Kosher & Jewish Hospitality Near Major Treatment Centers

When the best treatment is far from home, these organizations make the strange city livable — an apartment, kosher food, Shabbos, and people who understand. Verified June 2026.

• Aishel House (Chabad at the Texas Medical Center) — Houston, TX. 23 furnished guest rooms/apartments walking distance to Texas Medical Center hospitals · kosher meals (incl. delivery to hospital) · transportation · Jewish chaplaincy in TMC hospitals · volunteer support/child care. ☎ 713-522-2004. The primary Jewish hospitality house for MD Anderson and the Texas Medical Center; 1955 University Blvd, adjacent to the medical center. Services free/subsidized; cited by MD Anderson lodging lists.
• Bais Chaya Moussia Hospitality Center (Bikur Cholim - Mayo Clinic Area, Chabad of Southern Minnesota) — Rochester, MN. hospitality suites for Mayo Clinic patients and caregivers · kosher food (Med City Kosher kitchen) · Shabbat meals and services · Chabad on Call chaplaincy at Mayo Clinic · counseling and patient support. ☎ 507-288-7500. 730 2nd St SW, walking distance to Mayo Clinic. Serving Mayo patients for 30+ years; the main Chabad-run hub for Jewish patients in Rochester.
• Mayo Clinic Friendship House (Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim of Lakewood) — Rochester, MN. hotel-like kosher accommodations for patients, families and caregivers · daily-restocked kosher food pantries · Shabbos accommodations near Mayo Clinic. ☎ 507-299-2233. Run by Lakewood NJ-based Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim (24-hr lifeline 732-905-3020) for frum patients traveling to Mayo Clinic from around the world.
• ROFEH International — Brookline, MA (Boston). medical referral network to Boston hospitals (incl. Dana-Farber area) · 8 hospitality apartments on Beacon St + 7 rooms above Congregation Bais Pinchas · kosher meal delivery incl. Shabbos · transportation to airports and appointments · medical equipment loans · kosher food spaces in area hospitals. ☎ 617-566-1900. Founded by the Bostoner Rebbe; the flagship Jewish patient-support org for families traveling to Boston's Longwood medical area. All services free of charge. 1710 Beacon St, Brookline.
• Chai Lifeline — New York, NY (national/international regions). hospital-area family support near major pediatric centers · Chai House apartment 3 blocks from CHOP (3434 Sansom St) · 3 kosher pantries at CHOP (Main, Buerger Center, King of Prussia) · Lakewood-CHOP shuttle service · case management, respite, camps (Camp Simcha). International children's health-support network; its NJ/PA region is the main Jewish hospitality presence at CHOP, and regional offices serve other major pediatric centers (incl. New England and Israel branches).
• Bikkur Cholim of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, PA. two furnished apartments in University City near CHOP/HUP · fresh weekday and Shabbos meals · kosher food pantries at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and area hospitals · Shabbat kits · hospital visitation, equipment and transportation help. ☎ 215-805-8668. ~50 volunteers cooking/delivering kosher meals, stocking hospital pantries and lodging families visiting HUP and CHOP; opened the HUP kosher pantry in 2018.
• Bikur Cholim of Cleveland — Cleveland Heights, OH. kosher meals · guest housing for out-of-town patients/caregivers · kosher hospitality room and pantry at Cleveland Clinic main campus (M Building) and other hospitals · medical equipment loans · transportation. ☎ 216-320-1771. Since 1988 the safety net for Jewish families in medical crisis in Greater Cleveland; runs the Cleveland Clinic Bikur Cholim Hospitality Room/Kosher Pantry (expanded 2013). All services free.
• Cleveland Comfort House (Bikur Cholim of Cleveland) — Cleveland Heights, OH. guest house with private suites for out-of-town patients and families · fully equipped kosher kitchens · community gathering space. ☎ 216-320-1771. Bikur Cholim of Cleveland's dedicated guest-home facility (1845 S Taylor Rd) serving families traveling to Cleveland Clinic and other Cleveland hospitals; expansion to adjacent properties underway.
• Bikur Cholim of Baltimore (incl. Tikva House at Johns Hopkins) — Baltimore, MD. Tikva House lodging walking distance from Johns Hopkins Hospital · two furnished community apartments for out-of-town cholim · kosher hospitality rooms in area hospitals (incl. Hopkins Blalock Bldg Rm 175) · meals · transportation · medical equipment gemach. ☎ 410-999-3700. Johns Hopkins is a top destination for traveling Jewish patients; this org provides the Hopkins-area hospitality infrastructure plus Shabbos housing near Sinai and Hopkins.
• Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington (Bernard Creeger Bikur Cholim House at NIH) — Rockville / Bethesda, MD. hospitality house walking distance from NIH for patients and families · all kosher pantries and respite rooms in Greater Washington hospitals · kosher meals · transportation · Shabbat/holiday support. Purchased and renovated a house in Bethesda in 2016 for observant patients traveling to NIH ('America's research hospital') and area treatment centers; covered by JTA. All services free.
