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My/Our Body and My/Our Soul: Caring for Both Every Day and on Yom Kippur, Too

Even before we start talking about Yom Kippur, I want to have a conversation with you about what I do...

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  • Jewish Life
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Bake the Best Challah!

I contend that this recipe, shared many years ago at an NCJW meeting by Charlotte Sadofsky, is the best challah...

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  • Teens
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Our Vision of Community

Welcome to our vision of community. It will be a strong fabric made up of threads of love and support....

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  • Center for Loving Kindness, Fitness & Wellness, Nutrition

Five Years and Counting: So Much More Kindness To Do

It has been five years and counting since we launched the Center for Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement (CFLK) at...

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  • Jewish Life

Center for Loving Kindness – Standing in Solidarity on Juneteenth

As our neighbors celebrate Juneteenth, we stand in solidarity as we work to redefine “neighbor” from a geographic term to...

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  • Jewish Life

Father's Day Pledge

While the punch line has changed over the years, the joke (and the underlying societal impression) is unfortunately still the...

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  • Jewish Life

Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Western Pennsylvania 2022 Awards

Manny Gold Humanitarian Award BILL PEDUTO Ziggy Kahn Award ANDY PAKLER Inductees ERIC ANISHTrack & Field JOSH HELMRICHNFL Executive MIKE...

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  • Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

Ready, Set, Vote!

    Even though our democracy is only 246 years old, we can look back in Jewish values from 2,000...

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  • Jewish Life

Why We Focus on Recovery

Recovery… to regain, rehab, repair, self-care: all fitness industry buzzwords. However, if you’ve taken Group Centergy at the JCC then...

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  • Fitness & Wellness, Nutrition

Spotlight

In our new Spotlight blog, we will be highlighting some of our lovely JCC members, community, and their amazing stories....

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  • Community Spotlight

ECDC Children Learn and Explore Through Art

The JCC’s Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) adopts an approach for the education of young children which is inspired by...

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  • Arts & Events, Early Childhood
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Loving Kindness and Civic Engagement – Faith and Politics – Our Fifth Calendar Year

December 2021 “I believe that our faith could influence our civic engagement.” I am hoping that for some of us,...

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  • Center for Loving Kindness
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The JCC's Second Floor Teen Department Promotes Mental Wellness

Initiatives include The Second Floor Wellness Room and Virtual Teen Resource Room The Second Floor Teen Department at the JCC...

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  • Teens
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The imperative to preserve and safeguard life – Why two JCCs announced vaccine requirements

The mitzvah of preserving life taking precedence over other Jewish laws has been at the forefront of our minds these...

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  • News
Teen Mental Health Awareness Proclamation

Teens Bring About The First Teen Mental Health Awareness Day

Sunday was a win for teens, teen mental health advocates, mental health organizations, and the community-at-large. Teens who are a...

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  • Community Spotlight, Teens

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