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JCC Maccabi ArtsFest® to Expand Again in 2008

5/01/08 NEW YORK, NY, May 1, 2008 – JCC Maccabi ArtsFest® will open its third season this summer with more JCC delegations bringing more teens to participate in more fine and performing arts than ever before, said ArtsFest Continental Director Arlene Sorkin. >> go to complete story

JCC Association Creates Pilot Resident Camp Program Aimed at Russian-Speaking Jewish Families

4/22/08 New York, NY, April 22, 2008 – Thanks to generous funding from the Genesis Philanthropy Group and Foundation for Jewish Camp, up to sixty children, ages 6 to 14, from Russian-speaking Jewish families will have the opportunity to attend JCC resident camps this summer at a steep tuition discount. Regardless of economic need, each child willing to commit to a camp program for a minimum of three weeks is to receive a stipend worth about two-thirds of the full cost of camp tuition. Further requirements of eligibility are that youngsters be first-time residential campers and not be enrolled in a Jewish day school.>> go to complete story

Director of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council on Speakers' Roster at Second International Jerusalem Conference on Life and Human Dignity

2/11/08 New York, NY, January 30, 2008 – Rear Admiral (Ret.) Rabbi Harold L. Robinson has been invited to join a distinguished roster of scholars, government ministers and military leaders from around the globe at the Second International Conference on Life and Human Dignity in Jerusalem, Monday, March 10-Thursday, March 13, to explore the conference theme from multiple perspectives.>> go to complete story

JWB Chaplains Council and Jewish Publication Society Team Up to Release New Pocket-Sized Hebrew Bible for the Troops, with Support from the Everett Foundation

1/1/08 There are no atheists in foxholes, the saying goes, and thanks to a generous donation by the Everett Foundation, Jews who serve in the military will soon have their own pocket-sized editions of the Tanakh , the complete Hebrew Bible, to carry with them into battle. JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, an affiliate of JCC Association here, and the Philadelphia-based Jewish Publication Society are the joint publishers of this new edition, scheduled for shipment this spring to chaplains on all overseas and domestic bases. The aim is to have one in the hands of every Jew in the military in time for Shavuot, the spring harvest festival that celebrates God's giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.>> go to complete story

Florence G. Heller-JCC Association Research Center surveyed JCC leaders to find out the qualities that make an effective communal leader. Read release for results.

12/24/07 New York , NY , December 24, 2007 – With current corporate research and literature offering scant guidance to nonprofit agencies seeking to identify and nurture volunteers who can effectively lead, the Florence G. Heller-JCC Association Research Center set out to answer the question, “What makes a Jewish Community Center president effective?”>> go to complete story

JWB/B’nai B’rith Buddy Bears Go to Children of Jewish Military Personnel for Hanukkah

12/13/07 New York, December 13, 2007- For the first time, over eighty stuffed toy bears provided by B’nai B’rith International were sent by JWB Jewish Chaplains Council to the children of deployed service men and women for Hanukkah to thank them on behalf of the entire Jewish community. Both organizations wanted the families of Jews in the military to know that the Jewish community feels grateful for their sacrifice. “The point was to express our appreciation to the families and the children who have to deal with this long separation,” said Rabbi Brad Hoffman, deputy director of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. The B’nai B’rith Buddy Bears, as they’re called, will show the children and families that the Jewish community is aware of all they are enduring, and is thankful for the service of their loved ones.>> go to complete story

Director of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council Honored as He Retires from U.S. Navy

10/24/07 New York, NY, October 24, 2007 – After more than thirty-six years as a naval chaplain, Harold L. Robinson, the head of the JCC Association’s JWB Jewish Chaplains Council, received official honors at a ceremony marking his retirement from the U.S. Navy last month. >> go to complete story

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