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Israelis from Gaza-area communities welcomed in New York on Nov. 10, 2024, for 'Thanks4Giving' mega-mission of Project 24, an Israeli NGO founded in aftermath of Oct. 7 attacks (Mid Island JCC)
November 12, 2024, 9:21 pm
Seeking deeper ties, group brings Gaza-area security squads into American homes
‘Project 24’ initiative says thanks by flying 185 members of emergency teams and their families to Jewish communities in New York area and south Florida for some R&R and more
By Matt Lebovic
Los Angeles high school students held a bake sale that raised $5,000 for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' Israel Crisis Fund, Nov. 6, 2023. (Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles via JTA)
November 12, 2023, 10:44 pm
US Jews are raising money for an Israel in crisis, but is there enough to go around?
Some worry attention will shift away from local communities’ needs as Jewish organizations donate millions in emergency funds to support Israelis affected by war
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Author Rachel Beanland and the cover of her 2023 novel "The House Is On Fire." (Courtesy of the author)
September 6, 2023, 3:57 pm
Florida JCC censured after nixing book talk on slavery due to ‘political climate’
Head of West Palm Beach community center apologizes to Rachel Beanland over move after complaints from book council, amid efforts by governor to clamp down on teaching about racism
By Andrew Lapin
Team Morocco files into the Haifa International Convention Center at the opening ceremony for the 41st JCC Maccabi Games, July 9, 2023. (JCC Association)
July 11, 2023, 11:39 am
‘Build bridges of understanding with fellow Jews,’ Herzog tells young JCC athletes
1,000 participants from around the world are competing in the 41st annual JCC Maccabi Games, this year in Israel
By Gila Kalman
Pavlina Sulcova holds a copy of 'Are We There Yet Moses' outside her office at the Prague Creative Center, October 2022. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
January 21, 2023, 3:27 am
Directing a virtual JCC, one woman is making Jewish Prague the envy of its neighbors
When COVID scuttled director Pavlina Sulcova’s plans to open a new community space, a pivot to fun educational content paid off big time. She just released her 2nd children’s book
By Yaakov Schwartz
Miami-Dade police spokesperson Alvaro Zabaleta talks to reporters after a fatal shooting at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center on April 3, 2022 (Scrrencapture/Twitter)
April 4, 2022, 4:05 am
Woman killed in ‘domestic’ shooting at Miami-Dade Jewish center, suspect in custody
Police say a man shot and killed his wife who had brought her daughter to center for swimming lessons; ‘No known threat to the Jewish community,’ says JCC after incident
By ToI Staff
The Berkinow building at the JCC of Staten Island, New York. (Courtesy JCC Staten Island via JTA)
March 25, 2022, 10:54 pm
Staten Island JCC evacuated after bomb threat: ‘Pure terror tactic’
Center evacuated as parents bring kids to preschool when threatening email received; recent messages to Missouri, Pennsylvania facilities threatened to bomb ‘Ukrainian Jew filth’
By Jacob Henry
Indianapolis Jewish Community Center. (Indianapolis JCC website)
March 3, 2022, 6:16 pm
Man held in connection with shooting after basketball dispute at Indiana JCC
Police say incident in which two were wounded not believed to be religiously motivated or a hate crime; community center says it’s reviewing its entry policies
By AP
The Marlene Meyerson JCC in New York City closed in March and laid off or furloughed 72 staff members in July. (Facebook via JTA)
July 11, 2020, 3:55 am
New York City’s flagship JCC cuts 35% of jobs as pandemic layoffs continue
Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center fires 32 people, furloughs 40, days after federal paycheck program ends; center expects to halve its budget of $34 million
By Shira Hanau
Children sing during a program at the JCC Migdal in Odessa, in this undated photo. (Courtesy Kira Verkhovsky)
June 27, 2020, 4:07 pm
Odessa Jews protest new luxury apartments that could collapse historic synagogue
Built as house of prayer for kosher butchers in 1909, structure passed through Nazi and KGB hands and has been a JCC since 1991 — but may not survive new construction project
By Julie Masis
The empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy of OFJCC/ via JTA)
June 26, 2020, 4:30 pm
More Bay Area Jewish Community Centers slash budgets and lay off staff members
With fitness memberships and educational programs on hold due to the coronavirus crisis, revenues at the upscale JCCs have been nearly entirely wiped out, requiring painful cuts
By Gabe Stutman
Illustrative: The JCC of San Francisco (Google Maps)
June 17, 2020, 5:16 am
San Francisco JCC lays off 150 employees, slashes budget by more than 40%
Highest-paid employees, in senior and executive positions, will take salary cuts of 6 to 40% as center struggles to deal with virus fallout
By Dan Pine
Illustrative: The main entrance of the Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center in Denver, July 27, 2018. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images/ via JTA)
March 24, 2020, 3:33 pm
US Jewish nonprofits face dire economic prospects during and after coronavirus
With no revenue for possibly months, and philanthropies likely to tighten belts due to financial crisis, JCCs, museums, camps, take cuts from which they may not soon recover
By Ben Sales
A view of the Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas (Google Street View via JTA)
May 8, 2019, 10:51 am
Lawsuit claims Dallas JCC ignored sexual abuse of teen girl
JCC executives accused of repeatedly dismissing warnings that gym worker was sexually assaulting 14-year-old, and in some cases partially shifted blame to the victim
By Ben Sales
A police officer walks in an intersection closed off by police tape on California Street in San Francisco, Dec. 13, 2018 (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
December 14, 2018, 1:08 am
Wave of hoax bomb threats made across US; San Francisco JCC evacuated
Law enforcement agencies say threats not credible; were meant to cause disruption and compel recipients into sending money
By Agencies
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