Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others (“JACS”) bridges the gap between recovery programs and the Jewish community. Founded in the late 1970s by Jewish alcoholics and family members under the auspices of the UJA-Federation, JACS is now a program of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) in New York. Similarly, …

by Susan J. Cole From United Synagogue Review, Fall 1995 Reprinted With Permission As I write these words, a nice Jewish boy sucks on a crack pipe. In twenty-five seconds, freebase cocaine will sear his brain, firing the neurons that signal intense pleasure, the visceral excitement of food or sex. A few minutes later, he …