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    • About
    • News
    • Contact
  • Projects
    • Project Check-In
    • Project Giveback
    • Project Uplift
    • Chesed Days
    • Just One Story
  • Referral Hotline
  • Chesed Match
  • Chesed Opportunities
  • Donate

Who We Are

Just One Chesed was founded in 2016 to provide a communal platform where those in need can get the assistance they require, while those who are able to lend their time, talents, and resources can find meaningful opportunities to make lasting change.

Just One Chesed inspires, equips, educates and mobilizes people to take action that changes the world, one Chesed at a time.

It is a network connecting all organizations and people with existing worldwide resources, through our online platform and interpersonal connections, creating a one-stop shop for anything chesed related.

Chesed By The Numbers

Chesed Opportunities

Organizations Listed In Our Directory

Volunteers Ready to Help

Changing the World
One Chesed at a Time

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Doing Chesed for Others

Global Awareness

Reaches people around the world, raises awareness of their community’s needs, and inspires them to make a difference.

Local Volunteers

Provides community members with access to local volunteer opportunities where they can play a hands-on role in improving their communities.

Individualized Chesed Opportunities

Gives community members the opportunity to select individualized Chesed opportunities that are most meaningful to them, and make the best use of their time and talents.

Those In Need of Chesed

Over 250 Organizations in the United States and Israel have already made their services available to those in need through Just One Chesed. Hundreds of volunteers have already found meaningful ways to make a difference in their communities through Just One Chesed.

Just One Chesed is always looking to expand. To find out how you can bring Just One Chesed to your community, contact us about how to get started.

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The Story Behind Just One Chesed

Working off the simple but profound idea that a single act of chesed could change the world, Jerry Latinik launched Just One Chesed after a period of financial difficulty showed him just how much impact one person could make on the lives of others, even when they have no money to give.

It all started in 2010 when Jerry arranged a Shabbos of achdus (togetherness) with seven different shuls in his Chicago community. His goal: to lift the spirits of local Jewish families and individuals who were going through a particularly trying time, with much of the country still reeling from the financial crash of 2008. This was despite the fact that neither Jerry, nor most of the other organizers, had much money to work with themselves.

As Jerry put it: “I realized that there are so many more ways that we could give, even without money. We could give the biggest thing of all, which is giving of ourselves.”

Launching off that enormously successful experience, Jerry was energized to create an organization that would work as a central hub to connect those in need with people looking to give back to their community, even with just a single act of chesed. It would take some six years for it to finally see the light of day, but Just One Chesed is exactly what its creator intended it to be: “A platform that is all about chesed; to put multiple chesed opportunities in one place so they are easy accessible to all.”

Today, as the organization begins to making a real impact on real people’s lives, Jerry is highly optimistic, believing fully that the intrinsically Jewish attribute of chesed will invariably cause Just One Chesed to grow and grow, one chesed at a time.

Jerry Latinik

Founder & CEO

Rabbi Joe Klein

Director of Operations

Joe, originally from Woodmere, NY, made aliyah in November 2019 with his wife Rebecca and son Aharon Leib. He worked at Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh from September 2014 until July 2019, teaching, recruiting for the yeshiva, and running events and trips as well as leading the second year program.

Joe received his semicha recently at the Yeshiva under HaRav Aharon Bina and HaRav Zalman Nechamia Goldberg.

He spent his summers working in Camps Morasha and Kaylie as head of sports, and head of staff learning programs.

Joe brings his enthusiasm and experience working with different types of organizations to Just One Chesed.

David has nearly 20 years of software development experience managing and coding in small to medium sized teams. He co-founded 3 start-ups, and assisted 3 other startups to grow their platforms. His successes include high momentum growth and profitable exits in multiple engagements.

He has designed enterprise data warehouses for healthcare and energy, and has built and managed onshore as well as offshore development teams.

David started coding in the late ‘90s, gained Microsoft Professional Certification in 1999 as one of the pioneers in .NET, and has been developing creative web, windows and data warehouse solutions ever since.

David assumed management of JOC’s technical operations in 2018. Since then he has led a team of developers and network engineers in revamping the web platform, creating our iOS and Mobile applications, and building out our network infrastructure.

David Brenner

Head of IT

What They Are Saying About Just One Chesed

“Just One Chesed is a complete game-changer, or perhaps I should say chesed-changer. I have a couple hours in my weekly schedule that I’ve been trying to fill by either volunteering or doing some sort of chesed. It’s hard though. Some organizations take a while to get back to you, some don’t answer. But, Just One Chesed puts all the opportunities and all the volunteers on one platform to make it way easier to reach out and find those organizations. Total chesed-changer.”

– Leah M from Brooklyn (Volunteer)

“Just One Chesed is spreading chesed throughout the world in an easy way. They make it possible to volunteer at the tip of your fingers. As an organization coordinator, it can be hard sometimes to find volunteers but with Just One Chesed, we are able to help our community’s needs.”

– IFLY (Organization)

“I came home last night and unpacked the boxes, they are amazing ! There was so much food I was awestruck. I am beyond grateful for all of it. But more than just the physical food, I woke up this morning thinking about what I was going to be able to scrounge up to eat for lunch and dinner today, and then it hit me, I didn’t have to worry. For that feeling, I am even more grateful. So thank you again!”

– Anonymous

“Just One Chesed is an amazing organization.  You guys made one bat mitzvah girl last night beyond happy and thrilled and feeling like a princess!  Thank you for allowing my life to not be more stressful than it already is!! So full of love and gratitude”

– Anonymous – Chesed Day Participant

“Thank you to the Just One Chesed crew and the app, we, at Yad Ezra V’Shulamit, can always count on being able to recruit volunteers at the drop of a hat to pack food baskets for hungry children and families in Israel. The app provides a very easy tool to have a private or group chat, get instant volunteers and gives us the maximum exposure. It is very simple to use – a chesed in and of itself! ”

– Miri Schreiber, Yad Ezra V’Shulamit (Organization)

“Just One Chesed is such a pleasure to use and navigate! This platform really helped me connect people with different chesed opportunities! So easy to navigate — grateful for this phenomenal platform!”

– Sarah Schmukler – The Aleph Institute (Organization)

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A Culture of Chesed

By putting all of our community’s different chesed opportunities in one place, we make it easier for you—or your family, school or company— to select the kind of activities you enjoy. Whether it’s a one-time thing, a weekly commitment or something you like to do around the holidays, just one act of chesed makes a big difference.
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