What is the Jewish Relief Agency?

The Jewish Relief Agency is the largest provider of food assistance to the Jewish poor in the Greater Philadelphia region. Our monthly food distributions assist over 2,600 low-income Jewish households. 90 percent of our recipient households live on less than $15,000 per year and are unable to purchase all of the food they need each month without the help of JRA. 42 percent have an illness or disability that makes it difficult for them to get to the supermarket and 37 percent do not have reliable transportation to a local grocery store.