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DEKA Strong at On Your Mark Fitness

When we started the DEKA program at the ON YOUR MARK FITNESS at JCC South Hills, many of our members...

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  • Fitness & Wellness

On Martin Luther King Day: Teach Your Children

When giving consideration to how we talk about anti-racism in early learning, there is an overwhelming agreed upon approach: Talk...

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  • Teens
JCC Recovery Room

Try It Out: Active Recovery

I liked the sound of the class – “Active Recovery” – even though I didn’t think I had anything specific...

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  • Fitness & Wellness
JCC Spin 30

Try It Out!

Each month, the JCC is featuring one of our many Group Exercise classes. With classes for people of all ages...

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  • Fitness & Wellness
Chanukah infographic

8 Nights of Light: A Chanukah Menorah Infographic

The menorah is perhaps one of the most widely recognized symbols of Jewish culture and is the centerpiece of the...

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  • Jewish Life
Closeup of freshly fried latkes, traditional jewish food

It's about the oil

I’d been making latkes for many years before I finally realized something about this food tradition: Chanukah is the oil...

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  • Adults & Seniors, Camps, Jewish Life
Jewish Star of David artwork

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
Sliced fresh challah bread on the wood table

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
JCC PGH Center for Loving Kindness logo.

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

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ATTENTION

Dear Community,

The JCCs in Squirrel Hill and South Hills will be open during normal hours tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27.

Thank you in advance for your patience as we work toward fully resuming regular operations. Our team is committed to supporting the community and delivering our most critical programs and services.

For the latest updates, please check JCC text alerts, JCCPGH.org website, the JCCPGH APP or social media channels.

If you or anyone you know is in need of support accessing vital winter resources, please reach out to PA 211 Southwest HERE powered by our partner agency, United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you back to the JCC.

Sincerely,
The JCC Membership Team
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