How to use JRA
Jewish Research Advisory puts shuls, kosher food, gemachs, services, jobs, events and zmanim in one place. Here is the quickest way to each.
Search
Type what you need and, if you can, a town. For example “plumber Lakewood”, “pizza Brooklyn” or “shul Chicago”. You can search for a service, a business name, a shul, a job or an event.
Browse by town or category
Pick your town to see everything listed near you, or start from a section on the home page, such as Jewish life, Family or Home & housing. Each listing shows where its details came from and when they were checked.
Kosher food
A restaurant or shop shows only when its hechsher was confirmed on the agency’s own published list in the last 7 days. If it can’t be confirmed, it stays hidden. Always check the certificate on the premises.
Kosher food How listings are checked
Jobs
Openings at schools, organizations and employers, refreshed every day. Browse by town, and each job links to the employer’s own page to apply.
Events and shiurim
Shiurim and community events, taken from the organizers’ own calendars. JRA lists them but doesn’t run them, so check the details with the organizer before you go.
Zmanim
Today’s times for your town, from sunrise and the latest time for Shema to shkia, plus candle lighting for Shabbos. Tap your town or use your location.
Community board and forum
The community board carries notices such as rides, packages and lost & found. The forum is for questions and conversations with others in the community. Please keep posts within the board rules.
Without internet: JRA by Phone
For homes without internet, kosher phones and flip phones. Text or call one number and get the same answers as this website: kosher food, zmanim, Shabbos times, shuls, mikvaos, gemachs, jobs and events. The number will be posted as soon as the line is switched on.
Add, fix or ask
Know a place we should list, or see a detail that’s wrong? Add or fix a listing. Businesses can list a business for free. For money help, gemachs and job training, see Save & earn. For anything else, contact us.