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A True Example of Leadership

The 2006 JCCs o North America Biennial marks the completion o the chairmanship oEdward H. Kaplan, who has led the JCC Association Board o Directors since the Los Angeles

Biennial in 2002. Taking on the leadership o a continental organization brings with itunique challenges, even or seasoned leaders such as Ed. He has demonstrated a specialcommitment and vision, as he has quietly but steadastly urged us to take signifcant stepsorward in our services to JCCs and toward the JCC Movement that exists today.

Upon assuming the responsibilities o chair, Ed approached a number o new donors withthe goal o creating a und or new initiatives that would support original and experimentalJCC Association ventures that we would have been unable to implement due to a lack ocapital. Eds own generosity led this eort, which created the ollowing among others:

A new database management system or JCCs A brand identity or the JCC Movement Special two-year training programs or:

-The next class o JCC executive directors-Middle managers rom throughout the movement-Day camp directors to enrich Judaic content

The new JCC Maccabi Artsest

Hagshama-A plan or the JCC Movement Market research on JCC members

Funding or GesherCity, the JCC Association initiative or young adults The new position o consultant or emerging Jewish communities

that want to develop JCCs

Eds leadership is a model or a true and eective lay/proessional partnership. Heunderstands what needs to be done, and brings others along with him in supporting thework o the proessionals and the organization. His legacy as chair o JCC Association is eltthroughout North America. It underlines the critical role that lay leaders and volunteers playin our movement. The success o JCCs depends on the collaborative and complementarypartnership o proessionals and volunteers. Each has a role, but neither can unctioneectively without the other. Ed understands that better than most. I thank him and Ireneor their generosity and dedication to the work o Jewish Community Centers.

Allan FinkelsteinPresident

Learning for a Lifetime

Learning and teaching are integral parts o Jewish tradition. Jews have never considered education to be theprovince only o the young. We believe that people should continue learning throughout their lives, thatlearning is the proper work o adulthood. At JCC Association, we uphold that tradition, and we are proudthat 2005 was a banner year or learning and teaching. Our sta spread across North America, trainingearly-childhood teachers and preschool parents to use An Ethical Start , our early-childhood Jewish valuescurriculum, and day and resident camp directors to get the most out o TAG: Jewish Values through JCCCamping. Thanks to the generous support o the AVI CHAI Foundation, our Mandel Center or JewishEducation gave a distinguished group o JCC resident-camp directors a proound educational experiencethrough the Lekhu Lakhem initiative. Another Lekhu Lakhem group o day-camp directors began their

own Jewish e ducational journey.

We trained 19 JCC senior department heads through our frst Middle Management Training Program class,and we provided 83 executive directors with advanced leadership training at our Executive Seminars. Our newMandel Center or Excellence in Leadership and Management educated a group o JCC undraising proessionalsat a seminar in our ofce, and instituted a brand-new intensive mentoring and support program or frst-timeexecutive directors. Our marketing department traveled to Texas, Ohio, and Florida to present all-day trainingworkshops about the JCC brand, holding several in our New York ofce, as well. New delegation heads at the JCCMaccabi Games learned about their responsibilities at all-day training seminars and through conerence calls,and 15 JCC Association Teen Proessional Fellows studied and learned together both in the United States and inIsrael. More than fve hundred JCC proessionals ound numerous learning opportunities at the JCCs o NorthAmerica Proessional Conerence in Philadelphia, which ocused on improving their daily practice. In addition,they exchanged ideas and discussed trends, learning rom each other. Twenty-seven JCC Association stamembers also had the chance to learn rom and about each other, and about the Jewish State, when we traveled toIsrael to join with our Israel Ofce colleagues. A ull schedule o meetings, visits, and tours gave us a deeperunderstanding o the challenges Israel is acing and the vibrant, diverse society it has created.

While we ocus on training our adult colleagues, we know that a good deal o that trainingwill eventually beneft children and youth. Better trained camp directorsand sta, coaches, preschool teachers, and teen workers will inspire

and guide JCC children and teens to continue their own Jewishjourneys. Our mission remains the same, to encourage and helpeveryone at the JCC to continue learning, growing, and thriving.Its all about teaching and learning or a lietime.


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We take our mission o inspiring the rst step in a amilys Jewishjourney seriously, and our department o early childhood servicesexpanded its array o services to JCCs in 2005. For the rst time,we provided a special two-day seminar or new early childhooddirectors, welcoming them into the JCC Movement and introducingthem to all o the programs and resources JCC Association has tooer. In response to an increasing number o requests or on-siteconsultations, we helped to evaluate the status o JCC preschool

programming and provided suggestions to enhance each schoolscompetitive edge. Our active early childhood listserv really has peopletalking! Early childhood educators are sharing ideas and techniqueson a range o issuesrom curriculum and amily communication tobudgets and schedules.

An Ethical Start, JCC Associations innovative program that bringsJewish ethical teachings into the preschool classroom, continues togrow dramatically. An Ethical Start has now reached 2,700 childrenin 40 JCCs. This year, 100 teachers participated in two continentaltraining conerences oered in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Over twohundred teachers now participate in ongoing text study sessionswhere they enrich their own Jewish knowledge so they can share itwith the children and their amilies.

Last year, 20 JCCs across North America received special gits romlocal ederations, amily oundations, and individual donors tosupport implementation o An Ethical Start. We have also witnesseda tremendous increase in the number and variety o parent study

programs growing out o An Ethical Start. In an eort to involve asmany amilies as possible, JCCs are opening their doors to parentstudy groups in the mornings ater drop-o time, on Sundayaternoons with accompanying amily activities, and or the verypopular Peer K. Explorer pizza and pajama party on school nights.

Parents are not only studying Pirkei Avot with local rabbis and textteachers, but with An Ethical Start team members. Our new textconsultants Beile Bloch and Rabbi Phil Miller have visited severalJCCs. Curriculum consultant Lisa Litman has participated insome spectacular parent events as well. Many parents havenever engaged in text study beore, and they are surprised anddelighted that it leads to such lively discussion and helps withparenting issues at the same time.

Funded by: Steven Spielbergs Righteous Persons Foundation; The CovenantFoundation; The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerho Awards Committee;The Brill Family Charitable Trust; The Marcus Foundation; The Jewish

Community Federation o San Francisco, Peninsula, Marin and SonomaCounties. Thanks to the many supporters throughout North America

who have helped bring An Ethical Start to their local JCCs.

A Lesson Learnedby a parent from JCC MetroWest

Every gh i read my Jake a bkbefre bedme. oe gh, he bk weche, the secuer, ld he ry fa gem cuer, a maer crafma wheexpere wa wdely kw ad ughafer. He culd ake a rugh uaracveblck f e ad ur breahakg gem. H ably wa rulya gf, bu e ha he dd apprecae.He wa ber abu wg he gemhmelf. i wrk hard ha her cagrw eve rcher, he ad.

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the mral f he ry, i ld my , ha we huld ry be happy adapprecae wha we have, ad alwayhk abu wha we d have.

My lay back h pllw adfrmed me very maer-f-facly haBe Zma ay he ame hg.

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Flag Fball

The NFL and JCC Association are proud th at youth andteens rom across North America, Israel and the world arestaying t while having un and learning character-buildinglessons o teamwork and sportsmanship by playing fagootball.

In 2005, JCC Association and the National Football League (NFL) expanded the productive relationship

theyve shared since 1998. We marked the beginning o an entirely new level o programming, thanksto a generous grant rom the NFL Youth Football Fund (YFF). That grant allowed us to add a ull-timeproessional to our sta and to establish the JCC Association-NFL Youth Football Partnership. Now we canoer our fag ootball program to even more JCCs in North America and around the world.

We exceeded every benchmark o the 2005 plan we presented to NFL. Some o our accomplishments include:

expanding fag ootball programming to more than 80 North American JCCs introducing fag ootball to over 40 JCC day and resident summer camps training a large number o JCC sports and wellness proessionals, coaches, and volunteers,

including women introducing ootball to Israeli youth, teens, and adult coaches including fag ootball as a core competitive sport at the JCC Maccabi Games in Dallas in 2005

and in Phoenix in 2006 training international JCC proessionals rom Australia, Great Britain, Mexico, and Poland to coach

and run fag ootball programs in t heir countries

These initiatives made it possible or more than 120 JCC programs, including day camps, resident camps,sports and wellness departments and JCC Maccabi Games host communities across North America, to

reach over twenty thousand boys and girls globally.

In December, 20 fag ootball players, coaches, and leaders rom Michael-Ann Russell JCC in NorthMiami Beach, Florida, took an extraordinary journey to Israel in collaboration with the NFL and JCCAssociations JCC Maccabi Israel. Michael-Ann Russell JCC has enjoyed many successes in fag ootball,including national and world championships. They have competed in countless tournaments, but noother ootball experience measured up to this journey. We have traveled all over the world, [but] this is byar the most meaningul and wonderul trip we have been on, said Coach David Fried.

Playing at the Krat Family Stadium in Jerusalem, with help rom our partners, American Footballin Israel (AFI), the MARJCC team introduced the game to the Jewish State. The team traveled romJerusalem to Haia to Tel Aviv, taking time to play ootball with Israeli children rom regional youthgroups. The Floridians taught the Israeli kids th e basics o fag ootball, and in turn they learned aboutIsraels history, beauty, culture, and so much more.

