Annual Report 2011

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JCC AssoCiAtion of north AmeriCAAnnuAl report 2011

The past year is the prologue to our future.


it’s been a productive and rewarding year.With the help of our dedicated partners, we succeeded in bringing two long-term efforts to fruition: the first-ever JCC Maccabi Games® and ArtsFest® to take place in Israel, and the establishment of a memorial to fallen Jewish chaplains in Arlington National Cemetery. Although we could not have achieved either of these goals on our own, we are deeply proud of our leadership on these initiatives and very grateful to everyone who helped make these dreams a reality.

We are also extremely proud of The Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management’s JCC Excellence: Benchmarking, which has expanded its outreach and now involves half of the JCCs in the U.S. and Canada. In 2011, our Mandel Center for Jewish Education introduced more Jewish enrichment to an increased number of JCC camps and JCCs. Our consultants have traveled the continent to help JCCs improve their programming, governance, marketing, early-childhood centers, and health and wellness offerings. We delivered an ambitious professional development program of webinars, regional conferences, and in-person workshops covering every aspect of JCC work. And we continued to build on our long-standing expertise in the recruitment and placement of JCC management staff.

This annual report highlights some significant ongoing successes in 2011, yet all of our work is based on our belief that it is integral to the future of the Jewish People. We are dedicated to having the JCCs as gathering places, where people of all ages can become healthier, more inspired by their Jewish heritage, and more connected to their communities and to one another.

paula l. sidman, Chair Allan finkelstein, President & CEO

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for the very first time, the JCC Maccabi Games® and JCC Maccabi ArtsFest® took place in Israel. It’s

hard to over emphasize the enormity of this achievement.

We brought close to one thousand Jewish teens to the Jewish State. The center of operations was in Kiryat Shmona in Israel’s north, an area often under siege and overlooked by visitors. During our Days of Caring and Sharing, the athletes and artists made a significant difference in the environment within and around Kiryat Shmona, and being in Israel and with Israelis made a huge impact on our teens’ Jewish identity.

The JCC Maccabi Games held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Springfield, Massachusetts gave hundreds of Jewish teens the opportunity to meet and compete with Jewish peers who love sports. These JCCs had a unique Jewish community-building experience, one that forges bonds that strengthen the kehilla overall.

As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the Games, these programs will continue to be among North America’s premiere Jewish youth experiences.

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Alex uses the words life changing. That he has friends in a foreign country is amazing in itself; that it’s Israel, even more remarkable. I feel like he’s far more ready to head off to college than before. Lucy, too, had a very positive and significant experience. One of her favorite parts was her time with her host family, which I think is great. her brother was a bar mitzvah, but she passed on the chance. now she’s reconsidering. I figured they’d gain a lot from the experience, but have been pleasantly surprised by how my expectations were exceeded.

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to the government of the State of Israel, Maccabi World Union, Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel and Maccabi Canada for their most generous support for the first-ever JCC Maccabi Games and ArtFest in Israel. We say a Yasher Koach and Todah Rabah to the community of Kiryat Shmona and the other cities in Israel for their warm welcome, gracious hospitality, and special efforts to our delegations.

Dan Deutschvice-president,

JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFest

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Presenting Sponsor The Coca-Cola Company of North America

Opening Ceremonies supported by Leslie and Roslyn Goldstein Foundation

Soccer supported by Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs

Basketball supported by Jeannie and Brian Kriftcher

Final ArtsFest Performance and ArtsFest Exhibit space supported by Paula L. Sidman

Closing Ceremonies support by The Jewish Federations of North America

Exploring Israel: A day in Jerusalem-City of Gold supported by Sharon and David Wax

Exploring Israel: Educational field trips supported by Sherry and Doron Steger

Dance Art Specialty supported by Ronna and Michael Segal

Days of Caring and Sharing sponsored by The Redwoods Group Foundation

Vocal Music Art Specialty supported by The Feldman Family Foundation

Investor Ruth and Michael Fletcher

Sustainers Wendy and Warren S. Blumenthal Robin and Michael Frederick Noreen Gordon Sablotsky Evelyn and Jerome B. Makowsky

Benefactors Lisa F. and Ron Brill Joanne and Donald W. Brodsky Maxine and Jay Freilich Ann P. and Stephen M. Kaufman Barbara and J. Victor Samuels Sharon and Stephen Seiden Lori Barnet and Jeffrey K. Savit

Patrons Barbara and Daniel Drench Claudia Ehrlich Carol and Howard F. Fine Bonnie and Allan Finkelstein Paul Heiman Rosalyn and Howard T. Jacobson Esther and Jack B. Levy Judith and Lester Lieberman Wendy and Steven M. Rubin Jessica and Eric M. Zachs

Friends Meryl K. and David Ainsman Amy and Stan Baratz Harriet and George Blank Tanya and Stephen A. Bodzin Daniel Deutsch Dana Egert Allen Ehrlich Freddi and Marvin Gelfand Dr. Sandra and Arnold P. Gold Joyce and Neil B. Goldstein Beth and Lawrence Greenberg Jackie and Ronald L. Leibow Gary S. Lipman Fani Magnus Monson and Rabbi Michael A. Monson Barbara and Sidney F. Miller Adele and Andrew Newman Geri and Lester Pollack Susan and Alan Sataloff Tracey and Jordan Shenker Johanna and Arnie Sohinki Shirley and Allan Solomon Roberta and Allan Weissglass

Fans Susan and Jeff Davidson Martin G. Englisher Jane Eisenstat Alan Fanger Arlene Fickler

Laure and Hal Garnick Jane Gellman Laurie and Paul Gershkowitz Barbara and Edwin Goldberg Frances D. Green Russell Harkavy Jill and Jeffrey Karp Lisa Tanzer Lewis Connie and Alvin M. Pesachowitz Toby and Robert Rubin Cynthia I. Samuelson and Jonathan L. Samen Amy and Andy Sucoff Debra Yanofsky and Steven Shulman Michael K. Savit Stuart Sprague Mary Rita and Norman Weissman

Community David A. Bamel Lynn and Daniel M. Bernstein Eric B. Brenman Leslie and Mitch Cohen Susan E. Davis Carol and Jeffrey Folkerth Sue and Martin Fox Sherri and Mark Goodstein Martin Horn Madelon and Bruce Kaster Marcia and Alan Liefer Paul M. McDermott

Dr. and Mrs. Morton Meltzer Sharon R. and Marc B. Merklin Suzanne and Andrew Offit Ellen and David P. Rosenblatt Linda and Barry Russin Sybil K. Savit Nancy and Steve Schachtman Laura and Jeffrey Schwartz Marjorie and Mark Sokoll Debra S. and Michael D. Sorkin Robin M. and Richard M. Stein Mark P. Zwetchkenbaum

Corporate Sponsors and Partners Alpha Epsilon Pi Headquarters Aardvark Israel Budokan Ltd. IsraelPhones Just Born, Inc. Jewish National Fund Kibbutz Lotan, Green Apprenticeship Krav Maga IsraelMaccabi USA/Sports for IsraelMaccabi World Union MASA PayPal The Peabody Orlando Shlomo Sixt Staples Young Judaea

We thank all the donors and partners who helped make history by supporting the first JCC Maccabi Games and ArtsFest in Israel.

