February, 2012 Twitter of the Month – 92Y – Tribeca

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JCC Association is pleased to announce that 92Y – Tribeca is the JCC Twitter of the Month. Visit their twitter: 92Y – Tribeca Please feel free to e-mail us suggestions regarding any JCC sites that you feel deserve recognition during the upcoming months and we will take their content and design under consideration. Thank you.

Merrin Teen Fellowship Alums Join Current Cohort at Bienniel

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Eight alumni of the Merrin Teen Fellowship will be part of the current (seventh) cohort’s final seminar, which will take place at the JCCs of North America Biennial in New Orleans from May 3-9.  The following former Merrin Fellows will join the seminar before Shabbat on the May 4, and work with the Merrin Teen… [Continue Reading]

Discover @ the JCC Partners with JGDC to Combat Genetic Diseases

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Discover@theJCC, JCC Association’s holistic wellness initiative, has partnered with the Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium (JGDC) to provide important information to couples and families dealing with genetic disorders.  Randy Gold, the 2011 JFNA Communal Hero, a native of Charleston, South Carolina, has been struggling with his daughter Eden’s diagnosis of ML4, one of the 19 testable Jewish genetic diseases.… [Continue Reading]

January, 2012 Website of the Month – JCC MetroWest

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JCC Association is pleased to announce that JCC MetroWest is the JCC Website of the Month. Visit their website: JCC MetroWest If you are a member, be sure to tell them why you love the JCC. Please feel free to e-mail us suggestions regarding any JCC sites that you feel deserve recognition during the upcoming… [Continue Reading]

Washington Heights Y Brings Community Together

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Most days, the Jewish and Dominican residents of the Inwood neighborhood at the northern tip of Manhattan have little contact. They move in different social circles, their kids go to different schools, they work in different fields. One place brings them together—the YM-YWHA of Washington Heights-Inwood–and no other Y program does that more deliberately than… [Continue Reading]

December, 2011 Video of the Month – JCC of the East Bay

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JCC Association is pleased to announce that JCC MetroWest is the JCC Video of the Month. Visit their website: JCC of the East Bay Please feel free to e-mail us suggestions regarding any JCC sites (or videos) that you feel deserve recognition during the upcoming months and we will take their content and design under… [Continue Reading]

Congratulations to Our Honorary Chair Mort Mandel

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Morton L. Mandel, long-time board member and honorary chair of JCC Association, has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious learned societies. Founded in 1780 by John Adams, John Hancock, and other illustrious patriots, the academy functions as an independent research center that draws… [Continue Reading]

JCC Association Enters into Day Camp Project with Grinspoon Foundation

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The Harold Grinspoon Foundation, best known for their PJ Library program and the Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy (GIJF), has joined JCC Association as a partner in a new national initiative to strengthen our day camps. Many of our JCC overnight camps have benefited from participation in the GIJF, in which the camps are assigned… [Continue Reading]

Registration Open for January Executive Seminars

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Harris Rosen will be a keynote speaker at the Executive Seminars to be held in Orlando on January 22-25, 2012. The CEO of Rosen Hotels was a popular speaker at the JCCs of North America Professional Conference, and he will talk to JCC executive directors about his career in the hospitality industry and his philanthropic… [Continue Reading]

Club One Named as “Best in Class” Provider for JCCs

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Club One has officially partnered with JCC Association as a “Best in Class” provider of fitness and membership services.  A leader in fitness management for over twenty years, Club One has worked successfully with many JCCs for the past ten years.   Club One is a nationally recognized leader in the industry, developing award-winning fitness and wellness solutions that… [Continue Reading]

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