The NFL grant helped us to bring a contingent o international coaches to the United States in 2005.They learned, played and coached during our packed days, acquainting themselves with a game thatgets little or no attention back home. I am looking orward to including some elements o Americanootball during the physical education lessons in our Jewish school in Warsaw and to teach other P.E.teachers to do the same, said Robert Czajkowski, the representative rom Poland.


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A Coachs Journal from Israel: Day 7Dave Fried

tday we we a hgh chl where we parcpaed aHaukkah pary a audrum ad al played fball he gym fr f half he chl. the udehugh we were rck ar, lerally. We were he kg fh hgh chl. Laer we we play fball ad hagu wh kd wh have phycal dable. th wa ef he m rewardg hg i have ever de. We p layedbakeball wheelchar aga ahlee wheelchar.

i eay. thee kd were happy ha we wereplayg wh hem. We made fred.

We l he Haukkah cadle gh. We ag Haukkahg ad all f he kd receved me gf. thwa he m memrable Haukkah fr mece i wa a chld.

Dave Fried is head coach at the

Michael Ann Russell JCC in

North Miami Beach, Florida

We anticipate that our partnership with NFL will result in thecontinued expansion and promotion o fag ootball programs in vecountries (Israel, Mexico, Poland, Australia and Great Britain). Weplan to increase the number o boys and girls playing youth ootballby 20,000 globally, and provide training or approximately ourhundred and twenty-ve sports and wellness proessionals, coachesand volunteers. In addition, we are adding a ourth major initiative.To extend our commitment to promoting healthy liestyles orchildren, JCC Association will partner with the Parisi Speed School to

bring youth tness programs to local JCCs.

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In 2005, the Mandel Center or Jewish Educationocused on deepening and strengtheningJCC Associations camping movement. Stadevelopment programs enriched the senior

leadership o 33 camps, and TAG: Jewish ValuesThrough JCC Camping inspired children andsta alike in 96 resident and day camps.

Lekhu Lakhem: Jewish and Educational Journeysor JCC Resident Camp Directors, underwritten bya generous grant rom the AVI CHAI Foundation,provides signicant Jewish learning and leadershipexperiences to a cohort o 13 JCC resident campdirectors. The core aculty working with the AVICHAI/Mandel Fellows together represent close tothree-quarters o a century o camp experience. Anumber o scholars and artists-in-residence haveparticipated, as well. In addition to two intensiveseminars held in 2005, the group visited Israelor two weeks in January 2006 or a prooundcollegial and spiritual experience. The Fellows alsolearn traditional Jewish text and its applicationto camp in small mentoring groups led by oneo the aculty members, and their mentors visiteach o them at their own camps or a rst handconsultation and learning experience during thetwo summers o the program.

Based on the seminar model we developed or theresident camp directors, a Lekhu Lakhem seminaror day camp directors was launched in November.It brought together 19 day camp directors romacross the continent, all o whom have beennamed Mandel Lekhu Lakhem Fellows. This newseminar contains all o the elements o the residentprogram, with Jewish learning in small groupconerence calls every other week as well as veseminars in North America and the extendedseminar in Israel.

The MCJE also created our new TAG: Jewish

Values Through JCC Camping initiatives or

day and resident camps or the summer o 2005, plus a th one createdspecically or the JCC Association/Coca-Cola Company Days o Caringand Sharing community-service project or JCC camps.

Touching Torah is the rst in a series o curriculum materials that ocuson the summerparashot hashavuah , or weekly Torah portions. Over thenext years, MCJE will publish materials or additional Torah portions,ultimately covering an entire summer o Shabbatot at camp. GeorgeBlumenthal, the underwriter o Lighting Candles with Our Ancesters,another TAG program, generously unded the project.

Touching Torah incorporates a variety o activities designed to engagecampers and sta in a un and meaningul way. Participants explore thethemes o each parasha, and spend time discussing the characters, events,problems and their solutions. The units include stories, discussions, artsand crats, drama and even sports. There is also a section designed to assistcamp directors in giving a Dvar Torah. Weve included a CD o the tropeor camps interested in chanting Torah as part o a Shabbat celebration.

The second TAG initiative, Teva: Nature and the Environment, ocuses onthe Jewish value obaal tashchit, or not destroying our precious naturalresources and environment. A variety o activities enable campers toexplore the importance o being mindul o how we use our resources.

Stories, games, arts and crats, walks, and recycling projects are all used toconvey the importance o this Jewish value.

The third TAG initiative concentrates on the Jewish value, Dont Judgea Book by Its Cover. Through a series o drama games, skits, and a play,campers and sta explore this concept that comes rom Pirkei Avot, TheEthics o Our Fathers. In this way, we continue the character educationinitiated in preschool by An Ethical Start.

Israel: Signs and Symbols ocuses on the notion that dierent imagesaect the way we think and ultimately inorm the way we move throughthe world. This initiative incorporates games, arts and crats, history,discussions, text exploration, singing and drama as means to cultivate asubstantive and meaningul connection to Israel.

In May, MCJE sponsored two TAG Initiatives Training Seminars. Campsta explored the units, analyzing text and engaging in a variety oactivities rom the ve new initiatives. For many, it was the rst time thatthey had an opportunity to meet people rom across the U.S. and Canada

who are engaged in the same work at other JCC camps.

JCC Camp Taught Me

to Celebrate Jewish LifeMark S. Young

When my folks shipped me off to JCC Camp Wise inChardon, Ohio when I was 10, I was really homesick. Infact, I cried as soon as my mom said goodbye to me.I cried on the bus, all through the rst night, duringMaccabiah (color war), even during my rst Shabbat.At dinner, a counselor said, Mark, I think youll like ithere if you stay, I think youll want to come back nextsummer.

No I wont, I said, I want to go home.

Fifteen years have passed, and 14 out of the last15 summers, I have been at Camp Wise. I was acamper in every village, a counselor in training, acounselor, and then, my dream job, song leader andJudaic director. During that fateful rst summer, theJudaic director gave me the opportunity to lead theAmidah in front of the whole camp. Today, I hand themicrophone to campers and staff for them to leadprayers in front of the whole camp.

JCC camp gives you the opportunity not just to bea rock star, but also a Jewish leader among yourpeers, exposing you to the excitement of pluralisticcommunal worship, allowing you to learn, teach, andlove Jewish prayer and tradition. It doesnt reallymatter how you practice your Judaism at home. Atcamp you are part of one family, celebrating Shabbat,celebrating Jewish life. You play Frisbee, but you alsosing David Melech Yisrael. It may only be for three orfour or seven weeks a year, but it sticks with you fora lifetime.

Camp gave me condence growing up, and everysummer I have gone back to lead a service, singCats in the Cradle and Shalom Rav, hoping toinspire a young Jew to take a journey into the futureand make it a Jewish one, make it full of love withG-d, knowing that if they love who they are, if theyhave condence in their abilities, they can take thejourney beyond their wildest dreams.

Shalom, safe journey.

Mark Young is a JCC AssociationScholarship recipient.


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JCC Campg Lay Fda

This past summer we awarded 32 resident and day camps grants to undactivities and projects ocused on improving the world we live in. To helpground the JCC Association/Coca-Cola Company Days o Caring andSharing activities in Jewish values, the Mandel Center or Jewish Educationdeveloped companion curricular units about the responsibility o eachchild to make a positive contribution to our world. The 2005 theme was

Vahavtah Lrei-akhah Kamokhah, Love Your Friend the Way YouLove Yoursel.

We introduced a new component o the program in 2005, a training session

or all participating camps on how to use and integrate the educationalresource material into the camp program. This past spring, we held twotraining sessions, one on the East Coast in JCC Associations New York Cityoce, and one in the Midwest, at the JCC o Greater Kansas City. Feedbackwas very positive, said Charlene Wendell, JCC Association consultant oncamping, and everyone was very excited to go back to their communitiesand get things started.

The Summer Shlichim Program o the Jewish Agencys EducationDepartment and JCC Association have been partners or over twenty years,working together to bring shlichim (emissaries rom Israel) to work as stamembers in JCC day and resident camps.

The program is a cultural bridge that allows shlichim to bring the spirit oIsrael to Jewish youth during a summer camp experience. Oten, shlichimhave the opportunity to interact with the Jewish community as a whole inaddition to their involvement with campers, sta, and directors. This pastsummer over 400 shlichim worked in 120 JCC camps and communities.

Many people are now realizing what weve known or a long time: Jewishcamping is a signicant actor in maintaining a Jewish liestyle. To enhancethe JCC camping movement and help create a movement identity, we haveormed a volunteer leadership group o veteran JCC camp directors to helplead us in that direction. We have been meeting regularly and are workingon the creation o a mission statement or our camping movement.

