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Charitable Organizations

Ahavas Yisrael Charity Fund

6400 Cross Country Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-358-4464
410-358-2543
eli@ahavasyisrael.org
www.ahavasyisrael.org
Trustees: Eli W. Schlossberg, Rabbi Boruch Brull, Aviva Isbee
Volunteer-run organization provides food and financial help for people in community. Guided by rabbis and lay leaders; very discreet.

Hebrew Free Loan Association

5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-843-7538
410-843-7536
President: Adam Miller
Executive secretary: Herbert White
Provides interest-free loans to deserving Jewish individuals for higher education, employment needs, emergency bills, medical procedures. An agency of the Associated.

Jewish Community Food Fund

Jewish Family Services
5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-843-7325
410-664-0551
jfs@jfs.org
www.jfs.org
Assistant coordinator of volunteer services: Marcia Greenfield
Provides food certificates to clients as a supplement to financial assistance and other services offered by JFS and public resources.

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger

c/o Beth El Congregation
8101 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-484-0411
310-442-0020 (California)
310-442-0030
mazonmail@mazon.org
www.mazon.org
Rabbi Mark Loeb
Baltimore contact for national nonprofit Jewish program headquartered at 1990 S. Bundy Drive, Suite 260, Los Angeles, Calif. 90025. Asks American Jews to contribute 3 percent of cost spent on life cycle celebrations.

Operation Housewarming

300 Reisterstown Road
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-466-3584
Coordinator: Jill Levin
Accepts donated furniture, household items and kitchenware, in good condition, for distribution to needy clients of Jewish Family Services. Free pick-up service, tax receipts provided. Project of the Associated.

Tzedakah Inc.

PO Box 34841
Bethesda, MD 20827
240-599-9196
240-599-9197
feedback@just-tzedakah.org
www.just-tzedakah.org
President: Ira Kaminow
Aims to help raise the level and effectiveness of Jewish charitable donations.

United Jewish Appeal of Anne Arundel County

1125 Spa Road
Annapolis, MD 21403
410-990-9836
410-990-9837
www.umc-aac.org
Campaign co-chairs: Jennifer Mizrahi, Tyler Hecht
Part of United Jewish Communities. Supports people of Israel, Jews in distress around the world, and quality Jewish programming locally.