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and for any individual who is concerned that proper respect be paid to chaplains who died while on active duty. The American military chaplains’ corps is unique in its dedication and commitment to the diversity of religious expression in our armed forces.

rabbi harold robinsonDirector of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council

This is an extraordinary event for the Jewish community,

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more than 250 American chaplains of all faiths have died while on active duty in the U. S. Armed Forces. While memorials to Protestant and Catholic chaplains

have stood on Chaplains Hill at Arlington National Cemetery, there was no similar monument to recognize Jewish chaplains. Now, through the efforts of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council and many individuals and organizations of all faiths, a memorial to the 14 Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty stands on the hill.

Many organizations worked toward this single goal. On October 24, 2011, the Jewish Chaplains Memorial was officially dedicated. Finally, Jewish chaplains have been given their honored place. Jews from all over the U.S. will feel justifiably proud that the sacrifice these men made is recognized at Arlington.

JWB Jewish Chaplains Council has been serving the religious and emotional needs of Jewish servicemen and women and their families since World War I. We have been endorsing Jewish chaplains for all the armed services, providing ritual and holiday materials, encouraging the communal support of Jewish military personnel, and acting as advocates for Jewish men and women in the services. Generous donors from across the country provided the resources to create the Chaplains Memorial.

We finally Brought them homeJewish Chaplains Memorial dedicated at Arlington

JCC Association’s JWB Jewish Chaplains Council supporting Jewish men and women serving our country…

JWB Jewish Chaplains Council operates through a network of Jewish military chaplains and lay leaders who are trained and certified by JWB. The chaplains’ mission is to see that Jewish troops are able to remain fully connected to Jewish life, regardless of where they are stationed. Chaplains lead services, conduct Seders, provide kosher food, ritual observance items, and most importantly offer comfort to our Jewish personnel.

JWB Jewish Chaplains Council

AnonymousIlana and Ari Berenson Wendy B. BernsteinB’nai Israel CongregationFran and Alan J. Broder Buffalo Grove, IL, Auxillary No. 89Neal CohenCongregation Beth DavidSusan K. and Damon R. CouchCovenant B’nai B’rith Unit #2215Covered Bridge Post 536 JWV of USAArie and Ida Crown Memorial Crown

Family PhilanthropiesFederation of Jewish Women’s

Organizations of MarylandGavlin Family FoundationRuth L. Herman

IIMI, Inc.Jacob S. Hermann TrustJewish Federated Charities of the ShoalsJewish Federation of Greater Middlesex CountyJewish Federation of Silicon ValleyMETNYPincus Paul Charitable TrustPittsburgh Conference Jewish

Women’s OrganizationsLee and Ron RobinsonRabbi Julie S. SchwartzSharon and Stephen SeidenHelen and Joseph H. SpiroMuriel and Myron StroberMiriam and Robert A. Waldman Harriet and Nathan Wasserstrum Women’s League for Conservative Judaism

JCC Association gratefully acknowledges the Crown Family Philanthropies for its generous grant, which sustains the work of JWB Jewish Chaplains Council. Almost 1,000 individual donors’ contributions make JWB’s vital work possible. Individuals and organizations with gifts of $500 or more in 2011 include:

Very often, when chaplains visit our troops they are without the most sacred and essential Jewish text—a Torah scroll. JWB Jewish Chaplains Council has 60 Torahs at major military installations around the world.

However, chaplains in the field and aboard ships require small scrolls that can accompany them from site to site, as they move around the combat zones. Our goal is to provide our chaplains with six Torahs that will enrich the spiritual lives of our Jewish troops who are serving our country far from home.

The first three JWB lightweight and fully kosher Torahs have been completed and presented to the military; these have been used in Iraq, Qatar, and Afghanistan. Our goal is to complete the fourth and fifth Torahs in 2012.


Margaret BenedictKenneth J. BloomMay and Ilex CherryMoses C. ClarkCongregation Beth Israel of San DiegoJames R. CookClaire and David EllmanJerri-Ann and Gary JacobsBernard JaffeSusan and David KabakoffL. E. B. Enterprises, Inc.Lawrence Family JCC of San Diego CountyPincus Paul Charitable TrustRaleigh-Cary Jewish Community Center

Shirley RavetSusan ShmaloGloria and Rodney StoneTemple Emanu-ElThe Slomo and Cindy Silvian Foundation, Inc.Tifereth Israel SynagogueSara and Aaron TrubJan TuttlemanSharon and David WaxRandi and Charles WaxJorge Woldenberg

JCC Association and JWB Jewish Chaplains Council thanks the 200 donors who have contributed to torahs for our troops. We recognize those individuals and organizations making gifts of $500 or more in 2011:

We owe our deepest gratitude to our chaplain corps for keeping watch over our military. We also insure that from this day forward all who visit this national shrine know the service of our Jewish chaplains—their names, their stories, and their sacrifice for our country. The men this memorial represents have been standing in line, waiting for admittance. Their journey has been long. This is their last stop, the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, where they will take their rightful place amongst the souls they gave the greatest of comforts.

Congressman Jeff millerChair, House Committee on Veterans Affairs,

at the Dedication of the Jewish Chaplains Memorial

Through the service of our chaplain corps, our military is never alone.

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honorary JCC Association past president and mega-philanthropist Mort

Mandel may have celebrated his ninetieth birthday recently, but that hasn’t dimmed his passion for making a meaningful difference in the world at large and the Jewish world in particular.

What fuels that passion?

“My generation grew up with cataclysmic changes in the Jewish world – the Holocaust and the state of Israel,” Mandel says. “My generation understood Never Again. I was rejected from a club because I was Jewish. I was rejected from a neighborhood because I was Jewish. Then the Six Day War changed the image of Israel in the world, certainly to my non-Jewish friends. I stood one foot taller. In part, these forces shaped my communal life.”

Mandel’s enormous achievements through the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation include centers around the world devoted to excellence in leadership, including JCC Association’s Mandel Center for Jewish Education and the Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management. “We’ve invested in people who could be world-changers,” he says. “We now have hundreds of

graduates changing the world, and we feel responsible for a piece of their success.”

Mandel understands that many of those who are stepping into positions of leadership today haven’t shared the experience of his generation and therefore may not feel the same urgency to protect and enhance Jewish life. “People who are 35 or 40 today may not feel this deeply. I do. Because I lived it. So we need to find other ways to transmit these feelings, and of course, we have and are achieving some success. Every Jewish agency has a role to play. JCCs are clearly one of the major institutions in Jewish life that can and do create stronger Jewish identities,” Mandel believes.

One solution according to Mandel is investing in future leaders. “I’ve been into leadership forever – that’s become the most important cause in my philanthropic life. The number of people with leadership potential is as great as ever, but such future leaders now have

many more options, and everyone wants them.”

Mandel ticks off the qualities of a good leader: intellectual firepower, values, passion, and work ethic. He believes Jewish organizations need to identify leaders at a young age and get them engaged, and must carefully build bench strength. “We’re not doing a good enough job of succession planning,” he says.

“I’ve made a choice. I’m focused heavily on building leadership, and will continue to do so every way I can.”

On Leading JCCs Into The Future

MORT MANDEL



JCC excellence: Benchmarking has transformed the management approach of almost half of the JCCs in North America over the last five years. JCCs have started to make decisions and set strategy based on real data. The findings from our Benchmarking surveys help improve JCC business models, further their mission, and provide enhanced service to their communities.