My JCC Camp JobSam Nellis

i maeuver my way hrugh he fref bby rap. i hear a e. i lklefhg. i lk my rghhei ee hem, bu lae. suddely,im verwhelmed by a ma f mall,

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iclu le fcu helpg chldrewh evere mld dable feelad be a par f hg ad ejy armal camp experece. A he arf camp, my r reac wa avdhe clu chldre erely. i judd kw hw deal wh hemwhu beg eher verly helpful rparzg. i culd ge cmfrable

wh her pecal eed, ad dabledme. s, durg he r few week, ieded fcu he her camper my charge. tha wa rue eve he bu, where wa my jb payexra ae he camper wh uewheelchar.

oe grl chaged everyhg fr me. Herame Aher, ad he mply refued le me ff he h k. Everyday, Aher

wuld rll he bu afer camp adak me abu my day. Ad, ju befrehed ge ff he bu, hed call me verad ay, i lve yu. i ally beg a

ee wha id fel all alg: i wa lybeg a bad cuelr, bu a pr humabeg a well.

i dcvered a whle ew wrld fcmmuca, uderadg adfeelg. i have alway bee able freelycmmucae my every em, bu heecamper are meme uable vceeceary phrae uch a, id lke geu f he pl w. i leared read bdylaguage chldre wh had lle crlver her bde, ad my urpre,ha helped me read bdy laguage my her camper a well, creag myeffecvee a a cuelr verall.

ive ever kw a prgram amuually beecal bh grup ahe iclu Prgram a he JCC fGreaer Wahg. Chldre wh wuld

herwe ped her year ly arudchldre wh mlar ue ge a chace ju be kd whu feelg lke heyremg u a whle pece f lfe.im ld ha he experece ha mef he kd have keep hem clude year-rud. Hwever, i beleve hahe cuelr ad rmal camperbee , ad experece a chage her w lve.

Hgh chl augh me be a leader my cmmuy. i augh me hw udy ad hw wrk, bu wa my

jb a camp ha augh me hw be amech.

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Many more Israeli participants128 in alltook part in the2005 JCC Maccabi Games, which took place in San Antonioand Dallas, Texas, Richmond, Virginia, and St. Paul, Minnesota.The Games drew about six thousand teens, o which 104were Israeli athletes and their 24 chaperones, participatingthrough 22 North American JCCs. The Israelis took part in theGames as a result o the Partnership 2000 relationship their

hometowns had with JCCs and North American communities.The number o participating Israelis was higher than theprevious year, and dramatically higher than 2003, when 82Israeli athletes and chaperones attended. Dallas, San Antonio,and St. Paul had never included Israelis in their delegationsbeore. Fiteen Israeli athletes joined the Richmond delegation,whereas in 2003, only three participated.

Both the Israelis and the North Americans experience thevisit as eye-opening. For most o the Israelis, its the rst timetheyve been in North America, and the rst time they eelpart o a specically Jewish community. The American teenslearn about Israel rom ellow teens, rather than teachersor counselors. More and more communities are lookingto bring teenagers rom Israel, said Sharon Hod, the JCCMaccabi Games shaliach. Sports is a great [vehicle] to startthe communication. Hod believes that the riendshipsormed during the two weeks the Israelis spend withtheir host amilies and Games delegations encourages theAmericans to visit Israel, which some o them did throughJCC Maccabi Israel in 2005.


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udrsadig Mysf as a JwMarcie Schlanger

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the abve que make he mpra p ha Jewh pepleeed experece ew dea whle rememberg ad hrgur herage. Beg a parcpa he JCC Maccab Gameprvde me wh he ppruy uderad myelf beer aa Jew.

Whle i play bakeball wh her Jewh eam, here a eef camaradere (we are all Jew) ha uperede he dere w. Ye, ce w, bu my eam ad i huld be humble adremember rachmanus f a ua are. By hwg fare aher eam, we are ruly akg a Jewh value ad ug fra gd rea.

Aher hghlgh f he JCC Maccab Game wa whe a famlyfrm he s. Paul area hed me. Up reurg new Yrk,my famly ad i receved a beauful ad mvg e frmJacke, my h mm. she ad, i wa amazed a hw aachedi became bh grl ju a few day. i wa que ad lely ur hue Frday afer afer everye wa ge. thakaga fr makg ur JCC Maccab Game experece uch agrea e. th cec aher Jewh famly a gdexample f hw he JCC Maccab Game wll help wh myrelgu cuy.

the Day f Carg ad sharg mpra he fudaf he JCC Maccab Game. the parcpa are made awaref he mprace f gvg mehg back he cmmuy.th reec he ccep f tikkun olam (reparg he wrld)ad tzedakah (rgheue), whch my eammae ad i wllremember brg back Rcklad Cuy. thee meagehelp ua ur Jewh cuy!

Whu a dub, he opeg Cereme wh he parade feam carryg her baer wh prde ad hwg Jewhldary a awe-prg eve ha repree Jewh

cuy. thak yu fr he ppruy repree RckladCuy he 200 JCC Maccab Game.

This essay was written by Marcie Schlanger in response to thequestion How do the JCC Maccabi Games help with Jewishcontinuity? Her essay won first prize in a scholarship contestspecifically for the JCC Maccabi Games.

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JCC Maccab AF

For years, we have wanted to help JCCs reachout to teens interested in the arts, and nowweve reached that goal. The rst-ever JCCMaccabi ArtsFest, with seed money rom theNew Initiatives Fund established by a groupo visionary philanthropists, will take place inBaltimore rom August 20-25, 2006. ArtsFestis designed to inspire Jewish teens through adynamic combination o workshop, perormance,exhibition, competition, community service,social activities, and un to develop theirindividuality through the medium o artisticexpression while strengthening their bonds to

their Jewish heritage, community, and Israel.

Over the past year we have been working closelywith the JCC o Greater Baltimore to plan anamazing experience or teens who are passionateabout the arts. First, we settled on the disciplineswe would oer: digital video; instrumentalmusic, including rock and jazz; musicaltheater; reporting, which includes writers andphotographers; techies (stage production);visual arts; and vocal music. Then we set outto nd artists-in-residence who could inspireteens and help them realize their potential. Weare proud o the level o proessional excellenceo our talented artists, all working in their eldso expertise and all with a real desire to teachteenagers. They include singer/songwriter/recording artist Stacy Beyer; Dave Eske, technicaldirector or the Gordon Center or Perorming

Arts in Baltimore; Phil Jacobs, editor o the

Baltimore Jewish Times; Israeli jazz musicianMattan Klein; songwriter/multi-instrumentalistJosh Nelson; lmmaker Paul Santomenna; artistJay Wol Schlossberg-Cohen, and theatricalcomposer/writer/director Elizabeth Swados. Theweek will include opening and closing events,Days o Caring and Sharing, and evening socialevents, in addition to the time the teens willspend in workshops creating work that will bedisplayed on closing day.

At the same time, we reached out to JCCsaround the country and created materials to

help them recruit their delegations. We alsocreated a cutting-edge website that wouldconvince teens that ArtsFest was the coolplace to be: www.jccmaccabiartsest.org. Theresponse has been terric. We expect to haverepresentatives rom 30 delegations at the rstArtsFest. Baltimore has invited teens rom theirPartnership 2000 sister city, Ashkelon, Israel,to participate with them. We already haveanother community signed up to host in2007Boca Raton, Florida. The dream isbecoming a reality.

JCC Maccabi ArtsFest...Alyssa Stein

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...Brings OldFriends TogetherAlexandra White

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We orged even tighter bonds to Israel during 2005, whichkept our colleagues in the Israel Oce working at hyper-speed as they planned and coordinated more JCC seminars,retreats, Taglit-birthright israel trips, and teen tours than theyhave in a long time. With an American director at its head,our teen-travel department, JCC Maccabi Israel, expandedand grew too. Reorganized to be part o the JCC MaccabiExperience, JCC Maccabi Israel brought 150 teens to Israelduring the summer, the largest number since the start o thesecond Intiada, and the rst step on the road to our goal obringing thousands o Jewish teens to the Jewish State. JCCMaccabi Israel ollowed up with a winter-break basketball trip,which included teens rom Atlanta, greater Washington, andthe San Francisco area. This boutique trip was a wonderulexperience or all o the participants, many o whom wereJCC Maccabi Games alumni, and were planning to do it againin 2006. A redesigned and more up-to-date website made iteasy or parents to ollow their childrens activities, and werecontinuing to make it even more unctional. Four busloads oyoung adults visited Israel through our birthright trips, andwere hoping to increase that number as well.

A grant rom the New Initiatives Fund helped 27 JCCAssociation sta members pay to travel to Israel in Decemberor an in-depth examination o the state o the Jewish State.Arriving in Jerusalem during an unusual hot spell, the stadived right into the maelstrom o Israeli politics and culture,

a disorienting experience or many. David Horovitz, editor otheJerusalem Post, met with the group or an analysis o thecurrent situation. Horovitz elucidated the paradoxical natureo lie in Israel, saying, We assume that someone might wantto kill us, and We have become inured to this untenableassumption. With brains still reeling, the group headed toGush Etzion, a settlement bloc outside o Jerusalem, to hearpresentations rom the two opposing sides o Israels politicalspectrum. By lunchtime, theyd lurched to the right, to the let,and to the center, but had a more nuanced understanding othe elements that uniy and divide Israel.

Visits to Jerusalem community centers and conversationswith groups relegated to the margins o Israeli societyArabIsraelis, at-risk youth, and the disabledgave sta a powerulsense o Israel as a real society struggling with everydaysocial problems rather than a mythic wonderland populatedentirely by young soldiers and old rabbis. Sta members took

advantage o opportunities to visit dierent congregationsand religious sites to deepen their spiritual connectionsto the Holy Land, and also connected to ordinaryIsraelis looking or some un and relaxation. The newlyredesigned Yad Vashem museum exerted its prooundeect on our sta, especially people who had never beenthere beore and whose knowledge o the Holocaust wasminimal. Director o the Israel Oce Richard Juran,who accompanied the group throughout the seminar,explained how critical the Holocaust was to Israelssel-denition, a concept underlined by a Jewish Agencyeducator.

