Each one is precious
The greatest treasures lie hidden in every Jew.
— The Baal Shem Tov
JEEP looks for them where no one else looks: in nursing homes, hospital rooms, recovery meetings, group homes and classrooms. In Cincinnati, since 2005.
“Each one has an infinite treasure of soul within them. It’s just our job to try to bring this infinite potential out.”
Rabbi Yaakov Karp, founder of JEEP
Where treasure hides.
These are places where Jewish life rarely reaches. JEEP goes there every week, and has for twenty years.
Care homes
Seniors
“The Jewish Hour” classes, holiday visits with shofar, matzah and Chanukah lights, and a volunteer visit for every isolated senior.
Five Minutes a Day for Every Bubby & Zaidy
Hospitals
Chaplaincy
A Jewish visit at the bedside, in hospitals, psychiatric units and Summit Behavioral Center. Short, warm, and for anyone.
Rabbi Karp & Rabbi Fuss
Recovery
Cincinnati Jewish Recovery
A 12-Step meeting and class where Jews in recovery don’t stand out, plus Sober Shabbos and a Sober Passover Seder.
Wednesdays, 7 PM
One-on-one
Children who learn differently
Individual, hands-on Jewish learning for children with hearing loss, autism or learning differences, up to Bar Mitzvah.
Individual lessons
Families
Children at risk
Shabbos parties at home, and help with scholarships and rides to Jewish camp and school.
For the whole family
Halom House
Adults of every ability
A weekly Shabbos party, drumming, art and learning for adults with developmental disabilities.
Every Friday
Treasure, found.
Moments from JEEP visits, in the words of the people who were there.
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“Sometimes the magic will happen.”
A psychiatrist describes the day a patient with schizophrenia opened up after one of Rabbi Karp’s weekly visits.
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“You’re bringing Judaism here, to me, way out here.”
A man in an assisted-living lobby held a Chumash for the first time in years, and told us what the visit meant.
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Eighty Seders planned. 127 delivered.
In the spring of 2021, JEEP planned 80 Passover meals for isolated seniors and delivered 127 before Shabbos.
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“We don’t recover by ourselves.”
At Cincinnati Jewish Recovery, people who once stood out at meetings found a table, a Seder and a family.
No one left behind.
Once a year, matching donors multiply every gift to JEEP. In 2024 every dollar was tripled. Give any time, or ask us to tell you when the next match opens.
$100
you give
×3
matched
$300
reaches people
Visit
“…ever since I’ve been coming back to visit, and he’s very grateful for the company.” — Elissa Sanders, JEEP volunteer
Learn
Classes all week long, by phone, on Zoom and in person. Beginners are welcome at every one.
Leave a legacy
Join the Legacy Circle through Create Your Jewish Legacy, and keep the search going for tomorrow.