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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.
Pinemere Camp is a Jewish overnight summer camp for children in grades 2–10. Its 300 campers are primarily drawn from the United States. Its 300 campers are primarily drawn from the United States. [ 3 ]
Jewish summer camps began near the end of the 19th century, when the Jewish population in the United States increased via immigration. It was a way for Jewish children of Eastern European immigrants to assimilate and "Americanize" at a time when summer camps excluded Jews from their ranks, as well as a way to allow children living in the city to experience the countryside.
Areas and locations in the United States where Orthodox Jews live in significant communities. These are areas that have within them an Orthodox Jewish community in which there is a sizable and cohesive population, which has its own eruvs, community organizations, businesses, day schools, yeshivas, and/or synagogues that serve the members of the local Orthodox community who may at times be the ...
Erected 1926-1928 as Allentown's first Jewish Community Center. Built on the site of a 19th-century mansion owned by the Siebert family, merchants who made a small fortune manufacturing rugs and dry goods, then shipping them to California during the 1848 California Gold Rush. The 19th-century mansion was sold and became the temporary ...
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues.A yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism.
Jewish organizations are locally based, though they do play a role in coordinating activities with national Jewish organizations. [2] JCCs focus on assisting local Jewish community and safeguarding Jewish rights. [1]