The trip was illuminating or people who had never beento Israel beore as well as or those whod been therenumerous times. I, as Dr. Barry Chazan has said, the airin Israel is lled with Jewish oxygen, then the ground

is layered with Jewish history. The diversity o Israelspopulation and culture is a reminder o the extraordinaryvariety o Jewish experiencesreligious and secular,spiritual and intellectual, political and amilial. For ournon-Jewish sta, the trip was as enlightening. Theygained a deeper understanding o the mission o the JCCMovement, o what it means to inspire Jewish journeys.Donald Credle, who has worked or JCC Associationor 30 years, described every moment o the trip asextraordinary. Every single minute, second, hour I spentin Israel was antastic. Another participant noted thathed never heard o another organization that gave allits employees such an extraordinary opportunity oreducation and development. The trip let sta memberswith stronger bonds to each other and a heightenedawareness o the critical element Israel provides to JCCs.

The Past, the Present, and the Future

Phil Lipton

Here. My wer 200 rp irael wa a rp abu here. ieemed apprprae ha he rp k place durg Haukkah, whewe remember he Maccabee here. Bu wa mre ha ju a breakfrm wer Gaherburg, Peylvaa. i wa e f a grup feeager repreeg JCC Maccab irael, urg he cury adplayg bakeball aga me f irael be hgh-chl eam. We

were by mea hereju a grup f kd wh lve ad breahebakeball ad wh al lve irael.

Whle we were here we me wh curre pr heretal Brdy, aAmerca wh became a irael bakeball herad wh memberf Maccab tel Avv, fur-me ad curre Eurpea bakeballchamp. We played aga Maccab Hafa, he eam ha played he 200 JCC Maccab Game. We me wh he daugher f YefRma, e f he irael weghlfer klled a he olympc Game 1972 Much. We played wheelchar bakeball wh kd wh wle her dable lw hem dw.

irael a place where he pa, he pree, ad he fuure all cmegeher. n ly dd we mee wh curre here, bu we eed heaccmplhme f pa here. We ved he Hall f idepedece,where he ae f irael wa declared 1948, ad where i read abumy fred gradfaher ad h rle irael depedece. We vedYad Vahem, he memral fr all he Hlcau here, cludg maymember f my mm famly. We ved Rab memral ad hemlary cemeery Har Herzl, where irael fuder ad precrare bured, ad clmbed Maada, where Jewh zeal defeded

hemelve aga he Rma. Ad he day ur plae arrved back new Yrk, i leared ha Arel shar, he her f he peace prce,wa ake he hpal wh a mave rke.

Ad wha f fuure here? slder, day irael here, ca beee everywhere. We pe me wh irael ee frm MaccabHafaperhap hey wll be fuure olympc r Eurpea bakeballgrea. Ay f he peple i me culd be a fuure leader, a fuure her.there a lle her each f u. tha wha make irael grea, adwha make each ad every e f u grea.


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The community services department has had a busy year. Our consultants made over two hundred tr ips to variouscommunities in the United States and Canada to assist JCCs with leadership training, governance, strategicplanning, membership retention, and acility expansion, among other topics. In addition, thanks to a grant romthe New Initiatives Fund, the department has assigned one sta person to work specically with emerging Jewishcommunities. These communities are growing dramatically and have asked or our help in developing JewishCommunity Centers. We are currently working closely with three such communities, and are in contact with anadditional ten that have requested help.

We continued to help JCCs nd the right executive director when they needed one, completing over one dozensuccessul searches. The search or a new executive is a critical period in the lie o a JCC. JCC Associationcommunity consultants help the searching JCC to set new directions, involve key leadership, and strengthen the

JCCs sense o purpose. The experienced JCC Association sta can be prooundly helpul to JCCs in selecting,hiring, and orienting a new executive director.

We successully completed the revamping o JCC dues structure, a process t hat we started in 2003. The committeeworked diligently to devise a ormula that was air and equitable to all JCCs, and we are very pleased with the result.

Madl C excllc Ladp ad Maagm

To assure that the JCC Movement develops the highly qualied lay and proessional leaders it needs to guide anincreasingly complex institution such as the JCC, we have ormed the Mandel Center or Excellence in Leadershipand Management thanks to a grant rom the Mandel Foundation.

Since September, this new initiative to help JCCs enhance their management and leadership skills has already provideda wide variety o services to the eld. Six new proessional positions translate into a team o experts bringing knowledgeand experience to create proactive training programs and benchmarks/standards in leadership and management, aswell as designing appropriate interventions or those JCCs in need. New marketing and FRD consultants traveled to12 JCCs and provided much needed individual consultations to 55 JCCs. The eld has been asking or marketing andundraising help or a long time, and were happy to be able to provide it through the aegis o the MandelCenter or Excellence.

Our inormation resources managera new positionhas responded to many requests or particularkinds o inormation, including kashrut policies and Shabbat openings. We have also begun toexplore trends in general society and the JCC eld in order to help our JCCs anticipatechange, something all successul institutions must do.

Were piloting a benchmark program to help JCCs quantiy where they aresucceeding and where they need to work harder. Eight pilot JCCs wereinvolved in developing and testing benchmarks in three areas: nancialplanning, customer value, and people participation. Twenty-our JCCsapplied to be be part o the next phase, which will develop benchmarksor personnel satisaction, governance, and donor relations.

Were very proud o our new support and mentoring program orrst time executive directors during the rst 120 180 days o theiradministration. Now, when we help a JCC nd a new executivedirector or an assistant executive is promoted, we are able toprovide the support needed to insure that executives success.Currently, we are working intensively with our brand newexecutives to accomplish this goal.

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We have sponsored executive development training seminars since the 1970s,but in 2005 JCC Associations proessional development department selected19 senior department heads rom JCCs throughout North America to be JCCAssociations rst Middle Management Training Program (MMTP) class. Thesepeople expressed interest in becoming advanced JCC proessionals sometimein the next ve years. Thanks to a special grant rom the New Initiatives Fund,MMTP was able to ocus on a variety o management skills, such as dening therole o authorityasserting it, ensuring it, sharing it, and dealing with dissentionand challenges. The participants discussed this topic intensely during the 12 dayso classes and seminars held during the ten-month program, and continued totalk about it during one-on-one mentoring and long-distance learning sessions.

The program also combined Judaic learning with management skills, assigningMoses on Management: 50 Leadership Lessons rom the Greatest Manager o AllTime by David Baron, in addition to other texts.

Another project we completed during 2005 was the redesign o jccworks.com.The user-riendly JCC Association website is a one-stop shop or anyone interestedin nding a proessional position in a JCC in North America. Visitors are walkedthough a simple step-by-step process on how to create their individualized JCCAssociation prole, a uniorm way or all job candidates to present their currentand past biographical inormation. The site also includes tips to candidates onsuccessul job interviewing, as well as a post a job link or JCCs to list theircurrent vacancies. For urther inormation contact Tory Holland ([email protected]).

Nearly six hundred JCC proessionals rom JCCs throughout North Americagathered at the our-day JCCs o North America Proessional Conerence inPhiladelphia in April to immerse themselves in more than one hundred andeighty learning sessions, three plenaries, and a variety o social and networkingopportunities. The Conerence eatured an experienced aculty and sessionsdesigned to meet the day-to-day practice needs o our JCC proessional stas.

They met in 18 separate institutes designed by kindred work groups, such asearly childhood, heath and wellness, day camping and teens. In evaluating theprogram one participant wrote, It was amazing to meet 20 colleagues romNorth America doing the exact same work as I am doing. Thank you!

During the 2004-2005 school year, JCC Association awarded 11 graduate-study scholarships and grants. While many o the recipients are young, newproessionals, we also granted scholarship assistance to mid-career proessionals.JCC Association is creating a comprehensive program that will benet all o ourscholarship recipients, at any stage o their career.

During the two-year grant, JCC Association brings the scholarship recipientstogether several times or proessional development and training seminars.This past year, students attended the 2005 JCCs o North America ProessionalConerence, where they participated in learning sessions and networked withother JCC proessionals and volunteers.

Jewishly Enriching CommunitiesJudy Bitman Wortman

i have wrked Jewh cmmual ervcece 1968 may ce ad a vareyf p campg, JCC, Hllel,federa, a aal drecr f heJewh Recruc Federa, adw back he JCC aga. i g my ar Phladelpha 197, whe i wa a 10-year-

ld camper a he JCC Camp Reea adArhur, rede camp ha lger ex.i we hrugh he regular camp rue:camper, Cit, cuelr, drama pecal,Jewh frmal ed pecal, ad uhead. Whe i graduaed frm cllege aa peech ad heaer majr, i we mycamp drecr ad aked hm wha i culdd prfeally ha wa lke wrkg aJewh rede camp. G wrk a a JCC,he ad. i bega a a ee wrker a he JCCf Phladelpha.

A JCC Aca fellwhp helped me gemy MsW, ad i fullled my cmmme ahe drecr f Jewh prgrammg fr heMd-Wecheer Y scardale. i reur ed Phladelpha ad wrked a a er plaera he Jewh federa. Afer 10 yearwrkg fr federa suh Jerey, i amw back a he JCC f Phladelpha wherei drec he Gerhma Y. tha wa he paref he camp where i bega 197. Ad he wrld ge rud.

the wma wh reed he he-JWBfellw ld u ha marred wme whchldre culd ever becme execuve.i decded i wuld prve her wrg, adi have bee a mer may Jewhprfeal wme fr he pa hr y-plu year, ecuragg hem rve frleaderhp p. i have alway adha my rle mdel my career wa aper, bu he JCC campg experece,whch made me paae abu develpgembracg, creave, ad Jewhly erchgcmmue.

