By Jane E. Herman “The Eternal said to Moses as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments … Continued
Grinspoon Foundation’s JCamp 180 Awards Grants to 25 JCC Day Camps
Grinspoon Foundation’s JCamp 180 Awards Grants to 25 JCC Day Camps Monies will fund physical improvements to enhance camper experiences NEW YORK—Twenty-five Jewish Community Center (JCC) day camps recently were … Continued
Remembering Our Military Heroes at an Underwater Memorial
By Rabbi Irv Elson I wrote this short blog but a few hours after completing what was perhaps one of my most meaningful scuba dives. It has been more than … Continued
JCC Association Adds Two Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professionals to Staff
JCC Association Adds Two Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Professionals to Staff Charged With Advancing and Augmenting the Movement’s Accessibility and Inclusion Work NEW YORK — JCC Association of North America has hired … Continued
Parashat Naso: Like Gifts to the Divine, Every Human Being Has Value
By Rabbi Doniel Z. Kramer, Ph.D. This week’s Torah portion (Numbers 4:21-7:89), which almost always follows the Festival of Shavuot, is called Naso—“to lift up” (Numbers 4:22), because it begins … Continued
Parashat Bamidbar: Like the Wilderness, the Words of Torah Are for Everyone
By Rabbi Sarah Schechter This week, we begin reading from Sefer Bamidbar (the Book of Numbers), and Parashat Bamidbar, meaning “in the wilderness,” (Numbers 1:1-4:20), which details the journeys of … Continued
Four Ways JCC Association Is Addressing Mental Health Issues in Our Movement
By Mark S. Young May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it arrived just as many of us may be feeling, as organizational psychologist Adam Grant recently wrote, like we … Continued
Parashat Behar-Bechukotai: Sabbath for Land, Sabbath for All
By Isabel Mares As we watch springtime offer us its technicolor bounties, I recall the leafless trees and desolate flower beds of only a few months ago. I think about … Continued
The People of the Book
By Sara Sless The Jewish people often are referred to as “The People of the Book,” but this isn’t a name they gave themselves. Rather the term was coined by … Continued
Parashat Emor: What Is Our Role in Marking the Passage of Time?
By Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg Since the pandemic, I’ve heard many people remark on how time itself feels different. Sometimes it feels that things that happened recently feel longer ago, and … Continued