At the Shaw JCC in Akron, Ohio, they learned that one of the barriers for people making donations was that they did not know the JCC was a nonprofit, and they had never been asked to donate. “The Families Supporting Families” campaign began with two months of member education called “Did you know?” and then a full membership solicitation for an annual gift. The result was 60 new donors.

Many JCCs have started to train their staff to engage personally with members now that Benchmarking data has shown that the number of informal conversations staff members have with people directly impacts retention. At the Jacksonville Community Alliance in Florida, their informal conversation rate is near the top. Staff trains to engage with members and visitors whether they are in the fitness center or just coming in for a tour. As a result, people are eager to say nice things about JCA and spread the word to their friends and families.

it’s All in the Data

A Mandel Center Success – JCC Excellence: Benchmarking

marci powersimmediate past president,

Gardenswartz JCC of Greater Albuquerque

Benchmarking is the single most valuable product or service that we get from JCC Association.

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over the past four years. We are moving towards financial sustainability and in large part we have to thank Benchmarking. On our own, we could not afford to conduct such a study one time, let alone on an annual basis. Benchmarking is a gift to the field and we wanted to say thank you.

todd rockoffexecutive director,

Shaw JCC

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Discover: CAtCh early Childhood has given me a lot of information that I can share with the parents. We post and share recipes, parent tips, family action plans, and much more. I think it’s been a great way for the parents to learn just as much as the kids about living active and healthy lifestyles.

lisa pesantezECE teacher,

Shaw JCC

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We are excited to be an active partner in First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to overcome childhood obesity, a real and

growing problem in our communities.

Obesity in children can lead to a long list of bad outcomes: diabetes, heart disease, poor school performance, and bullying. We have developed a program for JCC early childhood centers that is designed to nurture a love of physical activity in children ages 3–5.

First, Discover: CATCH Early Childhood is based on a foundation of Jewish values, including Sh’mirat HaGuf or “taking care of our bodies.” Modeled after a nationally recognized afterschool program developed at the University of Texas, Discover: CATCH Early Childhood provides an environment where physical activity, health education and healthy eating behaviors are valued and taught. But Discover: CATCH is also fun. Both children and adults enjoy participating.

The initiative contains three major components: integrated Jewish values, physical education activities, and nutrition education. The program employs a holistic approach to child health by involving teachers, children and families. Like the First Lady, we believe we can do something to make our children healthier.

JCC Association program targets childhood obesity

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After the recent JCC Association Day Camp Study illustrated the potential for Jewish impact at JCC day camps—the

largest network in North America—day camping has risen to the forefront of the conversation on Jewish continuity and investment. An exciting collaboration between JCC Association and The Harold Grinspoon Foundation marks the first national initiative directed at day camping. The Grinspoon Institute/JCC Association Day Camp Project matches each participating camp with a mentor who will facilitate the development of a strategic plan, and in partnership with JCC Association, will support the camp to implement the plan. The project piloted last year in six communities, and was expanded during 2011 to an additional 11 JCC day camps.

Many of our JCC resident camps have benefited from participation in The Grinspoon Institute, a project in which camps are assigned mentors in the areas of strategic planning, governance, fundraising and alumni outreach. The Grinspoon Institute will make a qualitative difference in the field of Jewish camping.

JCC camps have been giving children life-altering experiences for more than one hundred years, and we continue to look for ways to help JCC camps reach more children and youth.

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It was such a valuable experience, beyond even each of the sessions, to be around so many JCC camp professionals. Sharing our ideas and strategies with each other was so helpful in preparing for this summer.

noah hichenbergsite director,

day camp at Pearl River; JCC of Manhattan

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and the social element very useful (and fun). Thanks for your time and effort in putting [the conference] all together.

Ari markschildren’s director, New Orleans JCC

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JCC Association Professional Training for Camp Leadership…We want JCC camps to continue to be the best, so we make sure to provide top-notch training for camp leadership. From our special JCC camp conference tied to the American Camping Association meeting to the Mandel Center for Jewish Education programs designed for resident camp directors to our units in TAG: Jewish Values through JCC Camping, we are committed to building camp leaders who are inspiring Jewish role models for their campers and staff.


from our participation in the Grinspoon/JCC Association Day Camp Project. We’re collaborating in new and exciting ways with other JCC day camps and resident camps, and the partnerships have allowed us to take some of our ‘fantasy’ ideas and turn them into reality. Our Grinspoon mentor has helped us look at how we engage our board and how we could be beginning to develop a fundraising plan.

paige silberfeinprogram director and day camp director,

Shimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC, NJ

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Photo courtesy of Camp Wise

Photo courtesy of Camp Wise


2011 by the numbers

Affiliate Dues$4,709,000

program fees$2,313,000

national federation/Agency Alliance and individual federations$1,223,000

Corporate sponsorship/other$663,000

Draw from investments for operations$395,000

Annual Giving & foundation Grants$2,961,000

revenues$12,264,000

program enrichment services$3,300,000

Community Consultation services$1,907,000

Jewish education & israel operations$1,518,000

professional leadership$969,000

marketing & Communications$759,000

financial resource Development$516,000

services to the military$449,000

finance & Administration$2,648,000

expenses$12,066,000


JCC Association Endowment and Capital Funds Board of directors recognizes the leadership of Gary Jacobs in his dedication to the Meeting the Challenge: Securing Jewish Futures campaign and the generosity of all the donors who have helped JCC Association reach $8.5 million.

the merrin Center for teen servicesAnne Heyman and Seth Merrin

the Jerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs family Conference CenterJerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs

the irene and edward h. Kaplan lobbyIrene and Edward H. Kaplan

the Barbara and morton l. mandel executive suiteBarbara and Morton L. Mandel

program services suiteJoan and Irwin Jacobs

Conference rooms and Department suitesNoreen Gordon SablotskyAnn P. and Stephen M. KaufmanEvelyn and Jerome B. MakowskyGeri and Lester PollackPaula L. and Edwin Sidman FamilyAndrea and Alan P. Solow

president’s officeBetty S. Melaver and Norton Melaver k”z

senior staff officesBonnie and Allan FinkelsteinAmy and Alan MeltzerSharon and Stephen SeidenSharon and David Wax

management team officesIrene and Philip M. ShiekmanDavid Sterling

staff loungeD’vora Tager and Robert Dietz

professional team and Consulting staff officesMichael OstroffCarol and Lawrence Zicklin

Guest and Visiting personnel suiteVirginia A. and Francis Maas

entryway mezuzahBarbara and Edwin Goldberg

Work stationsMandell L. BermanRuth White Brodsky & Joanne and

David BrodskyJoanne and Donald W. BrodskyMarshall B. Coyne Foundation, Inc. Deena and Jerome A. KaplanJackie Blatt and Ronald L. LeibowI. E. Millstone k”z

Barbara and J. Victor SamuelsIrene and Philip M. Shiekman

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Dana EgertThe Redwoods Group, Inc.Shirley and Allan SolomonRoberta and Allan Weissglass

mezuzotHarriet and George BlankRuth and Michael FletcherMaxine and Jay FreilichDebby and Hal JacobsJudith and Lester LiebermanFani Magnus Monson and Michael A. MonsonAlan and Janet MannRonna and Michael SegalAmy and Andrew J. ShaevelCharlene Shaffer and Jack G Shaffer k”z

Deferred GiftsStephen FitzsimmonsCheryl Fishbein and Philip SchattenLinda and Jerome Spitzer

Campaign DonorsMyrna BlockJane GellmanThelma Z. and Melvin Lenkin Charitable

Fnd. Inc.Ronald M. KatzLaura Rubin and Leonard Rubin k”z

Toby and Robert RubinSandra SaltzmanDoris and David Yorysh

Israeli shlichim, like Daniel Sonnenschein at JCC Rockland, bring a direct and personal flavor of Israel to JCC communities. To learn more about bringing a young Israeli to your JCC, contact Osnat Zur, [email protected].


merrin Center for teen servicesJCC Association is grateful to Anne Heyman and Seth Merrin whose generosity established the Merrin Center for Teen Services, which is dedicated to enhancing the work of teen professionals and providing programming for the youth they serve.

support of JCC Association israel officeJudith and Mark D. Litt

Jewish education programmingGeri and Lester Pollack

JCC Association scholars fundSyril Rubin and Leonard Rubin k”z

lenny rubin israel education fund In honor of Lenny Rubin k”z upon his retirement supports the continuation of Israel education for JCC Association staff.

