Kosher Debt Help is a nonprofit debt guidance program for Jewish families. Think of us as the experienced older brother in your corner. You get a dedicated debt expert, a clear-eyed look at your real options, and honest direction on what to actually do next. We're community-funded, so the advice you get is based on one thing: what's genuinely best for you.
Experienced, compassionate, and in your corner. Our team has walked alongside hundreds of families on the way to financial freedom.
Co-Founder & President
The engine and brains behind the systems that make this work at scale. Leivi developed the strategies that turned one-off help into a repeatable way to get families out of debt. Lives in New Haven with his wife and children.
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Shalom started Collective Kindness almost by accident, responding to a family in need before Passover. He's the driving force behind Kosher Debt Help, committed to helping families find their way to financial freedom with dignity and hope. Lives in Chicago with his wife and two kids.
Head of Debt Strategy
Mordy is the architect of the KDH method. He wrote the order of operations, authored the white paper, and built the creative workarounds that pull families out of debt 10x faster than the industry standard, which is why the toughest cases always land on his desk. Lives in NYC with his wife and children.
Debt Expert
Compassion is at the heart of everything Levi does. He brings patience, empathy, and genuine care to every family. Lives in Brooklyn with his wife and four children.
Debt Expert
Shua's background in education showed him firsthand the financial pressures on hard-working families. That experience fuels his work helping them break free. Lives in NYC with his wife and children.
Client Coordinator
Decades as an educator, a mother, and a grandmother have shaped Julie into the warmest first call you could ask for. She makes sure no one walks in alone.
Client Coordinator
Experience leading Chabad Youth programs in Australia shaped Chaya Sara's lifelong mission of support and connection. She brings that same warmth to every family she meets.
Executive Assistant
Hannah keeps the operation running. The details, the follow-through, the calendar tetris that makes it possible for everyone else to focus on families.
Debt defines your future, and when your future is defined, hope begins to die.
Kent Nerburn
Professional financial advice shouldn't be a luxury for the few. It should be within reach for every Jewish family carrying debt, regardless of how overwhelmed they feel walking in.
Collective Kindness started almost by accident. Shalom Goodman learned about a family that didn't have meat and potatoes two days before Passover. He sprang into action, raising funds and sending food packages. He hasn't stopped helping since.
Over time, one pattern kept repeating: financial crisis sat at the root of nearly every family struggle. Job loss, medical bills, a business that didn't work out, a few expensive years stacked on top of each other. The particulars varied. The outcome was the same.
When Leivi Bartfield saw the crowdfunding work Shalom was doing, he recognized something scalable. The two joined forces, and Collective Kindness became the umbrella for a growing set of wraparound services designed to help families get onto firm financial ground.
Kosher Debt Help is the first and largest of those initiatives, built in partnership with debt expert Mordy Richler. More programs are in development. All of them share the same operating principle: no agenda, no commissions, no products to sell. Just people helping people.
Visit Collective KindnessSee how we can help you relieve the debt stress. We're here for you, without agendas.
Apply TodayOur services cost around $350 per family. Sponsors cover most of that. Your support puts this in reach for the families who need it most.
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