  For an imaginary quadratic field $K$ of discriminant $-D$, let $\chi =
\chi_K$ be the associated quadratic character. We will show that the space of
special hermitian Jacobi forms of level $N$ is isomorphic to the space of plus
forms of level $DN$ and nebentypus $\chi$ (the hermitian analogue of Kohnen's
plus space) for any integer $N$ prime to $D$. This generalizes the results of
Krieg from $N = 1$ to arbitrary level. Combining this isomorphism with the
recent work of Berger and Klosin and a modification of Ikeda's construction we
prove the existence of a lift from the space of elliptic modular forms to the
space of hermitian modular forms of level $N$ which can be viewed as a
generalization of the classical hermitian \Maass lift to arbitrary level.
