Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service

Our Mission:

Since 1979, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service of South Palm Beach  County (RRJFS) has been committed to enhancing and improving the quality of life for all members of the community through a comprehensive range of counseling, support services and educational programs.

As a non-profit, non sectarian human service agency, RRJFS seeks to provide a helping hand to all in South Palm Beach County regardless of age, culture, religion, ethnicity, race or sexual orientation.  Families in crisis, frail seniors in need of assistance in the home, adults dealing with life cycle challenges,  schools seeking help to educate students about substance abuse and other issues, and institutions and businesses looking for educational partnerships all rely on RRJFS for support and clinical expertise.

Funding for all RRJFS programs and services is made possible through foundations, private and corporate community support, grants and special events.

Phone: 561-852-3333  •  E-mail: info@rrjfs.org  •  Directions: Click here

IN THE NEWS: Claims Conference increases funds

Published: Tuesday, August 10, 2010

At a time when many are feeling the economic pinch, there's good news for Florida Holocaust survivors, some of who face a daily struggle just to get by. The Claims Conference is increasing its total 2010 allocations to $200 million for social welfare programs for elderly Jewish victims of Nazism. Local Florida agencies will get $4,485,000, a 40 percent increase over 2009.

IN THE NEWS: Delray woman finds meaning in volunteering to teach art classes

Published: Thursday, July 22, 2010

Jennifer Berger was out of work on permanent disability from the ovarian cancer she had been fighting for the past 10 years when she decided she wanted to do something meaningful. She answered a newspaper ad to become a volunteer with the Welcome Home Program, and has been teaching weekly art classes every since.

IN THE NEWS: Club proves 'diamond' years are better than golden

Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Sandy Klein was looking for activities to keep her mother-in-law, Pauline, engaged after she had moved from the Northeast to South Florida in 1979. Thirty-one years later, the social group she founded is called the Feldman Family Diamond Club, and Sandy and her husband Joe are still volunteering.

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