbat accommodation should be make through the Hospital.
s Patient Relations Dept. at (201) 894-3000 or through Cong. Ahavath Torah, Englewood, at (201) 568-1315. call patient relations
friday till 4:00 pm - after 4:00 security desk at main floor (reservation prefered)
Ezer Letavshil 718-222-0125
Ezer Yoldot Hamercazi Community Center And Central Kitchen 19 Tzadka St. Beitar Illit, 99879 Israel Tel. 972-2-580-8686 Fax:972-2-580-7917 Meals on Wheels - Diapers - Baby Formula Lending a helping hand to those in need in Gush Etzion Betar Illit and Beit Shemesh
Hackensack University Medical Center
Prospect Ave.
Hackensack, NJ
Tel.: (201) 996-2000
Provides kosher meals for patients as well as meals and support services for families.
Shabbat apartments are available. Call Teaneck Bikur Cholim (201) 692-1752 (201) 833-2320. There is a
Jewish chaplain on staff, and visits by various Bikur Holim groups are made. There is a Rabbinic liaison for hospice
patients. Specialized counseling for Jewish genetic diseases is available, and the fertility clinic is familiar with the
needs of Jewish families.
Holy Name Hospital
Teaneck, NJ
Tel.: (201) 833-3000
Provides kosher meals for patients and Shabbat rooms for family members. Kosher guests
trays are available at a nominal charge. Religious services are held on various holidays.
There are visits by a Jewish chaplain, Friends of Lubavitch, and the Bikur Holim committee of
Cong. Beth Aaron.
La Briute Meals
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania; rabbi@att.net Shul # 610-433-6089. We also provide Shabbos hospitality in the community, as well as electric Shabbos candles for use in the hospital, and it's fine for people to contact me for these purposes.
Lehigh Valley Hospital carries Kosher meals, prepared by Avrumi's Delights under Machon l'Horaah. Patients should specifically request the "Special Kosher Meals." Mordechai Torczyner
Long Island College Hospital in Brookyln NY, has a fully stocked Kosher pantry and sleeping accomodations at Room 616 on the 6th floor of the main Building. Bikur Cholim Yaad Yakkov 917-418-9206

Maimonidies Medical Center food for shabbos is provided by Ezras Cholim Yad Efraim,

A group of yingerleit go around Friday night to all the rooms to deliver a full seuda, then shabbos morning they go around with coffee & cake, and again shabbos about 12:00 noon for the day seuda. This is mainly for the family of the patients.

Any more information please call the founder & director Rabbi Shulem Pesach Greenberg @ 917 577-0770

Michigan - Chabad - Hospital visitation at the University of Michigan Hospital - Mailing address; 715 Hill St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734-995-3276
Michigan "Help to Heal" Hospital visitation at the University of Michigan Hospital by Jewish college students 1429 Hill Street Ann Arbor , MI 48104 Contact: Rabbi Jason Miller or Roy Braid rabbijam@umich.edu ; 734-769-0500

Mount Sinai Hospital has a strictly KOSHER L'mehadrin Kitchen with a MASHGIACH TEMIDI UNDER THE OU

New Haven, CT.  Bikur Cholim Society of New Haven (203) 786-3096-available for meals, transportation , visitation and accommodations for Shabbos and during the week.  Contact Rabbi Eliezer and Rena Greer (203) 786-3096 or (203) 606-3082, or Rabbi Dov Greer (203) 848-8706.
New Haven, CT and vicinity == Yale University Hospital /St. Raphael Hospital / Gaylord Hospital . Needs including Kosher Food and other Specialty Services available for the needy Shabbos Food and apartments contact Izzy Fogel 203-495-1593 Fax 203-777-8899 Cell 203-605-4567

North Shore University Hospital , 300 Community Drive , Manhasset , NY 11030 , Kosher Food is available for patients (Meal Mart under the Vaad Harabonim of Queens (VHQ).,For visitors a range of sandwiches (VHQ) are available in the cafeteria (in addition to Meal Mart meals). A dditionally, a Jewish Chaplain is available (516 562 4043) and requests for Shabbos accommodation on campus can be made at the same number. Mincha takes place in the hospital on Mon-Thu at 2pm . Great Neck Bikur Cholim: 516 487 3859

Pascack Valley Hospital
Old Hook Rd.
Westwood, NJ 07675
Tel.: (201) 358-3000
Provides kosher meals for patients. Electric Sabbath candles are available. Visits are made
by local rabbis.

Queens and Long Island hospitals.

Call Helping Hand at 718-520-7515, or the FR/5 Towns Bikur Cholim hotline at 718-327-5989,

Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD

November 14, 2008 Until further notice, all dairy Kosher patient meals, food service items, catered functions, and Café Shalom at Sinai Hospital, under OU certification, are no longer Cholov Yisroel.

South Florida - Ahvas Chesed Inc. - 4801 S. University Drive Suite #127, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, Tel: 954-434-3333, 954-614-6600, Fax: 954-252-4905. We lend all types of medical equipment to whomever needs. We make hospital visits and supply shaboss packages (challah & grape juice) to the patients. We also do on demand visits. We arrange a place to stay for shabbes, as close as possible to the hospitals. We supply food for shabbes on demand for the visitors that are staying in the hospitals for shabbes. an early request is helpfull. South Florida - Ahvas Chesed Inc. - 4801 S. University Drive Suite #127, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, Tel: 954-434-3333, 954-614-6600, Fax: 954-252-4905
OJ Kosher Food Company For Hospitals 718-782-0063
Rodeph Chesed Voluntary "AMBELETTE" in Brooklyn 718-871-7695 (THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEER DRIVERS AND DONATIONS OF VEHICLES)
Toronto Bikur Cholim
Orthodox women who provide practical and emotional support. Has an apartment downtown and an apartment in the Bathurst-Glencairn area for those who must stay over Shabbat or holidays to be within walking distance of a downtown hospital or a synagogue.
506 Coldstream Avenue Toronto , Ontario M6B 2K6 Tel. (416) 783-7983, Fax (416) 256-6260 Chana Hirschman (Executive Director) Tel. (416) 783-7983 bikurcholimtor@rogers.com
Valley Hospital
Ridgewood, NJ
Tel.: (201) 825-5391
Provides kosher meals for patients and arrangements can be made for Shabbat for family
members. There is a Jewish chaplain on staff, and visits by various Bikur Holim groups are
made. Special counseling for Jewish genetic diseases is available, and the hospice team
includes a Rabbi.

We are not responsible for the kashrus of any facilty.