Judy Bitman Wortman is the director

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How do we know how to plan or the uture? For JCCs, the Florence G. Heller-JCCAssociation Research Center is one o the places to go or basic and sometimescomplex inormation. Commissioned by the Mandel Center or Jewish Education(MCJE), the FGH Center conducted the rst phase o research into the Jewish missiono JCCs in 2005, a qualitative examination o the thinking o JCC leaders. In July, theypresented an interim report to Mort Mandel and members o the MCJEs committee,which ocused on the dierent ways executive directors conceptualize and implementthe Jewish mission o their agencies. They then interviewed a diverse group o currentand past JCC presidents to better understand how they think about the issue. The

research will continue until the FGH Center has a ull picture o this complicated andcritical matter.

In September, the FGH Center hosted the rst in a series o think tanks ocused onhow younger American Jews are creating Jewish social networks. Entitled BuildingJewish Community with Young Adults through Culture, this discussion highlightedthe creative ways that younger American Jews are using communal cultural eventsto broaden their Jewish experience. By the end o the evening, the audience beganto understand that young-adult American Jews are experiencing and creating Jewishculture in nontraditional ways, and that the Jewish community is not serving thispopulation as ully as it might.

The FGH Center also created a survey or day and resident camp directors,working with Charlene Wendell, JCC Associations camping consultant. The surveycovers employee salaries, budgetary items, camp program oerings, session ees,and Jewish policies, among other things. The camping department shared theinormation with camp directors so that they could compare their results with theircolleagues.

As it does every year, the FGH Center collected budgetary and salary data romJCCs, with detailed inormation on sources o income and purposes oexpenditure. The sheer diversity o JCCs and their accounting schemes hasposed an enormous challenge in terms o collecting parallel and comparableinormation in the past. In 2005, the FGH Center worked hard to make iteasier or executives to respond, and over one hundred JCCs part icipatedin the survey, the best showing yet.

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When a disaster strikes, the concepts o klal Israeland tikkunolam become even more meaningul, and when HurricaneKatrina destroyed New Orleans and many other GulCoast communities, the JCC Movement proved its sense osolidarity. JCCs all over the country immediately mobilizedto help communities battered by the storm. The JCCs in thesurrounding states worked tirelessly to help Louisiana and

Mississippi residents who ound themselves marooned intheir areas. They prepared meals, helped with childcare, andoered home hospitality. They ound temporary housingor hundreds o evacuees and coordinated their eorts withother community groups to shelter and eed the thousandso displaced people that poured into their states. JCCs allover the country marshaled their resources to help the NewOrleans JCC, its members and sta, and all the people whohad their lives turned upside down.

We at JCC Association wanted to help too in a meaningulway, so we waited until the New Orleans JCC told us whatthey needed. Uncertain o how many o their memberswould return or o how many children would show up orpreschool, the JCC asked us or help to cover their operatingcostsmoney to keep the lights on and the returningsta paid. We established a special ongoing campaign thatgalvanized JCCs throughout North AmericaincludingFlorida JCCs reeling rom their own hurricane experienceto

collect donations rom their members to aid the strugglingNew Orleans institution. Recently, JCC Association ChairEdward H. Kaplan and Allan Finkelstein, president o JCCAssociation, traveled there to oer much-needed nancialand emotional support. The two presented a check or$250,000, part o the $330,000 raised at that point. It was aheartwarming reunion o riends, colleagues and communityleadership, Arlene Barron, executive director o the NewOrleans JCC said. But mostly, everyone in the room wastouched by Allan and Eddies presence as they representedthe entire continental Jewish community in support o NewOrleans Jewry.

Thats the power o community, the meaning o amovement.

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JCC Association is enjoying a period o extraordinaryachievement and opportunity. New programmaticcenters are creating dynamic and exciting materialsand initiatives or JCCs, and we have begun a drive toenhance the proessional and management skills o JCCexecutives and sta. Now, as we plan or the next severaldecades, we understand that we must strengthen ourendowment to meet the ongoing costs o the innovativeprograms and services we have been developing andproviding to the JCC Movement.

At our September 2005 board meeting, we wereprivileged to announce three extraordinary gitstotaling $4,000,000. The generous donors presentedthese gits to JCC Association in the orm o challengegrants towards a goal o $12,000,000. In response, theboard unanimously voted in avor o launching a newcomprehensive campaign, to take place over ve years.I we are tr uly inspiring Jewish journeys, we must becertain that those journeys continue into the uture.Our new campaign Meeting the Challenge: SecuringJewish Futures will allow us to realize this vision,said Gary Jacobs, chair o the Financial ResourceDevelopment Committee, who is chairing the newcampaign.

The pace-setting contributions o $2,000,000 rom SethMerrin and Anne Heyman towards the establishmento the Merrin Center or Teen Services; $1,000,000 rom

Irene and Edward H. Kaplan or general endowmentpurposes, and $1,000,000 rom Jerri-Ann and GaryJacobs or capital costs o our new oces and theMerrin Center challenge all o us to be as ar-seeing andmagnanimous.

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In light o the continuing U. S. military presence in Iraq andAghanistan, JCC Associations JWB Jewish Chaplains Council workedincessantly throughout 2005 to make sure that chaplains receivedwhatever supplies and support they needed. At Passover, we includedinternational phone cards in the Solo Seder Kits we send yearly soservicemen and women could be in touch with their amilies at home.Judea and Ruth Pearl, the parents o murdered journalist Daniel Pearl,donated 400 copies o the book o essays they edited, I Am Jewish:

Personal Refections Inspired by the Last Words o Daniel Pearl, and wesent those to the Middle East, as well. At the request o the U. S. Navy,JWB Jewish Chaplains Council Director Rabbi David Lapp few toGuantanamo Naval Base, where he conducted two Seders or Navy andArmy personnel, and celebrated Shabbat.

Soon aterward, we shipped almost three thousand paperback editionso the Torah and the Book o Psalms in conjunction with the JewishPublication Society in time or Shavuot, when Jews traditionally studysacred texts. Later in the year, eight chaplains few to the Middle East tosupport the chaplains there or the High Holidays, and JWB sent themall the supplies they needed.

The Jewish Chaplains Council kept busy besides their work supportingchaplains. The acting secretary o the Air Force, Michael L. Dominguez,invited Rabbi Lapp to serve on a ve-person panel charged withinvestigating the religious climate at the Air Force Academy in ColoradoSprings, which had been accused o allowing excessive proselytizing andimproperly injecting religion into the cadets daily routines. Fity-ve

Jewish cadets attend the academy. Rabbi Lapp also few to Germany todedicate the rst specically Jewish chapel at the airorce base in Ramstein, Germany. The basecreated both a synagogue and Muslimprayer room in an annex to the SouthChapel, which alsocontains spaceor interaithreligious andeducationalellowship.

Message from IraqKathleen M. GaineyBrigadier General, U.S. Army

Frm he bm f my hear i wuld lke hak yu fr yur geery ward u,ad yur hearfel ccer fr he lder,alr, Mare, ad arme ervg here iraq. We are all deeply, deeply uched byhe gf package yu e fr he hlday.

the lve yu pu each bx wa evde.My chapla, Rabb Mch schraz, eureda wde drbu f all he bxe,

ju a Camp Vcry, bu perel abae hrughu iraq. sme f hee baeare que reme, ad he hg yu emake lfe much mre cmfrable fr heperel lcaed he area.

servg iraq a eay agme,bu ur yug me ad wme are dg amagce jb. our mrale ad pr areuplfed by ju kwg we have he upprf peple lke yu. Yu pre u becaue wekw ha yu really care.

Pleae keep u yur hugh ad pray fru, ha ur me ad wme wll be able reur hme afely her lved e, adha peace wll cme he peplef iraq.

March , 2006

Dear slder,

My ame Da ad my bar mzvah he beggf May. Par f he bar mzvah prce a myyaggue dg a mzvah prjec. Afer pdergfr a whle ver everal prjec, i decded i waed d mehg fr he Jewh lder ervg iraq.sce my bar mzvah cle Paver, i waed kw f here wa ayhg i culd d help heJewh lder celebrae . s, i pke wh my cuJh, wh recely erved iraq, ge me dea.oe f he dea wa ed Paver fd yu.Jh g uch wh h chapla ge u he amef a rgaza ha wuld be able d h. i hecaced he JWB Jewh Chapla Cucl adfud u ha hey ed Paver meal he Jewhmlary perel aed he Mddle Ea. i pehe ex cuple f mh cllecg da.

th year, whe i am g a he Paver seder, iam gg be hkg abu hw yu are helpghe iraq peple ba freedm frm a dcar. thremd me f he me whe he Jew were freedfrm Pharah. i wll al be hkg f yu whe iam readg my trah pr a my bar mzvah. Mypr, Kedhm, abu he law f hle adwha rgh veru wrg. i hk ha wha yu aredg iraq he rgh hg, a ac f hle.