We thank the generous donors who contributed to this fund in 2011:

Kate Obstgarten Private Foundation Laura RubinSadie Rubin

endowed scholarshipsThe future requires well-trained professionals. JCC Association recognizes donors who endowed the Graduate Education Scholarship program.

Robert L. Adler Memorial Scholarship FundAlumni Scholarship FundElla and Gerrard Berman Scholarship FundElayne and Julian Bernat Scholarship FundHarold Dinerman Memorial Scholarship FundShirley and Royal H. Durst Scholarship FundJoan and Jesse Feldman Scholarship FundFrances and Samuel Finkelstein Memorial

Scholarship Fund

Endowment-Funded Program Support

The Merrin Teen Professional Fellows Program provides a valuable learning experience for JCC professionals working with teens, enriching their own Jewish identities and building a network of future JCC leaders. Since 1999, more than eighty JCC professionals have completed the 18-month program, which is funded through the generosity of Anne Heyman and Seth Merrin.


Frenkel Memorial Scholarship FundIsrael Goldberg Memorial Scholarship FundGoodstein-Kleitman Memorial

Scholarship FundEdwin Hochstader Scholarship FundIrene and Edward H. Kaplan Scholarship FundPhilip R. Kaplan Memorial Scholarship FundBea D. Katcher Scholarship FundCharles R. Katz Memorial Scholarship FundMary and Solomon Litt Scholarship Fund

Minnie and Louis Nathanson Memorial Scholarship Fund

Pesses-Sachs Scholarship FundEvelyn S. and Shaol L. Pozez

Scholarship FundHenry S. and Anne S. Reich Scholarship FundJoanna S. and Daniel Rose Scholarship FundSyril and Leonard Rubin Scholarship FundMichael-Ann Russell Memorial

Scholarship Fund

Fedgie and Hy Schultz Memorial Scholarship Fund

Geraldyn and Henry Sicular Scholarship FundDiana S. Simberloff Memorial

Scholarship FundAvraham Soltes Memorial Scholarship FundSam Sulstan Memorial Scholarship FundOlga F. and Oliver B. Winkler Scholarship FundHelen and Harold O. Zimman Scholarship Fund

The National Federation/Agency Alliance is a partnership that provides a significant amount of funding to nine national agencies including $1,149,756 to JCC Association of North America in FY 2011/2012. The national agencies that make up the Alliance engage in critical work to build capacity and support the work of the federations

and their local affiliates. They also help advance the federation system’s goals on a national and international stage. While mindful of its role in evaluating and monitoring the national agencies, the Alliance works to promote deeper relationships and create synergy between the national agencies and the federations.

JCC Association supports JCC Cares, the community-service program at JCC resident and day camps, with financial grants and specific materials created by the Mandel Center for Jewish Education.


mandel Center for excellence in leadership and managementJCC Association is grateful to the mandel foundation for its grant, which created and sustains the Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management.

mandel Center for Jewish educationJCC Association is grateful to the mandel foundation for its grant, which created and sustains the Mandel Center for Jewish Education.

JCC Association also thanks the following donors for their support of programs within the Mandel Center for Jewish Education:

The AVI CHAI Foundation:Chizuk: Jewish programming directors

strengthening Lekhu Lakhem—JCC Camps

Goodman Family Foundation: The Goodman Family Institute: Yisrael Sheli (My Israel)

Annual fundJCC Association gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have made generous contributions to the 2011 annual fund:

leadership CircleJerri-Ann and Gary JacobsJoyce D. and Andrew Mandell

platinum CircleJoan Messinger k”z and

Martin E. MessingerGeri and Lester PollackBarbara and Victor J. SamuelsPaula L. Sidman

Gold CircleIrene and Edward H. KaplanJeannie and Brian KriftcherMillie and Lawrence MagidSharon and Stephen SeidenAndrea and Alan P. SolowSharon and David Wax

silver CircleLisa F. and Ron BrillJoanne and Donald W. BrodskyMarcella E. and Neil CohenBonnie and Allan FinkelsteinCheryl Fishbein and Philip SchattenRuth and Michael FletcherBarbara and Edwin GoldbergNoreen Gordon SablotskyRoslyn F. and Ricky Haikin

Rosalyn and Howard T. JacobsonAnn P. and Stephen M. KaufmanJackie Blatt and Ronald L. LeibowJudith and Mark D. LittVirginia A. and Francis MaasEvelyn and Jerome B. MakowskyLisa and Thomas MandelBetty S. Melaver and Norton Melaver k”z

Amy and Alan MeltzerLori Barnet and Jeffrey K. SavitShirley and Allan SolomonLinda and Jerome SpitzerSherry and Doron StegerThe Irma T. Hirschl TrustRoberta and Allan WeissglassJessica and Eric M. Zachs

Bronze CircleMeryl K. and David AinsmanBeatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at

Hartford Foundation for Public GivingHarriet and George BlankTanya and Stephen A. BodzinEdie and Joel BrodskyNancy I. and Peter BrownSusan R. Diamond and Martin SchenkerDana EgertArlene FicklerDale T. and Edward FilhaberCarol and Howard F. FineRobin Frederick and Michael GoldMaxine and Jay FreilichFreddi and Marvin GelfandJane GellmanSandra and Arnold P. GoldJoyce and Neil B. GoldsteinAllison and Kenneth B. Jacobs Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas CityEsther and Jack B. Levy Judith and Lester LiebermanGary S. LipmanFani Magnus Monson and

Rabbi Michael A. MonsonSharon R. and Marc B. MerklinBarbara and Sidney F. MillerStephanie and Eric NislowMarvin J. PertzikConnie and Alvin M. PesachowitzJoan Karlin and Paul ResnickDoris and Rammy RochmanNancy and Lawrence I. RosenbergJane Tzinberg Rubin and Kenneth RubinWendy and Steven M. RubinToby and Robert RubinLinda and Barry RussinDebra and Gerald K. SchwartzMichael and Ronna SegalRandi and Ian Sherman

Our greening program JCC Grows encourages JCCs and JCC camps to plant and cultivate food-justice gardens, where a portion of the harvest is donated to community food pantries, which often have shortages of fresh produce.

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Irene and Philip M. ShiekmanLinda S. and Kenneth SimonSusan StearnsMuriel and Myron StroberFrancine Zorn Trachtenberg and

Stephen TrachtenbergMary Rita and Norman WeissmanEileen and Steven Wishnia

super Vip AssociateDavid C. AckermanMark S. HorowitzLaurie and Robert D. KimsalBarbara and Norman SeidenJohanna and Arnie SohinkiEnid and Barrie M. WeiserLeatrice and John M. Wolf, Sr.

