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JCC Maccabi®, the Largest Jewish Teen Sports Event in North America, Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary in San Diego
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How Our JCCs Celebrated Pride in 2022
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Why We Hope for Quiet… Even if It Doesn’t Last for 40 Years
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Why Going to Uncomfortable Places Enriches Us and Our World
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David Wax Elected to Four-Year Term as JCC Association’s Board Chair
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JCC Maccabi Is Back and We’re Going to Israel and Fort Lauderdale in 2023!
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JCC Camps: Sowing and Harvesting for the Jewish Community
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Why Jewish Tradition Invites Us To Remember the Fallen on Memorial Day
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