The Worldwide Bikur Cholim Directory
A verified directory of bikur cholim and Jewish medical-chesed organizations across the world — 147 organizations, every region, every listing checked.
Quick Answer
Wherever a Jew lands in a hospital, somebody already organized help. This directory maps it: 147 verified bikur cholim and medical-chesed organizations across New York, the USA, Israel, Europe, and the world — plus the phone-based askanim networks that cover everywhere else.
There is a piece of Jewish civilization most people never see until the night they need it: in nearly every place Jews live — and at every major hospital they end up in — somebody already organized the help. The stocked kosher room, the hot meal, the ride, the apartment for Shabbos, the askan who knows which specialist to call.
This directory maps that world: 147 organizations, every one verified against its own website or an established communal directory (June 2026). Choose your region:
- Bikur Cholim in New York & the Northeast: The Directory — 22 organizations
- Bikur Cholim Across America: The Directory — 20 organizations
- Medical Chesed in Israel: The Directory — 22 organizations
- Bikur Cholim in the UK & Europe: The Directory — 21 organizations
- Bikur Cholim Around the World: Canada, Australia, South Africa & Beyond — 24 organizations
- Refuah Askanim & Networks You Can Call From Anywhere — 19 organizations
- Kosher & Jewish Hospitality Near Major Treatment Centers — 19 organizations
And if you're somewhere with no listing?
Start with the phone-based networks and refuah askanim — referral organizations that work from anywhere, and Chabad's worldwide centers, which put a local Jewish address in nearly every country on earth.
For organizations
Listings are free. We also publish in-depth profiles and interviews with the organizations doing this work — if that's you, reach out.
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