Vip AssociateAnise and Ronald A. BelzJulian BernatBarbara and Douglas BloomJane B. and John C. ColmanAnn F. and Robert (Butch) EisenJanet S. and Doron ElamFlorence and Barry FriedbergArlene and Henry C. FriedmanLauren and Alan GoldbergLawrence A. KadesDoris KaplanJ. E. KlineGerald S. Ostrow

Amy and David E. PosnerIrwin Jay RobinsonLeonard M. RobinsonSusan and Alan SataloffTracey and Jordan ShenkerJeanne and Jordan Tobin

executive AssociateRobin and Bob BallinLynn and Daniel M. BernsteinMarjorie and Morley BlanksteinRenee and Gary J. BomzerMarjie and Jeffrey A. CoopersmithWilbur A. CowettDori DenelleMartin G. EnglisherLeslie FischmanCarol and Jeffrey FolkerthMarilyn and Sam FoxSue and Martin FoxJudith Corn and David FriedDonna GilbertJoAnn and Paul GillisKenneth GoldbergEugene GrantAnna and Gerald GreenhouseRuth L. HermanDavid JacobsDeena and Jerome A. KaplanMelanie and Russell E. MakowskyPhyllis and Philip MargoliusBeth and Michael Paysnick

Garth PottsPatricia and Steve R. ReinerLois and Sidney RobbinsHarriet L. and Bill RosenthalBrian and Suzanne SchreiberElizabeth and Edward SchreiberJames SchwartzMarjorie and Mark SokollCarol Brennglass Spinner and

Arthur C. SpinnerSusan and Richard StraitSharon and Edwin ToporekMichelle G. Wasch-LobovitsLinda Cornell Weinstein and

Sherwin B. WeinsteinJerry Wische

We thank the myriad federal employees who supported JCC Association through contributions to the Combined federal Campaign.

Leadership Circle: $25,000 and abovePlatinum Circle: $18,000 – $24,999Gold Circle: $10,000 – $17,999Silver Circle: $5,000 – $9,999Bronze Circle: $2,500 – $4,999 Super VIP Associate: $1,800 – $2,499VIP Associate: $1,000 – $1,799Executive Associate: $500 – $999

Lenny Krayzelburg JCC Swim Academies teach children as young as six months to be safe in the water. Using the water-safety method developed by the four-time Olympic gold medalist, the Lenny K Swim Academies teach all children to swim or float, and help JCCs get the most out of their pools.


Grants for special projectsJerri-Ann and Gary JacobsPaula L. Sidman

Graduate scholarship programAssociation of Jewish Center ProfessionalsBeatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at

Hartford Foundation for Public GivingKara BiermanEd Lee and Jean Campe FoundationShirley and William L. Grossman

Scholarship FundLouis and Anita Perlman Family Foundation Barbara and J. Victor Samuels

We also thank all the alumni of the Graduate Scholarship program who have made generous contributions in 2011

florence G. heller-JCC Association research CenterJudith and Lester Lieberman

JCC GrowsThe Robert Sillins Family Foundation, Inc.

merrin Center for teen servicesMatilda Blendes Fund

Corporate sponsors We gratefully acknowledge the following companies who provided support to JCC Association continental programs:

The Redwoods Group, Inc.Daxko, LLCeFinesstri501 (c) Agencies Trust

preferred VendorsThe following companies provide preferential continental account status or services to affiliated JCCs and/or financial support to JCC Association programs:

501 (c) Agencies TrustAbCoasterAdvecor, Inc.American Council on ExerciseAm-Finn Sauna & Steam Inc.Bank of America Merchant ServicesCarab Enterprises, Inc.Club One, Inc.ClubCom, Inc.Crown TrophyCybexEnerNoc, Inc.Expresso FitnessFabiano DesignsFreeMotion FitnessGOJO Industries, Inc.Imprint PlusIsraelPhonesLandscape StructuresLes Mills InternationalLeslie’s Poolmart, Inc.Matrix Fitness Systems Corp.

Merrithew Health & FitnessMondo America, Inc.National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)National Towelette Corp.Network Services CompanyOctane Fitness LLCPavigym America Corp.Polar Electro Inc.Power Systems, Inc.PrecorProspec USRetention ManagementSecurity USAStaplesSterling & Sterling, Inc.Talk’n’SaveThe Redwoods Group, Inc.TMI Salt Pure Corp.TravelInsuranceIsrael.com

program partnersChiLiving, Inc.G2 LifestylesPureFit, Inc.The Pink Ribbon Program, Inc.Wellcoaches Corporation

Program and Project SupportJCC Association gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and foundations that have made generous contributions in 2011, making these programs and projects possible:


AdministrationAllan Finkelstein President and Chief Executive Officer(212) 786-5082 | [email protected]

Yael LubofskyCoordinator of Board Relations (212) 786-5084 | [email protected]

Community Services

Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management Gary S. LipmanExecutive Vice-President and Chief Operating OfficerDirector, Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management(212) 786-5138 | [email protected]

Gladys GoldmanExecutive Assistant (212) 786-5088 | [email protected]

CommunitY ConSuLtAntSJordan ShenkerSenior Vice-President | Consulting Services(212) 786-5085 | [email protected]

Dori Denelle1

Vice-President | Community Consultant(651) 452-2219 | [email protected]

Janet S. Elam2

Vice-President | Community Consultant(512) 241-1118 | [email protected]

Alan GoldbergVice-President | Community Consultant(212) 786-5122 | [email protected]

StrAtEGiC PErFormAnCEDavid E. PosnerVice President, Community Consultant | Director, Strategic PerformanceTel: (212) 786-5124 | [email protected]

Andrew C. Paller Director of Benchmarking | Strategic Performance(212) 710-6432 | [email protected]

Jordan ZarinManager, Information Resources and Survey Development(212) 786-5145 | [email protected]

michael rowlandMarketing Consultant(212) 786-5153 | [email protected]

odelia Epstein Program Associate, Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management(212) 786-5109 | [email protected]

ProFESSionAL LEADErShiPArnie SohinkiSenior Vice-President, Professional and Lay Leadership Programs(212) 786-5097 | [email protected]

JoyAnn BrandAssociate Vice President | Director of Training and Professional Development(212) 786-5114 | [email protected]

tory hollandCoordinator, Professional and Lay Leadership Programs(212) 786-5086 | [email protected]

nicole BernardProgram Associate, Professional and Lay Leadership (212) 786-5093 | [email protected]

Finance and Administration ServicesBob Kimsal Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer(212) 786-5141 | [email protected]

ACCountinGPearl magenceController(212) 786-5132 | [email protected]

irina AbramovAccounting Assistant(212) 786-5133 | [email protected]

humAn rESourCESirina Khomina Manager, Human Resources(212) 786-5131 | [email protected]

inFormAtion tEChnoLoGYAndy ZhangManager, Information Technology(212) 786-5103 | [email protected]

Bernardo ArochoAssociate, Information Technology | Network Administrator(212) 786-5094 | [email protected]

ProDuCtionFranklin JamesSupervisor, Production and Facilities(212) 786-5118 | [email protected]

Donald Credle Production Assistant and Front Desk(212) 786-5113 | [email protected]

