Sephardic Community Health Center
Our Mission
We are establishing a 240-bed residential health care facility at 1455 Coney Island Avenue, in the heart of Midwood, Brooklyn. This home is designed specifically to meet the religious, cultural, social, and dietary needs of the Sephardic Jewish community — including individuals with roots in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon.
A Community Served
Existing nursing homes in the area fall short of supporting the unique values and traditions of Sephardic elders.
As a result:
Many seniors remain isolated at home with minimal support.
Families often feel forced to choose between honoring their elders' values and ensuring proper care.
Long-term health outcomes are suffering.
Our facility will provide holistic, culturally aligned care—restoring the social fabric and ensuring elders are embraced with familiarity and dignity.
Brief history of the Sephardic Community
Sephardic Community’s Uniqueness
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Religious Factors
The Sephardic Community differentiates itself through the intricate details in the practice of our religion such as:
Shabbat • Strict Kosher Standards • Marriage • Torah
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Educational Factors
In an effort to preserve its traditions and inculcate them to the next generation, the Sephardic Community created educational establishments solely dedicated to guiding our children to academic and Judaic excellence.
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Cultural Factors
The Sephardic Community is shining with culture in every sense of the term.
Our collective individuality is our pride and joy! Traditions • Food • Tunes • Recreational • Language
Religious Factors
Educational Factors
Cultural Factors
Sephardic Community Organizations
To service our community, we've created many organizations each with the precise goal to combat an inherent challenge and need in the community.
SBH helps both individuals and entire families in crisis, imbuing them with a strength and self-esteem to cope effectively with challenges, achieve self-sufficiency, and rise with dignity to their utmost potential.
A cultural, recreational, educational, and social center, dedicated to serving generations of families, standing at the intersection of traditional and modern, while growing to meet the contemporary needs of our community.
The SAFE Foundation provides reliable treatment for family members and people seeking help with addictive disorders, such as drug addictions, alcoholism, gambling and cigarettes both electronic and tobacco.
The SCF is the government relations & public policy organization of the Sephardic Jewish community- serving political needs and encouraging all Sephardic's to vote for the same candidate.
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Sephardic Organizations - Senior Divisions
We've established several seniors divisions of already established organizations with the sole focus of caring for our elderly.
SBH helps seniors in need by providing them with social workers or volunteers to their homes, alleviating their loneliness and to check up on their medical situation. In addition, they have reading clubs and a myriad of other programing specifically tailored to entertain our revered elders.
The Centers senior division creates artistic events to preserve elders' creativity and intellectual activity. They also conceive culinary programs in conjunction with the youth to enable seniors to spend time with family while cooking. Finally it establishes yoga and boxing class to keep our elders in shape both physically and mentally.
On the Jersey Shore, The DSN Seniors Division provides a healthy, exciting and social environment for our beloved seniors through daily fitness, educational, recreational and sports programs
The Missing Piece
Sephardic Community Nursing Home
Special Features
Medical Units
The proposed nursing home will be equipped with state of the art rehabilitation and dementia units for our most vulnerable community members.
Synagogues
Having a synagogue as part of this building will allow residents to engage in daily prayers such as (Shahrit, Minha and Arbit) along Shabbat and holiday prayers which they have attended during their entire lives. Furthermore, it will play a crucial role in giving residents a sense of normalcy as well as a continuity to their daily routines during their difficult times.
Proximity to Community
Sephardic Kosher Food
Glatt Kosher Middle Eastern food as well as participatory cooking.
Recreational Activities
Interactive cultural and recreational activities, will enable residents to spend the rest of their lives amongst a community that they have been part of since birth.
Win Win
The construction of this nursing home is also beneficial for the state of NY due to the savings the state would incur after the completion of the project; Savings linked to private pay insurance, Medicare and Medicaid systems.
Yearly Cost Without NH: $8,000*350*12= 33.6M
Yearly Cost With NH: 33.6M/12= 2.8M
Ratio of nurse per Patient in NH: 1 to 12 • Monthly Payment per Patient: ~ $8,000 • Inflation : 2% • Number of Patients : 350 in 2023 (+25 every year approx.)
"You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old..."
(Leviticus 19:32)
More than a Nursing Home
Culturally aligned meals (Kosher, traditional Syrian dishes)
Observance of Sephardic customs and holidays
Strong ties to local community organizations
Intergenerational activities with youth groups
On-site synagogue and spiritual care