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…Youth Employment Program (SYEP)—leaving 75,000 14- to 24-year-olds without this coveted opportunity and the chance to learn professional skills, network, and gain valuable experience. Therefore, we’re working with our Uptown…
…land of the Jews with colors of pluralism, acceptances, love, prayers and hope. Always with hope. Shabbat shalom and happy Shavuot! Leah Garber, Vice President, JCC Association Israel Office [email protected]…
Within days of mandatory shelter-in-place orders, the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the JCC Movement into grave uncertainty. When the majority of the continent’s 164 Jewish Community Centers (JCCs) closed, their income…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 21, 2024 CONTACT: Lauren Magy, PR Specialist, JCC Association, [email protected] JCC Association and Israel’s Ministry for Diaspora Affairs Partner on Ongoing $7.2 Million Initiative Mit-habrim |…
…and professional. We have a common crisis. And we have a shared commitment to a better, stronger, more vibrant, more dynamic Jewish future. So, what’s missing? At the moment, it…
…Sabbaths (Lev. 25:4). This is fitting because during the shmita, or seventh year, the land lies fallow (rests) and debts are cancelled. The 50th year (following seven cycles of shmita)…
…over.” (Ex. 15:16) This refers to crossing the Jordan river to freedom in the Land of Canaan. The repetition of the phrase ad ya-avor, crossing over, predicts two crossings: in…
…comes true when the Israelites complain, repeatedly, about being brought from Egypt into the wilderness to die (Exodus 13:11-12). What is it the Israelites fear? After all, they’ve witnessed God…
“He set up an altar there, and called it El-Elohei-Yisrael.” (Genesis 33:20) Parashat Vayishlach describes Jacob’s journey home after twenty years. It unfolds in three dramatic episodes: his preparations for…
…concept of one law, applicable to everybody (Ex. 12:49; Lev. 12:49; Num. 15:15, 16). Cities of refuge provide another: equal protection and due process. The Torah’s ideal society is not…
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