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NFC and Federation Support 1900 20.7JCC Dues 3456 37.6Annual Giving & Foundation Grants* 895 9.7Corporate Sponsorship 475 5.2Program Revenue 2245 24.4

Earnings From Investments 226 2.4

Total Unresricted Revenue 9197 100.0

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Program Enrichment Services 3,645 39.6Community Consultation Services 1,381 15.0Professional Development 943 10.3Marketing & Communications 810 8.8Services to the Military 324 3.6Jewish Education (Including Israel Operations) 628 6.8Financial Resource Development 528 5.7Management & Finance 938 10.2

Total Unrestricted Expenses 9197 100.0

*In addition to the grants included above,JCC Association has receivedrestricted grants of $2,913,500 to support additional programs that donot appear in the operating budget:

The AVI CHAI Foundation $100,000George S. Blumenthal 25,000The Lisa and Ron Brill Charitable Trust 50,000The Coca-Cola Company 100,000Benjamin H. Gordon Charitable Foundation 10,000Irene and Edward H. Kaplan 200,000The Mandel Foundation 870,000The Marcus Foundation 355,000McDonalds 204,000Anne Heyman and Seth Merrin 100,000The Grandchildren of Harvey & Lyn P. Meyerhoff Foundation 15,000The Joseph & Rebecca Meyerhoff Awards Committee 62,500NFL Youth Football Fund 498,000New Initiative Fund Grants (25 donors) 273,000San Francisco Jewish Community Endowment Fund 51,000

Total Restricted Grants 2,913,500Endowment Contributions Received in 2005:Beyond2000 and Securing Jewish Futures

payments and bequests $1,930,000

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As JCC Association prepares to launch its new,ve-year $12,000,000 capital and endowmentcampaign, we extend thanks to the three familieswhose generosity and visionary leadership aremaking it possible for JCC Association to endowthe Merrin Center for Teen Services, enhance

our endowment to fund critical programs andservices in the future, and provide for essentialcosts of our new continental headquarters:

the Merr Ceer fr tee servceThe Merrin Family

the Jacb Cferece CeerJerri-Ann and Gary Jacobs

Irene and Edward H. Kaplan*

We also thank those whose early commitmentsto meeting the challenge allow us to look towardthe future with excitement and condence:

the Kaufma-Makwky Bard RmAnn P. and Stephen M. KaufmanEvelyn and Jerome B. M akowsky

Andrea and Alan P. Solow*

ofce f he Vce Prede f Develpme

Sharon and David WaxDavid Sterling*

Dvora Tager and Robert Dietz*

Bonnie and Allan Finkelstein*

Lawrence and Carol Zicklin*

Eryway MezuzaBarbara and Edwin Goldberg

Irene and Phil Shiekman*

MezuzFani Magnus Monson and Michael A. MonsonJanet and Alan MannLaura and Leonard Rubin

*Naming not yet designated

For information about contributing to the Securing JewishFutures Campaign, or to learn about naming opportunities inthe new JCC Association conti nental headquarters, pleasecontact Fani Magnus Monson, Vice President of Development,by email at [email protected] or by telephone (212) 786-5135.

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Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.

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Edgar M. BronfmanIrene and Edward H. KaplanEvelyn and Jerome B. Makowsky

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Jane GellmanAnn P. and Stephen M. KaufmanArlene and Robert KogodJacqueline Blatt and Ronald L. LeibowMerle and L. Michael OrloveGeri and Lester PollackSyril and Leonard RubinNoreen Gordon SablotskyPaula L. and Edwin N. SidmanCarol Brennglass Spinner and Arthur C. SpinnerLee and John M. Wolf, Sr.

BidrsEstate of Matilda BlendesBonnie and Allan FinkelsteinBetty S. and Norton MelaverAnne S. Reich and Henry and Anne Reich

Family Foundation, Inc.Cheryl Fishbein and Philip SchattenLinda and Jerome SpitzerRoberta and Allan Weissglass

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Anise and Ronald BelzRuth White Brodsky and

Joanne and Donald BrodskyMarvin GelfandBarbara and Edwin GoldbergVirginia A. and Francis MaasPhyllis and Philip MargoliusMarvin J. PertzikAliki and Peter Rzepka

Barbara and J. Victor SamuelsBarbara and Norman SeidenJudith Shiekman kz and Philip M. ShiekmanSharon and Edwin ToporekLinda Cornell Weinstein and Sherwin Weinstein

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Barbara and Douglas BloomBarbara and Daniel DrenchAnnette and Lionel GoldmanTillie Mazor Foundation/Judith LiebermanJudith and Mark LittEstate of Mary LittChildren and Grandchildren of Jerome B. Makowsky,1998-2002 Chair, JCC Association, in h is honorLynn and Gerald OstrowPatricia and Stephen R. ReinerShirley and Allan SolomonAndrea and Alan SolowEstate of Henrietta Weil

Frids

Wendy and Warren BlumenthalEleanor and Edward EpsteinLaura and Leonard RubinCharlene and Jack G. ShafferRandi and Ian Sherman

Peggy and Philip Wasserstrom

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JCC Association is grateful to the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation of Baltimore, and proudto have partnered with it in this successful campaign, which enhanced our endowment by a total of$5,100,000. We thank the following donors whose generosity in contributing $3,600,000 made itpossible to meet the Weinberg Foundations $1,500,000 challenge grant.

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JCC Association expresses its gratitude to the visionary supporters of the New Initiatives Fund,spearheaded by Chair Edward H. Kaplan. Through their generosity, the New Initiatives Fund isenabling JCC Association to serve local JCCs with innovative new programs, provide new andnecessary professional development opportunities, and develop creative programs to directly benetJCCs in such areas as technology, fundraising and strategic planning. This multi-million dollar fund isallowing JCC Association to provide for the ever-changing and growing needs of Jewish Community

Centers with creative new models and cutting-edge technologies.

Gary BermanMandell BermanJoshua BernsteinThe Diane and Norman Bernstein FoundationCharles E. Smith Family FoundationPaul Silberberg and Mark Solomon

CMS Endowment FoundationMarcella and Neil Cohen and

Ryna and Melvin CohenSamuel R. Dweck Foundation, Inc.Lois and Richard EnglandDiana and Michael David Epstein

Sylvia S. Ely Foundation, Inc.Joan Lee GindesRobert GoldbergCharles H. GoodmanArie and Ida Crown MemorialBrenda and Sandy Guritzky

Barbara and Allan Hurwitz

Irene and Edward H. KaplanJack KayLawrence Kirstein kzThelma and Melvin Lenkin and Edward LenkinThe Levitt FoundationBernard L. MadoffMarshall B. Coyne Foundation, Inc.Melrod Family Charitable Foundation, Inc.Alan and Amy Meltzer Family FundHoward and Geraldine Polinger Family FoundationAbe PollinAnne S. ReichCharles and Lynn Schusterman Family FoundationRhoda and Charles SteinerDaniel SolomonWoodbury FundAndrew Tisch

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Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

Jerri-Ann and Gary JacobsIrene and Edward H. KaplanBarbara and Morton L. Mandel

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Edith EverettJoan and Martin E. MessingerGeri and Lester Pollack

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Ben and Esther RosenbloomFoundation

Lois RosenthalBarbara and J. Victor SamuelsPaula L. SidmanCheryl Fishbein and Philip SchattenShirley and Allen SolomonJeffrey and Lynda Solomon

Foundation In Honor ofLenny Silberman

Linda and Jerome Spitzer

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Fern and James BadzinLisa F. and Ron BrillElizabeth and Benjamin GordonAnn P. and Stephen M. KaufmanRonald A. KrancerElizabeth J. Rosenkrantz and

Steven LancmanJacqueline Blatt and

Ronald L. LeibowJudith and Mark D. LittVirginia A. and Francis MaasEvelyn and Jerome B. MakowskyBetty S. and Norton MelaverPatricia and Stephen R. ReinerSharon and Stephen SeidenIrene and Phil ShiekmanSidney Slauson, Esq.Andrea and Alan P. SolowRoberta and Allan Weissglass

Foundation

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Susan and Arnold Beiles

Anise and Ronald BelzMarjorie and Morley BlanksteinJoanne F. and Donald W. BrodskyNancy I. and Peter BrownMarcella E. and Neil CohenDvora Tager and Robert DietzLori and Stephen DorskyAndrew L. EisenbergMarlyn R. and Alyn EssmanBonnie and Allan FinkelsteinCarole and Barry FormanFreddi and Marvin GelfandJane GellmanBarbara and Edwin GoldbergAnnette and Lionel GoldmanMary Anna and Michael D. KaplanLester and Judith LeibermanFani Magnus Monson and

Michael MonsonJanet and Alan MannPhyllis and Philip MargoliusBarbara and Sidney MillerMarvin J. Pertzik

Avalee and Ronald PrehoganBarbara and Martin RosenLaura and Leonard RubinSyril and Leonard RubinAliki and Peter RzepkaNoreen Gordon SablotskyMarcia and Martin J. SatinskyDebra and Gerald K. SchwartzRonna and Michael SegalAnita and Arnold SilberCarol Brennglass Spinner and

Arthur C. SpinnerSusan StearnsDavid and Sharon Wax

Family FundLinda Cornell Weinstein and

Sherwin WeinsteinLee and John M. Wolf, Sr.Kelly and Michael Wolfe

Sr VIp Asscia

Anonymous

Tanya and Stephen BodzinBarbara and Daniel DrenchDale T. and Edward FilhaberMarilyn and Sam FoxRita and Lawrence GotfriedJudith and Joseph D. HurwitzCarole and Morton H. KatzJerome C. MarcusAlvin and Marilyn MarsTammy and Scott MenakerRose and James RobinsonToby and Robert RubinLinda and Barry RussinBarbara and Norman SeidenRandi and Ian ShermanSherry and Doron StegerDavid SterlingMuriel and Myron StroberJeannie and Milton Zorensky