• Satmar Bikur Cholim — Brooklyn, NY. kosher hospitality rooms in NYC hospitals (incl. Memorial Sloan Kettering area) · ~2,000 kosher patient meals delivered weekly · apartments near major hospitals for patients' families · hospital kosher guides. ☎ 718-387-7749. Founded 1956 by the Satmar Rebbetzin; one of the oldest and largest hospital-hospitality operations in the US, serving patients who travel to NYC centers like MSK and Columbia.
• RCCS (Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society) — Brooklyn, NY. personalized referrals to top oncologists/treatment centers (12 specialty referral experts) · health-insurance premium subsidies for cancer patients · insurance advocacy/appeals · medical subsidy fund. Since 1997; the key referral/financial engine behind frum patients traveling to MD Anderson, Mayo, MSK, Dana-Farber etc. Helped 4,605 patients and facilitated ~$72M in care in 2022.
• Beineinu — Online (international). directory of in-hospital kosher hospitality rooms across the US · where-to-stay listings near major hospitals · medical-travel guides (hospital sukkah guide, Shabbos resources) · connecting Jewish families facing similar diagnoses. The reference directory the Jewish medical-travel world uses to find kosher rooms and lodging near treatment centers, city by city; useful master index for every hub in this list.
• Ezra LeMarpe (Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Firer) — Bnei Brak. Israel's leading free medical referral service (diagnosis review, matching to hospitals/specialists in Israel and abroad) · medical equipment lending · free ambulance services · rehabilitation center · home hospitality via volunteers for accompanying family. Founded 1979 by Rabbi Firer (Israel Prize laureate); the address for patients deciding where to be treated, including foreign patients coming to Israel and Israelis going abroad.
• Ezer Mizion - Oranit Cancer Patient Guest Home — Petach Tikva (HQ Bnei Brak). 22-suite free guest home for young cancer patients and families near Israel's major pediatric oncology centers · cafeteria/meals · therapy and recreation programs · broader Ezer Mizion services: transport fleet, meals, equipment, bone marrow registry. Opened 1996; referred by hospital doctors/social workers; all hosting and services free under medical supervision. Flagship Israeli model of patient-family hospitality near treatment centers.
• Rachashei Lev - Children's House at Sheba Tel Hashomer — Ramat Gan (Sheba Medical Center). free accommodation in 20 fully equipped 3-room family suites adjacent to Safra Children's Hospital oncology wards · daily hot meals · activity center, game rooms, synagogue, playgrounds for hospitalized children. National support center (founded 1989) for children with cancer at Israel's largest hospital in the Tel Aviv area; lets families from the periphery and abroad stay together during treatment.
• Yad Sarah — Jerusalem (126 branches nationwide). free loan of ~300 types of medical/rehab equipment (wheelchairs, beds, oxygen) · wheelchair-accessible van transportation (500+ requests/day) · tourist services: airport pick-up and equipment for visitors with disabilities · home-care support services. ☎ +972-2-644-4618. Israel's largest volunteer organization; its Tourism Desk (phone listed) equips and transports foreign patients/visitors with medical needs, making treatment trips to Jerusalem/Tel Aviv feasible.
• Zichron Menachem — Jerusalem. House of Dreams day/rehabilitation center for children with cancer and their families · bus fleet bringing children from treatment · sibling and parent support programs · medically supervised camps · wig project for patients. Israel's flagship childhood-cancer support association (Jerusalem Foundation-backed); all programs free regardless of religion or origin — a key support layer for families relocating to Jerusalem for treatment.
• Chaim V'Chessed — Jerusalem. 24/6 hospital assistance for English speakers with full-time representatives in Jerusalem's major medical centers · appointment expediting and hospital advocacy · pocket guide to Jerusalem hospitals (incl. guest rooms/kosher info) · government and health-fund (kupah) navigation. ☎ +972-72-243-7733. The go-to navigation/advocacy service for foreign and Anglo patients at Hadassah, Shaare Zedek and other Jerusalem hospitals; publishes the standard English guide to Jerusalem hospital facilities.

Part of The Worldwide Bikur Cholim Directory. Every listing was verified against the organization's own website or an established communal directory (June 2026). Run an organization that belongs here, or see something to correct? Tell us — listings are free.

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