History

Our story begins in the late 1930’s when an ailing Adam Reiss, a German-Lutheran who had moved from the Midwest to retire in Coral Gables called his friend, Ida Cohen, to his bedside to tell her he wanted to donate $10,000 to homes for the aged for three major western religions. Ida took up the mission and under her leadership, ‘The Jewish Home for the Aged’ was incorporated on July 25, 1940 with Ida Cohen as the first President.

From those beginnings, Miami Jewish Home and Hospital, as we came to be called, grew along with the burgeoning Miami community. Led for many years by Judge Irving Cypen, the organization grew to include not only a nursing home but an on-campus Hospital, an Assisted Living Facility, Independent Living Facility, and began exploring innovative PACE, Channeling and other programs to deliver healthcare services in the community.

Today we serve some 3,700 people each day in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties. We recently changed our name to Miami Jewish Health Systems to better reflect the breadth, comprehensiveness and focus of our efforts. As an internationally renowned, innovative leader in health care, we serve patients and residents from 4 years in age to 105. We promote longer, healthier, more enriched lives for patients and residents of all ages, cultures and faiths.