D’wayne haywood Shipping and Receiving(212) 786-5107 | [email protected]

rECEPtionJanine AcevedoFront Desk(212) 532-4949

Financial Resource DevelopmentJerry Wische Senior Vice-President, Financial Resource Development(212) 786-5135 | [email protected]

Ziva DavidovichAssistant Vice-President | Director of Campaigns(212) 786-5099 | [email protected]

David SobelAssistant Vice-President | Corporate Support(212) 786-5148 | [email protected]

Elaine Vasquez Administrator, Financial Resource Development(212) 786-5136 | [email protected]

Israel Office3

Leah Garber4

Vice-President | JCC Association Israel Office011-972-2-625-1265 | [email protected]

Sara SlessAssistant Director, Israel Office / Director, Israel Seminars011-972-2-625-1265 | [email protected]

Yaron Lipschitz Program Director, JCC Maccabi Israel®

011-972-2-625-1265 | [email protected]

Shirel horovitzAssociate, Israel Seminars011-972-2-625-1265 | [email protected]

Avigail Barkai Office Administrator, Israel Office011-972-2-625-1265 | [email protected]

Lilach Shalom Accountant, Israel Office011-972-2-625-1265 | [email protected]

nicole BernardU.S. Program Associate | Israel Programs(212) 786-5093 | [email protected]

JWB Jewish Chaplains Councilrabbi harold robinsonDirector, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council | Director, Armed Forces and Veterans Services(212) 786-5119 | [email protected]

rabbi Barry Baron Deputy Director, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council (212) 786-5137 | [email protected]

Janine Acevedo Program Associate, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council(212) 786-5090 | [email protected]

Mandel Center for Jewish Education Dr. David AckermanSenior Vice-President | Director, Mandel Center for Jewish Education(212) 786-5110 | [email protected]

matthew Abrams GerberAssistant Vice-President, Mandel Center for Jewish Education(212) [email protected]

odelia Epstein Program Associate, Mandel Center for Jewish Education(212) 786-5109 | [email protected]

Marketing and Communicationsrobin BallinSenior Vice-President and Chief Marketing Officer(212) 786-5112 | [email protected]

Peter ShevenellCreative Director (212) 786-5101 | [email protected]

miriam rinnCommunications Manager, JCC Circle Editor (212) 786-5092 | [email protected]

Jeremy KortesSenior Graphic & Multimedia Designer (212) 786-5143 | [email protected]

Lisa KaplanGraphic Designer(212) 786-5087 | [email protected]

Chris StromDirector, New Media and Social Networking(212) 786-5117 | [email protected]

Kelly raineyMarketing Coordinator212.786.5096 | [email protected]

Alexandra WhiteDigital Marketing Associate212.786.5144 | [email protected]

Program Services

EArLY ChiLDhooD EDuCAtionmark horowitzVice-President | Early Childhood and Family Engagement (212) 786-5098 | [email protected]

Janet SylvanProgram Associate, Early Childhood Services(212) 786-5129 | [email protected]

hEALth AnD WELLnESSSteve BeckerVice-President, Health and Wellness Services | Discover@JCC(212) 786-5105 | [email protected]

Anthony SlayenAssistant Vice-President, Health and Wellness Services | Discover@JCC(212) 786-5128 | [email protected]

nicole BernardProgram Associate, Health, Wellness Services | Discover@JCC(212) 786-5093 | [email protected]

AdultsBarbara Lerman-Golomb Consultant, Social Responsibility and Environmental Action | Discover@JCC(212) 710-6436 | [email protected]

randy Ellen Lutterman Consultant, Arts and Culture | Discover@JCC(212) 786-5123 | [email protected]

JCC mACCABi ExPEriEnCEDan DeutschVice-President, JCC Maccabi Experience(212) 786-5089 | [email protected]

David SobelAssistant Vice President, JCC Maccabi Experience | Host Community Liaison(212) 786-5148 | [email protected]

michael GordonProgram Director, JCC Maccabi Experience(212) 786-5116 | [email protected]

Stacie GraffProgram Associate, JCC Maccabi Experience (212) 710-6435 | [email protected]

osnat ZurContinental Shlicha, JCC Maccabi Experience(212) 786-5121 | [email protected]

Merrin Center for Teen ServicesJodi SperlingVice President | Director, Merrin Center for Teen Services and Camping(212) 786-5130 | [email protected]

Lonny FriedmanAssistant Vice President, Merrin Center for Teen Services and Camping (212) 786-5111 | [email protected]

Janet SylvanProgram Associate, Merrin Center for Teen Services(212) 786-5129 | [email protected]

1 JCC Association midwestern Services office

2478 Pond Circle West St. Paul MN 55120 (651) 452-2219 [email protected]

2 JCC Association Southwestern Services office

7921 West Rim Drive Austin, TX 78731 (512) 241-1118 [email protected]

3 JCC Association israel office Solomon and Mary Litt Building 12 Moshe Hess Street Jerusalem, 94185, Israel 011.972.2.625.1265 fax 011.972.2.624.7767 [email protected]

JCC Association Staff and Services


Meryl K. Ainsman, Pittsburgh, PAStephen L. Bayer, W. Hartford, CTAlvin K. Berkun, Pittsburgh, PADaniel M. Bernstein, Irvine, CAHarriet Blank, New Hope, PAGary J. Bomzer, N. Miami Beach, FLLisa F. Brill, Atlanta, GADonald W. Brodsky, Houston, TXEdie Brodsky, Long Beach, CAEdward B. Cohen, Boca Raton, FLMarcella E. Cohen, Potomac, MDSusan R. Diamond, San Francisco, CAStephen Dorsky, Birmingham, ALDana Egert, Boca Raton, FLAndrew L. Eisenberg, Boston, MAMartin G. Englisher, New York, NYDonald Epstein, Deal, NJArlene Fickler, Philadelphia, PADale T. Filhaber, Boca Raton, FLHoward F. Fine, San Francisco, CACheryl Fishbein, New York, NYRuth Fletcher, Los Gatos, CACarol Folkerth, Columbus, OHRobin Frederick, Stamford, CTSusan Fox, Brooklyn, NYMaxine Freilich, Stamford, CTMarvin Gelfand, Los Angeles, CAJane Gellman, Milwaukee, WISandra Gold, Englewood, NJEdwin Goldberg, Louisville, KYJoyce Goldstein, Essex Fells, NJRoslyn Haikin, Houston, TXDavid Jacobs, W. Hartford, CTGary Jacobs, Del Mar, CAKenneth Jacobs, Jacksonville, FLHoward T. Jacobson, Prairie

Village, KSEdward H. Kaplan, Washington, DCAnn P. Kaufman, Houston, TXStephen M. Kaufman, Houston, TXBrian Kriftcher, Stamford, CTIra I. Kronenberg, Passaic, NJSherry Kulman, Toronto, ONRonald L. Leibow, Los Angeles, CAJack Levy, Birmingham, ALJudith Lieberman, Morristown, NJVirginia A. Maas, Los Angeles, CA

Lawrence Magid, Searingtown, NYJerome B. Makowsky, Memphis, TNMorton L. Mandel, Cleveland, OHThomas Mandel, Akron, OHJoyce D. Mandell, West Hartford, CTMarc B. Merklin, Akron, OHSidney F. Miller, Columbus, OHEric Nislow, Owings Mills, MDMarvin J. Pertzik, St. Paul, MNAlvin M. Pesachowitz, Falls

