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JCC Association of North America Launches Partnership with Beit Issie Shapiro to Advance Disability Inclusion in Early Childhood Education

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JCC ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA LAUNCHES PARTNERSHIP WITH BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO TO ADVANCE DISABILITY INCLUSION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION JCC Association is partnering with Israel’s leading innovator for people with disabilities to expand inclusion programming across the JCC movement NEW YORK – Today, JCC Association of North America launched a new partnership with Beit Issie … Continued

JCC Association of North America and The Union for Reform Judaism Launch Unprecedented Partnership to Strengthen Field of Jewish Early Childhood Education

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CONTACT: Lauren Silverman, West End Strategy Team lsilverman@westendstrategy.com; 917-603-6433 Lauren Theodore, Union for Reform Judaism ltheodore@urg.org; 917-767-8973 JCC Association of North America and The Union for Reform Judaism Launch Unprecedented Partnership to Strengthen Field of Jewish Early Childhood Education The JCC Movement and Reform Movement’s joint initiative will change ECE landscape with new business models … Continued

JCC Association Welcomes Gabriel Most as Chief Experience Officer

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JCC Association of North America is excited to announce that Gabriel Most will join JCC Association as our new chief experience officer (CXO) on January 2, 2020. Most will be coming to JCC Association from the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America where he has served as both vice president, Community Engagement and vice president, East … Continued

The Heroes that Walk Among Us: Veterans Day 2019

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The Heroes that Walk Among Us When I was stationed at the United States Naval Academy several years ago, getting a haircut at the Academy’s barbershop was one of my favorite things to do. And Freddie, a short, unassuming older gentleman, was my favorite barber. He was always quick with a joke, a smile and … Continued

שבועה טוב ~Shavua Tov Tishrei 7, 5780

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תשובה / T’Shuvah / Return Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we celebrate a singular Shabbat on the Jewish calendar. Shabbat T’Shuvah is dedicated to our return—our return to God, to the Torah, to our best selves. “On Rosh Hashanah,” the Unetaneh Tokef prayer begins, “it is inscribed – and on Yom Kippur it is … Continued

שבת שלום ~ Shabbat Shalom 6 Elul, 5779

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There Was No Silence The Jewish calendar is ingenious. With more than 4,000 years of history, ours is a calendar literally filled with anniversaries of momentous events, both large and small; great celebrations and horrific tragedies. Many of the latter are commemorated on a single day, the 9th of Av (Tisha B’Av | תשעה באב). And so, it … Continued

JCC Association of North America Welcomes Rabbi Tracy Kaplowitz, Former Air Force Captain, as New Director of Operations of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council

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JCC Association of North America is excited to announce that this month, Rabbi Tracy J. Kaplowitz, Ph.D., will begin as the new director of operations of the agency’s signature program, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council (JWB). Kaplowitz brings to the role close to 15 years of experience as a spiritual leader and educator in the Jewish … Continued

שבוע טוב ~ Shavua Tov, 18 Tamuz 5779

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Summer Time   I spent last Sunday at Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake. I was there to visit my son, Elan, a madrich (counselor) for a bunk of 12-year-old boys. Though it wasn’t visiting day, Helene, the camp director, had encouraged me to drive up. I hadn’t managed to get there last summer, the first time I could … Continued