VIp Asscia

Julian BernatJoshua Bernstein

Ruth BrodskyEllen and Lawrence R. CohanJane and John C. ColmanDana EgertAnn F. and Robert EisenEleanor and Edward EpsteinRaymond FinkEllen B. GaberSandra and Arnold P. GoldEugene GrantGretchen and Gordon GrossJerome A. KaplanLori and Ron KasnerLeslie and Ronald KatzI. E. MillstoneNational Council of Youth Sports

In honor of Lenny SilbermanLynn and Gerald OstrowLaurie and Haran C. RashesFrancine and Steven RodJoanna and Daniel Rose

Harriet L. and William RosenthalArthur and Anita RotmanJoanna and Daniel Rubin

Amy and Andrew ShaevelCharlene and Jack G. ShafferCheryl and Mark ShermanLeonard SilbermanEllen and Robert H. TemkinPeggy and Philip WasserstromMichael and Nannette Wien

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AnonymousRobin and Bob BallinRobyn BarskySandra Hazen and Howard BerishHal BordyElena and Joel DinkinJanet S. and Doron ElamRuth and Gary FeldmanJudith Corn and David FriedAlan GoldbergJoseph HarrisDeborah and Michael HopkinsRichard Juran

Lois LautenbergRichard David LevinSaul H. MagramNancy and Douglas Woody

OstrowSamuel N. RabinowitzFred F. RichmanLouis M. Buddy SapolskyB. Lee SkilkenJohanna and Arnie SohinkiAviva and Harry SternSharon and Edwin ToporekEnid and Barrie M. WeiserJerry WischeNancy and Gerry Zipursky

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JCC Association gratefully acknowledges the following donors who havemade generous contributions to the 2005 annual support program:

Madel Ceer fr Jewh Educa

JCC Association is grateful to the Mad Fdai forits annual renewable grant, which created and sustains theMandel Center for Jewish Education.

JCC Association also thanks the following for their support

of programs within the Mandel Center for Jewish Education:

The AVI CHAI Foundation:Lekhu Lakhem: Jewish and Educational Journeys for JCC

Camp Directors

George S. Blumenthal:TAG: Jewish Values Through Camping: Touching Torah

Madel Ceer fr Excellece Leaderhp ad Maageme

JCC Association is grateful to theMadFdai for its annual renewable grant,which created and sustains the MandelCenter for Jewish Education.

JCC Association thanks Ir ad edwardH. Kaa for their support of a programwith the Mandel Center for Excellencein Leadership and Managementdedicated to helping new and emergingJewish communities to create Jewish

Community Centers.

Leaderhp Crcle: $2,000 ad abvePlaum Plu: $18,000 - $24,999Gld Plu: $10,000 - $17,999slver Plu: $,000 - $9,999Brze Plu: $2,00 - $4,999super ViP Acae: $1,800 - $2,499ViP Acae: $1,000 - $1,799

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JCC Association gratefully acknowledges the followingfoundations and individuals who have made generouscontributions in 2004, making these programs andprojects possible:

Early Chldhd iave/A Ehcal sar

The Lisa and Ron Brill Charitable TrustRachel LevinThe Marcus FoundationThe Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Awards CommitteeSan Francisco Jewish Community Endowment FundAndrew J. Shaevel

JCC tee Prfeal Fellw PrgramAnne Heyman and Seth Merrin

Yug Adul iave

Support of GesherCityBenjamin H. Gordon Charitable FoundationGrandchildren of Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff

Philanthropic Fund

Support of post birthright israel programmingand post birthright israel SouthTaglit-birthright israel

Yuh PrgrammgSupport of Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Program InitiativeNational Basketball Association/Womens National Basketball Association

Support of JCC Association/NFL Youth Football InitiativesNational Football League Youth Football Fund

Support of the NHL Street Hockey ProgramNational Hockey League

Support of GoGirlGo andSupport of the Womens Coaches Curriculum

Hadassah Womens FoundationWomens Sports Foundation

schlarhp Prgram

We gratefully acknowledge the generous supporters ofthe JCC Association Scholarship Program, which enablesstudents who plan to make careers in the JCC Movementto pursue their education on the masters degree level.

Elizabeth Schiro and Stephen L. BayerEd Lee and Jean Campe FoundationSam and Louise Campe FoundationCrown Family FoundationShirley and William L. GrossmanBarbara and J. Victor Samuels

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JCC Association gratefully acknowledges the individualsand organizations supporting the work of JWB JewishChaplains Council with contributions of $500 or more:

AnonymousAnonymousAventura Turnberry Jewish Center, FL

Bnai Brith Southeast Region, NCFran and Alan BroderCongregation Olam Tikvah, VACovenant Bnai Brith, Unit 2215, CACrown Family FoundationWilliam EpsteinInsurance Designers, Inc.Shiela and Martin S. LaskyLiberty Region of Bnai Brith, PANew Kalman Sunshine FundMax and Rebecca Rochkind Family FoundationStanley J. ScherFelicia R. and Ellis SchnebergNew York Metropolitan Region,

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

In-Kind: The B. Manischewitz Co., LLC

Miiary Chaaicy Rabbiica Sch Scharshi

JCC Association thanks Rabbi Philip Silverstein for establishingthe rst Military Chaplaincy Rabbinical School Scholarship, inmemory of his beloved wife, Adina Silverstein.

Flrece G. Heller JCC Aca Reearch Ceer

We thank the following donors whose generouscontributions support the Florence G. Heller JCCAssociation Research Centers practice-oriented researchfor Jewish Community Centers and YM-YWHAs:

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We thank the following donors, whose contributionssupport the publication of JCC Circle Magazine:

Association of Jewish Chaplains of the USBSN Sports/Sports Supply GroupThe Coca-Cola Company

Development Consultants, Inc.

ICI PaintsJewish Living MagazineKades Financial, Inc.Leslies Swimming Pool SuppliesNetwork Services CompanySchlesinger Newman & GoldmanStaplesSterling & Sterling, Inc.Tandus

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The following companies provide preferential continentalaccount status to afliated JCCs and/or nancial supportor services to JCC Association programs:Crprae spr

We gratefully acknowledge the following companies whoprovided support to JCC Association continental programs:

Day f Carg ad sharg day ad rede campThe Coca-Cola Company

JCC Maccab Game

The Coca-Cola CompanyCIBC World Markets Miracle DayCybex

In-Kind: Continental Airlines

JCC f nrh Amerca Prfeal Cferece

GOLD SPONSOR:Jewish Living Magazine

BRONZE SPONSORS:ICI PaintsLeslies Swimming Pool Supplies

SPONSORS:BSN/Sports Supply GroupThe Coca-Cola Company

Landscape StructuresNetwork Services CompanyStaplesTandus

Urerced Crprae sprhpSterling and Sterling, Inc.

Shifra BronznickAvrum I.CohenSteven M. CohenCheryl FishbeinEdward GabovitchJane GellmanSandra GoldSally GottesmanMarvin IsraelowMichael D. KaplanJudith KaplanFerne KatlemanJudith Lieberman

Mark D. LittVirginia A. MaasBernard MarcusNorton MelaverSamuel NorichBarbara RosenToby RubinStephen S. SeidenAndrew J. ShaevelShirley SolomonCarol Brennglass SpinnerPeggy Wasserstrom

cMarketCSICybexFreeMotion FitnessICI PaintsLandscape Structures

MondoNetwork Services CompanyPaymentech

PrecorS&S WorldwideSPRIStaplesStar TracSTOTT Pilates

TandusThe Nautilus Group

Alison Bank - coverCindy Medina - pp. 1, 9, 17, 18, 25Lisa Plotnik - pp. 4, 21, 22Jeremy S. Lang - p. 8Howard Sandler - p. 13Lorie Keith - p. 14David Kukin - p. 26

Thanks to all the talentedphotographers who submittedphotos to our JCC PhotoCompetition in 2005. Winningentries can be viewed online atwww.jcca.org.

Special thanks to thephotographers whose workappears in this Annual Report.

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Richard Juran***Regional Vice-President, and Director, Israel Office011-972-2-625-1265 | E-mail: [email protected]

Sara Sless***Program Director, Israel Office011-972-2-625-1265 E-mail: [email protected]

Tsvi Vinokur***Israel Director, JCC Maccabi Israel011-972-2-625-1265 E-mail: [email protected]

JWB JeWish Chaplains CounCilis a US Government-accredited agency to serve the religious, educational,and morale needs of Jewish personnel in the armedforces, their families, and patients in VA hospitals.Its Council Advisory Group consists of Conservative,Orthodox, and Reform rabbis and active-duty Jewishchaplains, a cooperative and successful venture inJewish pluralism.

Rabbi David LappDirector, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council;Director, Armed Forces and Veterans Services(x260) DID: 212.786.5119 E-mail: [email protected]

Rabbi Nathan LandmanDeputy Director, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council(x287) DID: 212.786.5137 E-mail: [email protected]

Gail MamatosSr. Executive Secretary, JWB Jewish Chaplains Council(x261) DID: 212.786.5120 E-mail: gail @jcca.org

Mandel Center for JeWish eduCation has as itsmission to infuse the people, experiences and programsof the JCCs of North America with Jewish content,learning, and values, and thereby to enhance and elevateevery Jewish person who is part of a JCC community.

