The Federation Chaplain, Rabbi David Blum, provides the following services:

• Provides supportive spiritual care and advocacy for patients at local hospitals
• Pastoral visits to area assisted living facilities, conducting/arranging group programs (kabbalat Shabbat services, holiday programs, lecture series) and individual consultations
• Educates community bikkur holim groups with training and healing sessions
• Provides volunteer opportunities in Middlesex County for visitations at hospitals, assisted living facilities and nursing homes
• Services those with spiritual and religious concerns and the unaffiliated
• Provides referal services to those needing continued guidance.

This program is a joint effort between community Rabbis and the Federation.  Rabbi Blum can be contacted at dblum@jf-gmc.org or (732) 432-7711.