FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 17, 2021 Media Contact Adam Peck; [email protected]; 202-531-6408 JCC Association Partners with Latin Grammy Award winner for JFest December Events MISTER G (Ben Gundersheimer), JArts, and … Continued
How JFest Helped Us Move From Crisis to Creativity
By Randy Ellen Lutterman In April of 2020, early in the pandemic, I was invited into a conversation with Harlene Winnick Appelman and the Covenant Foundation that continues to this … Continued
Building Resilience in the Big Easy: Shabbat Shalom 8 Kislev 5782 שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם
Mark S. Young, director of JResponse®, a signature program of JCC Association of North America, is the guest author of today’s Shabbat Shalom message. Building Resilience in the Big Easy … Continued
A Veterans Day Message: Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant
Rabbi Irving Elson As is the tradition on Veterans Day, I extend my thanks to all military veterans for their service to our country. On this Veterans Day, I am … Continued
JCC Association Announces David Wax, Longtime Movement Leader, as Nominee to Chair JCC Association Board
JCC Association of North America announces the nomination of David Wax as the next chair of the board. The expected election of new leadership aligns with a period of … Continued
How the Mahloket Matters Methodology Is Improving Discourse in My Community
By Isabel Mares Over the last year and half, we have experienced unprecedented change and challenges under a global pandemic. We also have seen a great many disparities and conflicts … Continued
From the Balfour Declaration to the Winds of Reconciliation
By Leah Garber One hundred and four years ago today, on a day that thundered with explosions from World War I cannons, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour wrote to … Continued
JCC Association Announces First-Ever JFest, A Virtual Arts Festival
Media Contact Adam Peck; [email protected]; 202-531-6408 170 local JCCs and their communities will be able to access unified, high-quality programming and content from JCC Association. New York, NY —JCC Association … Continued
What a Year It’s Been!
By Sara Sless One of the things I’ve always loved about Israel (after I made aliyah by emigrating from England), is living according to Jewish time. The week’s end is … Continued
The Torah of Re-Opening: The Conflict Between Joy and Sadness
Mark S. Young Throughout this pandemic, I have been fascinated that the most resistance to return regulations—testing requirements, mask-wearing, and the like—comes from adults, not from children. My two kids, … Continued