Posts by JCC Association

By Denise Wolf As a new executive seeking to strengthen the collective experience of our diverse staff and community, I decided that the Youngstown JCC in Ohio should participate in … Continued

By Sam Aboudara When I started my first job post undergraduate, pursuing a lifelong career in Jewish communal service never crossed my mind. In fact, it took many years of … Continued

By Mark S. Young In 2004, I was a recruiter in the human resources department at 92NY—formerly the 92nd Street Y—one of our movement’s more than 170 Jewish Community Centers … Continued

By Randy Ellen Lutterman and Isabel Mares The first months of the Jewish New Year coincide with the final months of the Western year and are filled with many holiday … Continued

Staff members at the Jewish Community Alliance (JCA) in Jacksonville, Fla., recently joined colleagues from the city’s Jewish Family and Community Services, Jewish Federation, and River Garden Hebrew Home on … Continued

By Shana Penn and Yana Kalika In times of scarcity, we typically turn inward. The start of the pandemic, though, was anything but typical. Many Jewish organizations found themselves working … Continued

By Morgan Weiss וּלְקַחְתֶּ֨ם לָכֶ֜ם בַּיּ֣וֹם הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פְּרִ֨י עֵ֤ץ הָדָר֙ כַּפֹּ֣ת תְּמָרִ֔ים וַעֲנַ֥ף עֵץ־עָבֹ֖ת וְעַרְבֵי־נָ֑חַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם לִפְנֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃ “On the first day you shall take the product of hadar trees, branches of palm trees, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of … Continued