Rabbi Alvin MarsDirector, Mandel Center for Jewish Education(x243) DID: 212.786.5110 E-mail: [email protected]

Rabbi Laurie PhillipsAssoc. Director, Mandel Center for Jewish Education(x268) DID: 212.786.5123 E-mail: [email protected]

Rachel AdlerProgram Assoc., Mandel Center for Jewish Education(ext. 201) DID: 212.786.5145 E-mail: [email protected]

Marketing and CoMMuniCations providesconsultation and training to JCCs to increasetheir effectiveness in image building, advertising,communications and public relations, as well asaccommodating the in-house needs of JCC Association.

Robin BallinSr. Vice-President, Marketing and Communications(x247) DID: 212.786.5112 E-mail: [email protected]

Peter ShevenellCreative Director(x229) DID: 212.786.5101 E-mail: [email protected]

Miriam RinnCommunications Manager(x221) DID: 212.786.5092 E-mail: [email protected]

Jeremy KortesGraphic Designer(x296) DID: 212.786.5143 E-mail: [email protected]

Jarah MoeschWeb Designer(x291) DID: 212.532.4949 E-mail: j [email protected]

Alina ChernyMarketing Administrator(x225) DID: 212.786.5096 E-mail: [email protected]

professional developMent recruits, refers forplacement, counsels, and trains professionals acrossthe continent. Extends scholarships to qualied collegegraduates interested in JCC careers and offers trainingseminars as well as study seminars in Israel.

Steven RodVice-President, Professional Development(x213) DID: 212.786.5085 E-mail: [email protected]

Joy BrandAssociate Director, Professional Development(x249) DID: 212.786.5114 E-mail: j [email protected]

Sara LevithanCoordinator of Recruitment and Scholarship Programs(x246) DID: 212.786.5111 E-mail: [email protected]

Tory HollandAdministrative Assistant(x214) DID: 212.786.5086 E-mail: [email protected]

prograM serviCes provides JCCs and camps withprogram assessment and resources to help themmaintain creative, innovative programming in artsand culture, early childhood education, a dults, teens,individuals with special needs, tness, recreation, andcamping. It also coordinates the JCC Maccabi Experience,which includes JCC Maccabi Games, JCC Maccabi Israel,and JCC Maccabi ArtsFest.

Leonard RubinExecutive Vice-President, Program Services(x269) DID: 212.786.5124 E-mail: [email protected]

Amanda BerhauptAssistant to the Exec. Vice-President, Program Services(ext. 270) DID 212.786.5125 E-mail: [email protected]

Patricia Cipora HarteAssistant Vice-President, Program Services(x275) DID: 212.786.5130 E-mail: [email protected]

Lenny SilbermanAssistant Vice-President, Program Services,Continental Director, JCC Maccabi Games(x273) DID: 212.786.5144 E-mail: [email protected]

Ron SiegelContinental Assistant Director, JCC Maccabi Games(x231) DID: 212.786.5102 E-mail: [email protected]

Michele KorntregerContinental Coordinator, JCC Maccabi Games(x253) DID: 212.786.5116 E-mail: [email protected]

Lauren LernerContinental Associate, JCC Maccabi Games(x208) DID: 212.786.5083 E-mail:[email protected]

Sharon HodJCC Maccabi Educational Shaliach(x289) DID: 212.786.5139 E-mail: [email protected]

Estelle HeifetzSr. Secretary, JCC Maccabi Games(x222) DID: 212.786.5093 E-mail: [email protected]

Naomi MarksDirector of Teen Services and JCC Maccabi Israel in NorthAmerica(x294) DID: 212.786.5141 E-mail: [email protected]

Adinah EastJCC Maccabi Israel Continental Coordinator(x219) DID: 212.786.5091 E-mail: [email protected]

Alon LaviJCC Maccabi Israel Shaliach(x203) DID: 212.786.5152 E-mail: [email protected]

Janine AcevedoSr. Secretary, JCC Maccabi Israel(x218) DID: 212.786.5090 E-mail: [email protected]

Charlene WendellConsultant on Camping & Youth Services(x271) DID: 212.786.5126 E-mail: [email protected]

Steve BeckerContinental Consultant Sports and Wellness(x235) DID: 212.786.5105 E-mail: [email protected]

Daniel SchoenbergAdmin. Assistant, Camping & Sports and Wellness(x224) DID: 212.786.5095 E-mail: [email protected]

Jason SilberfeinFlag Football Program Director(x202) DID: 212.786.5081 E-mail: [email protected]

Arlene SorkinDirector, JCC Maccabi ArtsFest(x217) DID: 212.786.5089 E-mail: arlene @jcca.org

Melissa WenerProgram Coordinator, JCC Maccabi Ar tsFest(x234) DID: 212.786.5104 E-mail: [email protected]

Adam CourtneyDirector, Young Adult Initiative(x240) DID: 212.786.6108 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Ruth Pinkenson FeldmanDirector, Early Childhood Education(x227) DID: 212.786.5098 E-mail: [email protected]

Miriam HealyProjects Coordinator, Early Childhood Education(x238) DID: 212.786.5106 E-mail: [email protected]

Lisa LitmanEarly Childhood SpecialistDID: 610.668.1656 E-mail: [email protected]

Irina AbdrakhmanovaEarly Childhood Associate(x272) DID: 212.786.5106 E-mail: [email protected]

*JCC ac sw sc ocP.O. Box 30372Austin, Texas 78755Tel (512)241-1118 officeE-mail: [email protected]

**JCC ac s sc oc8200 Hampson Street, Suite 301New Orleans, LA 70118Tel(504)866-5090 Fax(504)866-8164E-mail: [email protected]

***JCC ac i ocSolomon and Mary Litt Building12 Moshe Hess StreetJerusalem, 94185, IsraelTel: 011-972-2-625-1265 Fax: 011-972-2-624-7767E-mail: [email protected]

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We lost a beloved and esteemed colleaguein Avi Namak in 2005. Avi devoted histime and energies to the JCC Movementand the people who worked in JCCs,always supporting and encouraging theprofessionals and lay people with whomhe dealt. We all feel his loss deeply.

Please note that if you are in our telephone systemthrough the main switchboard (212) 532-4958, you cancontact additional staff members via their extensions (inparentheses below). Staff members can also be reacheddirectly at their (DID) numbers.

adMinistration

Allan FinkelsteinPresident(x207) DID: 212.786.5082 E-mail: [email protected]

Yael LubofskyCoordinator of the Executive Office(x212) DID: 212.786.5084 E-mail: [email protected]

CoMMunity serviCes consults with all communitiesto enhance the functioning of JCC boards, executives,and staff. Provides JCCs with ongoing training in areassuch as lay leadership development, staff development,

programming, nances, etc. Helps JCCs improve theirservices by conducting research, gathering statisticaldata, and strategic planning studies, developing annualwork plans, and providing seminars for managementand lay leaders. Community Services sends a bi-weeklyelectronic communication packet to executive directorsand presidents to share resources, information, andtrends. Research and statistical data provided by FlorenceG. Heller-JCC Association Research Center.

Mandel Center for Excellence in Leadership and Managementwill transform the eld by allowing JCCs to assess theirmanagement effectiveness and leadership needs, be moreresponsive to difculties as they arise, and develop apractical approach towards continuous self-improvementover time. MCELM will help JCCs meet the challenges of thefuture with condence and prociency.

Alan MannExecutive Vice-President, JCC and Community Services;Director, MCELM(x288) DID: 212.786.5138 E-mail: [email protected]

Gladys GoldmanExecutive Assistant(x216) DID: 212.786.5088 E-mai l: [email protected]

Ann Eisen**Vice-President, Community Services;Consultant on Leadership DevelopmentDID: 504. 866.5090 E-mail: [email protected]

Janet S. Elam*Vice-President, Community ServicesDID: 512-241-1118 E-mail: [email protected]

Arnie SohinkiVice-President, Community Services(x226) DID: 212.786.5097 E-mail: [email protected]

Alan GoldbergVice-President, MCELM and Community Services (x267) DID:212.786.5122 E-mail: [email protected]

Melissa ShipenbergConsultant on Marketing and Membership, MCELM(x245) DID: 212.532.4958 E-mail: [email protected]

Kay MitchellManager of Information Resources(x242) DID: 212.786.5109 E-mail: [email protected]

Danielle Weiss

Program Associate(x274) DID: 212.786.5129 E-mail: [email protected]

Prof. Steven M. CohenDirector, Florence G. Heller-JCC Assoc. Research CenterE-mail: [email protected]

Judith VeinsteinAssociate Director, Florence G. Heller-JCC AssociationResearch Center(x264) DID: 212.786.5121 E-mail: [email protected]

Margaret KavanaghSouthern Office Staff** E-mail: M [email protected]

finanCe and adMinistration serviCes overseesmanagement of nancial and human resources recordkeeping, nancial reports, and information technology.Assists JCCs in developing data- processing plans and inconducting nancial reviews. Maintains JCCs Online, thecomputer network linking the JCC Movement.

Robert DietzSr. Vice-President, Finance and Administration(x280) DID: 212.786.5134 E-mail: [email protected]

Irina KhominaDirector, Human Resources(x277) DID: 212.786.5131 E-mail: [email protected]

Rita NiyazovaAccounting Manager(x278) DID: 212.786.5132 E-mail: [email protected]

Irina AbromovAccounting Assistant (x279) DID: 212.786.5133

Franklin JamesProduction Supervisor(x258) DID: 212.786.5118 E-mail: [email protected]

Andy ZhangManager of Information Technology(x233) DID: 212.786.5103 E-mail: [email protected]

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