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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.
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]
Kol Ami Synagogue (Kol Ami) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 225 North Country Club Road, in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States.The congregation was formed through the 2021 consolidation of Temple Emanu-El (established in 1910 as The Hebrew Benevolent Society) and the Congregation Or Chadash, that was established in 1995.
The Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, sometimes shortened to "the J" or "the JCH", [1] [2] was incorporated in 1927 and has helped over one million Jews in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Organized Jewish congregations were also found in Flagstaff, Kingman, Mesa, Prescott, Scottsdale and Tucson. [ 1 ] Despite the success of early and mid-Jewish leaders in the territory and state, Jews living in Arizona have still faced challenges observing Judaism and facing anti-Semitism .
That freedom to assimilate has hurt Jewish country clubs. Between intermarriage, more geographically dispersed Jewish populations, [12] fewer golfers, [13] and a decline in country club membership generally, [14] many Jewish country clubs have either had to fold, [15] merge, [16] or lose their Jewish identity.
[10] [12] In 2000, the JCPA counted among its membership 120 JCRCs. [11] According to Professor Daniel Elazar, from the 1950s, the JCRCs with the JCPA and federations played the largest role in Jewish representation. Their importance increased by the early 21st century as Jewish organizational life, along with national life in general, became ...
Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel is a Reconstructionist Jewish congregation and synagogue located since January 2015 within Temple Israel & JCC, 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in the United States. [2] It is the only Reconstructionist congregation in the area, with a membership drawn from Bergen and Rockland counties. [3]