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Kirshner Family Weekend at EKC

This past weekend was our annual Kirshner Family Weekend at Emma Kaufmann Camp. More than 35 families came to spend...

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  • Camps, Teens
Women lifting weights with her physical therapist

“Next Steps” Program is Part of the Wellness Continuum at the JCC

Completing physical therapy isn’t the end of an individual’s journey back to wholeness. For many making a full recovery from...

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  • Fitness & Wellness, Sports, Aquatics, & Dance

ECDC South Hills "Backyard" Enhances Learning

The South Hills Early Childhood Development Center is blessed with what some call “Our Backyard.” But what people are referring...

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  • Camps, Early Childhood

Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Western Pennsylvania 2017 Awards

Manny Gold Humanitarian Award COREY O’CONNOR Ziggy Kahn Award GEORGE NOVAK Inductees DAYNA GREENFIELDBasketball SCOTT ROSENBaseball RANDALL TOIGTennis Scholastic Athletic...

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  • Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

JCC Day Campers Will Wish the Summer Would Never End

Kids: Get ready for the best summer, ever, at JCC Day Camps. We’re counting the days, minutes and seconds until...

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  • Camps

New Fitness Equipment / New Challenges!

As I await the delivery of our new equipment to Squirrel Hill Centerfit, I’ve been thinking about how much has...

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  • Fitness & Wellness

Drink your water!

It’s Drinking Water Week — a good time to remind us of the many, many benefits of drinking water. Here...

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  • Fitness & Wellness

Seder supplements to make your Passover relevant this year

What I love about the seder is that the ritual that began the night before we left Egypt has been...

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  • Teens

“Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat!”

Year after year, brisket after brisket, matzah after matzah… this line is the highlight of my Passover experience. There is...

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  • Jewish Life, Teens

J-Serve Pittsburgh: Teamwork in Action

Last June, four collaborating agencies – BBYO, Repair the World, the Volunteer Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh...

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  • Jewish Life, Teens
JCC basketball players on the court

March Madness: We Feel It Year-Round at the JCC

Ahhh…March Madness…the time of year where die-hard fans, casual fans and just about everyone in-between focuses their attention on basketball...

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  • Sports, Aquatics, & Dance

J-Serve: A Day of Community Service for Teens

This Sunday, for the 12th consecutive year in Pittsburgh, more than 300 Jewish teens in 6th-12th grade will join together...

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  • Community Spotlight

National Nutrition Month: Let's Talk About Food!

OK, it’s National Nutrition Month, so let’s talk about food. Quick: what does a healthy diet look like? If you...

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  • Fitness & Wellness, Nutrition

Heart Healthy Eating

Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of women AND men? It causes 1 in 3...

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  • Fitness & Wellness, Nutrition

A Lesson from the J&R Day Camp Garden

Children have an innate affinity to being in nature, to sensory play, to experiential learning that we see every day...

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  • Camps, Early Childhood, Teens

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Swimmers, please note that the Squirrel Hill pools will be closed from 11 am-3 pm on Sunday, March 29,  for the Jack Morris Invite swim meet.
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