Our Vision
Our Mission
To deliver unified education, programming, care and support to all those affected by addiction in the Jewish Community and beyond.
Our Team
Rabbi David Appelrouth
Spiritual Advisor
Samantha Braiman
Director of Young Adult Services
Miriam Citron
Operations Manager
Rachel Dahan
Clinical Director
Rami Elzas
Executive Assistant
Danielle Gavrielov
Marketing Coordinator
Ori Goldstein
President & CEO
Rachel Iskov
Grants & Research Manager
David Kaufman
Director of Group Counselling
IIan Orzy
Vice President
Jay Pasternack
Director of Community Development
Arieh Singer
Vice-President of Marketing
Aliza Sigler
Social Worker
Ita Tobis
Director of Campus Programming, Courage 2 Change
Orit Tordjman
Client Relations Manager
In effort to best support our clients and provide holistic care, JACS is partnering with Bridges Medical Clinic to provide virtual addiction and mental health medical services. These services include addiction medication management, medical bridging before and after inpatient and/or outpatient treatments, medical monitoring for workplace and family law applications, consultations, assessments, and more. Bridges Medical Clinic’s team is comprised of both addiction medicine physicians and psychiatrists. Many services are OHIP covered.
Our Impact
In the post-pandemic era, where issues surrounding mental health and addictions were brought to the forefront, JACS’ suite of services have grown beyond supporting individuals and family members struggling with substance abuse. We support anyone who is struggling, regardless of their background or financial status.
This past year, JACS met with 1,450 individual one-on-one therapy sessions.
With over 7,900 cumulative groups visits this past year, JACS has continued to add capacity, and additional support groups to meet the demand of the community.
Over 25%
of JACS clients are seeking help for a sex or love addiction
Over 90%
of our individual client sessions were either subsidized or offered free-of-charge
9,150
Youth, young adults, and adults reached through our outreach programs
One Third
of our individual counselling clients are concerned family members
