This week’s JCC State of Mind is by Emma Litwak, South Hills Day Camp Director At our core, the JCC deeply values and promotes building Jewish identity and fostering meaningful connections to the land and people of Israel. This is built into the DNA of our camps, where opportunities abound for campers to explore and experience […]
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Summer starts at the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh! Don’t sweat your summer plans. We’ve got something for everyone at JCC Pittsburgh! JCC members get access to 3 locations across Pittsburgh, including a gorgeous Olympic size outdoor pool. Take a Spin class Friday and go for a swim Saturday! Make the most of your fitness this summer inside AND outside. When you join the JCC this
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2024 Inductees, Awardees and Honorees: Local 2024 Jewish High School Seniors honored with the Nathan H. Kaufman Award for their athlete and scholastic achievements. NAME SCHOOL SPORT(S) Isla Abrams North Allegheny Field Hockey, Lacrosse Noam Azagury Hillel Academy Basketball & Cross Country Dylan Berman Fox Chapel Cross Country & Fencing Isaac Bernstein Upper St Clair
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Last summer, as I was preparing for my new role as CEO, I went on a listening tour across our leadership team and asked what could be done to make our team meetings more effective. The responses primarily fell into three buckets – cadence, content and culture. As I was preparing to present my findings
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There are three things that I love most about Passover – the intentionality with which the food comes together, the unique ways each of us has in telling the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt and how the story is integrated with family traditions and gathering with loved ones around the table. But now with
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This week’s JCC State of Mind is by Rebecca Kahn, Director of Jewish Teen Leadership This past week, our community had the pleasure of hosting 19 teens from our Israeli Partnership2Gether region of Karmiel/Misgav for the Diller Teen Fellows annual Jewish Community Mifgash (JCM). The Diller Teen Fellows program is an immersive, year-long leadership experience
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Eclipses are a pretty special thing around the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh. In his weekly shabbat message, my predecessor and good friend Brian Schreiber wrote about the last eclipse visible here in Pittsburgh and a moving confluence of events inside of our early childhood development center where we helped Dr. Paul Caplan (z”l), who was
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Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh Welcomes New Senior Director of Jewish Life April 9, 2024 – The Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh (JCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hindy Finman as the new Senior Director of Jewish Life. With a rich background through Jewish organizations, congregations and camps and a deep
Despite today’s forecast of blustery winds and the possibility of snow showers, the calendar tells us that spring has indeed sprung. A host of daffodils, flowering cherry trees and longer days are telltale signs of warmer days ahead. Spring is particularly meaningful to me, as it is a time of renewal and growth. Just as nature
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Written by guest authors: Abbey Plumb, Squirrel Hill Children, Youth and Family Department Director Emma Litwak, South Hills Children, Youth and Family Department Director, Director of South Hills Day Camp Celebrating Jewish holidays is one of the many ways that our community comes together. While Purim is not one of the most holy days on the
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Art connects us to with one another and allows people of all ages to learn and grow. That’s why when LA based artists Tara Dervin and Shlome J. Hayun offered to create a mural of a Hamsa symbol at the JCC of Greater Pittsburgh, our team knew that the Teen space was the perfect place
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Written by guest authors: Rachael Speck, Division Director, Children and Family, Day Camping and Teen Engagement Aaron Cantor, Emma Kaufmann Camp Director Last week, our JCC Pittsburgh camp teams had the privilege and opportunity to attend the American Camp Association Tri-State Camp Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. We heard from keynote speaker Danny Meyer, renowned restauranteur (perhaps best
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Gaining Traction to Serve YOU Better Diane Newland, Chief Financial Officer Ben Katz, Systems and IT Coordinator At the JCC, one of our core commitments is, “It’s better here!” This serves as a clarion call for our never-ending pursuit of excellence in everything we do, fully recognizing that excellence is an ideal state that may be difficult
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Don’t get me wrong; we LOVE traditional hamantaschen. Yiddish for “Haman’s pockets” and also interpreted in old legend as Haman’s three-cornered hat, some of us consider these delectable sweet pastries as a way to get back at Haman, the villain in the Purim story in the Biblical Book of Esther. To commemorate his downfall, we eat his hat! Miriam
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Why is this Big Night different from all other Big Nights? Of course, every Big Night is unique! Who can forget our inaugural Big Night in 2007 saluting the JCC’s rich history of basketball and the values of teamwork and sportsmanship? And what about the 2011 edition, Peace, Love and the IKCs, when the iconic
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Back in 2016, David Bryfman from The Jewish Education Project came to Pittsburgh and told us very directly that if we were still programming for teens the way we were five years ago that we would soon lose our audience. We took David’s advice to heart and with the generous support of the Jewish Federation
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In the fast-paced and competitive landscape of today’s workplace, professional development is required for both organizational and personal growth and adaptation. Yet, despite its pivotal role in employee success, many tend to overlook or undervalue the significance of continuous learning and skill enhancement. Some professionals, having reached a certain level of competence in their field,
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Last week I attended the JCCA’s annual Mifgash conference in Denver, Colorado and had the opportunity to gather with more than 140 JCC leaders from across North America to think and learn collaboratively about the unique interests and priorities of our respective JCCs and the broader JCC Movement in today’s world. Having been on the job for
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The South Hills Pool will be closed Monday, August 17 through Saturday, August 29 for annual maintenance and improvements.
We anticipate reopening on Sunday, August 30.