Church, VAGeri Pollack, New York, NYLester Pollack, New York, NY Stephen R. Reiner, New York, NYPaul Resnick, Palo Alto, CALeonard M. Robinson, Fairfield, NJRammy Rochman, Richmond Hill, ONDaniel Rose, New York, NYLawrence I. Rosenberg, Owing

Mills, MDJane Tzinberg Rubin, St. Louis, MOSteven Rubin, St. Paul, MNToby Rubin, San Francisco, CALinda Russin, New City, NYNoreen Gordon Sablotsky, Miami, FLJ. Victor Samuels, Houston, TXAlan Sataloff, Palo Alto, CAMartin J. Satinsky, Nashville, TNJeffrey Savit, Boston, MAPhilip Schatten, New York, NYBrian Schreiber, Pittsburgh, PAGerald K. Schwartz, Miami Beach, FLMichael Segal, Miami, FLStephen Seiden, Livingston, NJAndrew J. Shaevel, Buffalo, NYIan Sherman, Ottawa, ONPhilip M. Shiekman, Philadelphia, PAPaula L. Sidman, Boston, MALinda S. Simon, Presto, PAMark Sokoll, Boston, MAShirley Solomon, Boca Raton, FLAlan P. Solow, Chicago, ILJerome Spitzer, New York, NY Doron Steger, Martinsville, NJJeanne Tobin, Beachwood, OHFrancine Zorn Trachtenberg,

Washington, DCDavid Wax, Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Allan Weissglass, Staten Island, NYMary Rita Weissman, Dayton, OHRobert Wertheimer, Baltimore, MDAnita Winestock, Vancouver, BCSteve Wishnia, Memphis, TNEric M. Zachs, Hartford, CT

honorArY BoArD memBers

Meyer L. Balsar, Houston, TXJulian Bernat, El Paso, TXDaniel Drench, Verona, NJIrwin L. Elson, Detroit, MI

Gilbert S. Fox, Nashville, TNMarilyn Fox, St. Louis, MOHugh W. Greenberg, Detroit, MIGordon R. Gross, Buffalo, NYMark D. Litt, Larchmont, NYGerald S. Ostrow, Pittsburgh, PAIrwin Jay Robinson, New York, NYHarriet L. Rosenthal, West

Orange, NJNorman Seiden, Tenafly, NJMyron Strober, Palm Beach, FLJohn M. Wolf, Sr., Palm Beach, FL

JCC Association Officers and Board

Chair: Paula L. Sidman

Vice-chairs:Lisa Brill, Atlanta, GAMarvin Gelfand, Los Angeles, CAGary Jacobs, San Diego, CAVirginia A. Maas, Los Angeles, CANoreen Gordon Sablotsky, Miami, FLPhilip Schatten, New York, NYAndrew Shaevel, Buffalo, NY

secretary:David Wax, San Diego, CA

Associate secretaries:Dana Egert, Boca Raton, FLLinda Russin, New City, NY

president:Allan B. Finkelstein

honorary Chairs:Edward H. Kaplan, Washington, DCAnn P. Kaufman, Houston, TXJerome B. Makowsky, Memphis, TNMorton L. Mandel, Cleveland, OHLester Pollack, New York, NYDaniel Rose, New York, NYAlan P. Solow, Chicago, IL

2010-2012 JCC AssoCiAtion offiCers

2010-2012 BoArD of DireCtors

Teens participating in a JCC Maccabi Israel trip never forget the experience and forge memories that last a lifetime. Israel trips during the teen years are powerful predictors of lifelong Jewish engagement.


JCCs, YM-YWHAs, and Camps of the JCC MovementCAnADACalgary Jewish Community Centre, Calgary, ABJCC of Edmonton, ABJCC of Greater Vancouver, BCB’nai B’rith Camp, Winnipeg, mBrose & max rady JCC, Winnipeg, mBJCC of London, onSoloway JCC, ottawa, onmiles nadal JCC, toronto, onProsserman JCC, toronto, onSchwartz/reisman Centre, toronto, onJCC of Windsor, Windsor, on

uniteD stAtesLevite JCC, Birmingham, ALEast Valley JCC, Chandler, AZValley of the Sun JCC, Scottsdale, AZtucson JCC, tucson, AZJewish Community Center of the East Bay, Berkeley, CAJCC Development Corporation, Beverly hills, CAPeninsula JCC, Foster City, CAmerage JCC of orange County, irvine, CA Camp Yofi, Angelus Oaks, CALawrence Family JCC of San Diego County – Jacobs Family Campus, La Jolla, CABarbara & ray Alpert JCC, Long Beach, CAWestside JCC, Los Angeles, CAAddison-Penzak JCC of Silicon Valley, Los Gatos, CAthe Shalom institute, malibu, CAoshman Family JCC, Palo Alto, CACamp mountain Chai, San Diego, CAJCC of San Francisco, San Francisco, CACamp tawonga, San Francisco, CAosher marin JCC, San rafael, CABoulder JCC, Boulder, Corobert E. Loup Jewish Community Center, Denver, Co JCC Ranch Camp, Elbert, COGreenwich JCC, Greenwich, CtJCC of Western Connecticut, Southbury, CtJCC of Stamford, Ctmandell Jewish Community Center, West hartford, CtWashington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, Washington, DCSiegel JCC, Wilmington, DEAdolph & rose Levis JCC, Boca raton, FLJCC Suncoast, Clearwater, FLDavid Posnack JCC, Davie, FLJewish Community Alliance of Jacksonville, FLroth Jewish Community Center of Greater orlando, maitland, FL JCC at Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Campus, Orlando, FLDave & mary Alper JCC, miami, FLmiami Beach JCC, miami Beach, FLmichael-Ann russell JCC, north miami Beach, FLJCC of the Greater Palm Beaches, Palm Beach Gardens, FL The Lore & Eric F. Ross JCC, Boynton Beach, FL JCC North, Palm Beach Gardens, FLKlingenstein Jewish Center of the Jewish Federation of Sarasota- manatee, Sarasota, FLJCC Suncoast, St. Petersburg, FLAugusta Jewish Community Center, Augusta, GAmarcus JCC of Atlanta, Dunwoody, GA Zaban Park, Dunwoody, GA Camp Barney Medintz, Cleveland, GAJewish Educational Alliance, Savannah, GAJCC Chicago, iL Florence G. Heller JCC, Chicago, IL Hyde Park JCC, Chicago, IL Bernard Horwich JCC, Chicago, IL JCC Chicago – Early Childhood Services, Chicago, IL JCC Chicago – Children, Family & Wellness Services, Chicago, IL JCC Chicago – Day Camping Services, Chicago, IL

