Jewish Community Center
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A Jewish Community Center or a Jewish Community Centre (JCC) is a general recreational, social, and fraternal organization serving the Jewish community in a number of cities. JCCs promote Jewish culture and heritage through holiday celebrations, Israel-related programming, and other Jewish education. However, they are open to everyone in the community.
Predecessor | Hebrew Young Men's Literary Association, Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA), Jewish Welfare Board |
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Founded | 1854; 170 years ago (1854)[1] |
Founder | Dr. Aaron Friedenwald[1] |
Founded at | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.[1] |
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Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[2] |
Purpose | To strengthen Jewish life in North America through direct service to affiliate Jewish community centers, Young Men's/Women's Hebrew Associations, and camps by providing leadership and guidance to the Jewish Community Center movement; and to serve Jewish personnel in the armed forces through the Jewish welfare board.[3] |
Headquarters | 520 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 U.S. |
Coordinates | 40.753591°N 73.991950°W / 40.753591; -73.991950 |
Region | North America |
Doron Krakow[4] | |
Subsidiaries | The Florence G Heller JCC Association Research Center Inc 501(c)(3)[3] |
Revenue (2016) | $12,717,523[3] |
Expenses (2016) | $13,474,227[3] |
Endowment | $17,832,339 (2016)[3] |
Employees (2016) | 59[3] |
Volunteers (2016) | 93[3] |
Website | www |
The JCC Association is the continental umbrella organization for the Jewish Community Center movement, which includes more than 350 JCCs, YM–YWHAs, and camp sites in the U.S. and Canada, in addition to 180 local JCCs in the former Soviet Union, 70 in Latin America, 50 in Europe, and close to 500 smaller centers in Israel.