Ezra Multi-Service Center, Chicago, IL Early Childhood Services – JCC at Woodland Commons, Buffalo Grove, IL Bernard Weinger JCC, Northbrook, IL Pritzker Center for Jewish Education – Mayer Kaplan JCC, Skokie, IL Resident Camping Services – Camp Chi, Lake Delton, WI Florence Weiss Perlstein Vacation Center, Lake Delton, WIJCC of indianapolis, inJCC of Greater Kansas City, overland Park, KSJCC of Louisville, KYnew orleans JCC, new orleans, LA Goldring-Woldenberg JCC – Metairie, Metairie, LAJCC of the north Shore, marblehead, mAJCCs of Greater Boston, newton, mA Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton, MA JCC Brookline, Brighton, MA Metrowest JCC, Framingham, MA JCC Maccabi, Camp Kingswood, Bridgton, MESpringfield JCC, Springfield, mABoroughs JCC, Westborough, mAWorcester JCC, Worcester, mAJewish Federation of howard County, Columbia, mDJCC of Greater Baltimore, owings mills, mD JCC of Greater Baltimore – Park Heights Branch, Baltimore, MDJCC of Greater Washington, rockville, mDCapital Camp & retreat Center, rockville, mDJewish Community Alliance, Portland, mEJCC of Greater Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, miFresh Air Society / tamarack Camps, Bloomfield hills, miJCC of metropolitan Detroit, West Bloomfield, mi Jimmy Prentis Morris Branch, Oak Park, MISabes JCC, St Louis Park, mnJCC of the Greater St. Paul Area, St Paul, mnJewish Community Center, St Louis, mo Marilyn Fox Building, Chesterfield, MO The Staenberg Family Complex, St Louis, MO Camp Sabra, Rocky Mount, MOAsheville JCC, Asheville, nCSandra & Leon Levine Jewish Community Center, Charlotte, nCCharlotte & Dick Levin JCC, Durham, nCraleigh-Cary JCC, raleigh, nComaha JCC, omaha, nEShimon & Sara Birnbaum JCC, Bridgewater, nJBetty & milton Katz JCC, Cherry hill, nJnJ Y Camps, Fairfield, nJ NJY Camps - Nesher, Round Lake & Kislak Adult Camp, Lake Como, PA NJY Camps – Nah-Jee-Wah, Cedar Lake, Teen & Mountaintop, Milford, PA Associated Camps Inc. – Block-Hexter Vacation Center, Fairfield, NJJewish Federation of ocean County, Lakewood, nJBetty & milton Katz JCC of Princeton, mercer, Bucks, Lawrenceville, nJJCC of Western monmouth, manalapan, nJmilton & Betty Katz JCC, margate City, nJJCC of Central nJ, Scotch Plains, nJKaplen JCC on the Palisades, tenafly, nJJCC metrowest, West orange, nJ Leon & Toby Cooperman JCC, West Orange, NJronald Gardenswartz JCC of Greater Albuquerque, nmJCC of Southern nevada, Las Vegas, nVSidney Albert Albany JCC, Albany, nYriverdale Ym-YWhA, Bronx, nYBoro Park Ym-YWhA, Brooklyn, nYShorefront Ym-YWhA of Brighton manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, nYEdith & Carl marks JCh of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, nYKingsbay Ym-YWhA, Brooklyn, nYJCC of the Greater Five towns, Cedarhurst, nYSuffolk Y JCC, Commack, nYSid Jacobson JCC, East hills, nY

the JCC of Greater Buffalo – Benderson Family Building, Getzville, nY The JCC of Greater Buffalo – Holland Family Building, Buffalo, NYSamuel Field Ym & YWhA, Little neck, nY Bay Terrace Site, Bayside, NY Central Queens YM-YWHA, Forest Hills, NY Camp Poyntelle, Poyntelle, PAJCC in manhattan, new York, nYYm & YWhA of Washington heights & inwood, new York, nYthe Educational Alliance, new York, nY 14th Street Y of The Educational Alliance, New York, NY92nd Street Y, new York, nYBerkshire hills – Emanuel Camps, new York, nYSurprise Lake Camp, new York, nYmoise Safra Community Center, new York, nYJCC Association, new York, nYnewburgh JCC, newburgh, nYJewish Community Center of Schenectady, niskayuna, nYBarry & Florence Friedberg JCC, oceanside, nY Barry & Florence Friedberg JCC: Long Beach Division, Long Beach, NYrosenthal JCC of northern Westchester, Pleasantville, nYJCC of mid-Westchester, Scarsdale, nYJCC of Staten island, Staten island, nY Avis/South Shore JCC, Staten Island, NYJCC on the hudson, tarrytown, nYJewish Community Center of rockland County, West nyack, nYJerry Shaw Jewish Community Center of Akron, ohmandel JCC of Cleveland, Beachwood, oh Camp Wise, Chardon, OHmayerson JCC, Cincinnati, ohCamp Livingston, Cincinnati, ohthe Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus, ohmarjorie & oscar Boonshoft - Center for Jewish Culture & Education, Dayton, ohJCC of toledo, Sylvania, ohJCC of Youngstown, ohCharles Schusterman JCC, tulsa, oKB’nai B’rith Camp, Beaverton, orJewish Community Center of Allentown, PAJewish memorial Center, Altoona, PAJewish Federation of Greater harrisburg, PAJewish Community Alliance of Lancaster, Lancaster, PAPinemere Camp Association, Philadelphia, PAGershman Y, Philadelphia, PAJCC of Greater Pittsburgh, PA JCC of Greater Pittsburgh/South Hills Branch, Pittsburgh, PA Emma Kaufman Camp, Morgantown, WVScranton JCC, Scranton, PAJCC of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre, PAKevy & teddy Kaiserman JCC, Wynnewood, PAYork JCC, York, PAJCC of rhode island, Providence, riCharleston JCC, Charleston, SCKatie & irwin Kahn Jewish Community Center, Columbia, SCmemphis JCC, memphis, tnGordon JCC, nashville, tnJewish Community Center of Austin, txAaron Family JCC of Dallas, txEvelyn rubenstein Jewish Community Center, houston, tx JCC/West Houston, TXBarshop JCC of San Antonio, San Antonio, txi.J. & Jeanne Wagner JCC, Salt Lake City, utJCC of northern Virginia, Fairfax, VAWeinstein JCC, richmond, VAthe marilyn & marvin Simon JCC, Virginia Beach, VAStroum Jewish Community Center, Seattle, WA Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island, WAharry & rose Samson Family JCC, milwaukee, Wi Camp Interlaken, Eagle River, WI

s h e v aour new early learning educational framework will help position JCC early childhood centers as the centers of excellence in their communities.

Referring to the deep roots and meaning of the number seven in Judaism, Sheva outlines a new, dynamic vision of excellence in Jewish early childhood education.

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Discover the Jewish homeland — and your Jewish identity — in a whole new way.

Our new travel program designs trips for JCC members based on their interests. Your JCC’s trip may focus on topics like archaeology or fitness, cuisine or healing — or might appeal to a specific group such as interfaith families, GLBT, or hikers and bikers.

in 2012 the JCC maccabi Games® will celebrate 30 years of inspiring Jewish identity in generations of teen athletes.

Memphis, host to the first Games in 1982, will join Rockland County and Houston in hosting this milestone set of Games. Houston will also be home to this summer’s JCC Maccabi ArtsFest®. Kol HaKavod!

strong JCCs are about building relationships every single day. And in this, a JCC is only as excellent as its staff.

Our JCCs of North America Professional Conference is the most comprehensive learning opportunity anywhere for JCC staff. Hundreds of professionals will return to their JCCs from Orlando with new ideas, new skills, and a renewed sense of commitment.

jcca.melearn, share, grow

Building on the collective energy and ideas of the entire JCC movement, our new website, JCCA.me, will provide JCC professionals a place to learn, share, and grow.

Over 20 knowledge bases will feature articles, training videos, archived webinars and other resources that JCC professionals can learn from, contribute to, comment on, share and save for later reference.

A looKAheADThe future is about connections. In the coming months, we will help JCC staff, members and users connect with each other, with Israel, and above all with their own paths to Jewish identity.

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Documents

Annual Report 2011