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The Magazine o the North American Jewish Community Center Movement
DAY CAMP!SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE
 
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 contact ino@jcca.org or call Alina at (212) 786-5096.
©2008 Jewish Community Centers Associationof North America. All rights reserved.520 Eighth Avenue | New York, NY 10018Phone: 212-532-4949 | Fax: 212-481-4174e-mail: info@jcca.org | web: www.jcca.orgJCC Association of North America is the leadership network of, and centralagency for, 350 Jewish Community Centers, YM-YWHAs and camps in theUnited States and Canada, who annually serve more than two million users. JCCAssociation offers a wide range of services and resources to enable its affiliatesto provide educational, cultural and recreational programs to enhance the livesof North American Jewry. JCC Association is also a U.S. government-accreditedagency for serving the religious and social needs of Jewish military personnel,their families and patients in VA hospitals through the JWB Jewish ChaplainsCouncil.JCC Association receives support from the UJC National Federation/AgencyAlliance, local federations and Jewish Community Centers.ISSN 1065-1551
Chai
Alan P. Solow
Honoay Chais
Edward H. KaplanAnn P. KamanJerome B. MakowskyMorton L. MandelLester PollackDaniel Rose
Vice-Chais
Lisa BrillDonald BrodskyCheryl FishbeinGary JacobsVirginia A. MaasStephen R. ReinerToby RbinStephen SeidenPala Sidman
Secetay
Shirley Solomon
Assoc. Secetaies
Enid RosenbergMichael SegalMichael Wole
Tease
Edwin Goldberg
Assoc. Teases
Stephen DorskyAndrew ShaevelDoron Steger
Pesident
Allan Finkelstein
 jcccicle:
S. Vice-Pesident,Maeting & Commnications
Robin Ballin
Ceative Diecto
Peter Shevenell
Commnications Manage,JCC Cicle Edito
Miriam Rinn
Design
Jeremy KortesDan Hertzberg
Alan P. Solow
Chair, JCC Association
L’hitraot
dear
 
iends
I have jst retrned rom Miami ater participating in or 2008 JCCs o NorthAmerica Biennial. Those o yo who were there know that it was a week oinspiration, learning and n. We enjoyed otstanding plenary speakers, wonderlseminar sessions, and the hospitality o a great city. I again want to thank orBiennial Chair Noreen Gordon Sablotsky or her extraordinary eorts, whichreslted in a sccessl convention.The Biennial reects the strength and breadth o the JCC Movement. Both lay andsta leaders were able to exchange ideas and discss opportnities to improvetheir JCCs and camps. We were also able to talk abot ways to bild pon orsccessl continental programs sch as An Ethical Start
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and the JCC MaccabiGames
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and JCC Maccabi ArtsFest
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. The Benchmarking Project at the MandelCenter or Excellence in Leadership and Management is contining to have apositive impact on the feld, and we are confdent that more JCCs will participateas we move orward. At the Mandel Center or Jewish Edcation, we contine totrn ot great new programs sch as The Goodman Family Institte:
Yisrael Sheli
(My Israel): A Teen Program o Israel Edcation and Experience or JCC ResidentCamps, and or new adlt edcation initiative, Jorneys, which was highlightedat the Biennial.We have the power as a movement to make a dierence when we learn rom eachother and take advantage o the many services oered by JCC Association. Asyor chair, working with or otstanding sta, I have been determined to makecertain that membership in this organization makes a meaningl dierence to thefeld and to those who are enrolled in or JCC programs. The week at the Biennialprovided indisptable evidence that we are making real progress and that ortre together is very bright. Let’s make certain that when we gather in Atlanta in2010, we have many new ideas to share, and that those o yo who benefted romthis Biennial will bring along a riend to share the experience. Or 2010 continentalchair, Marvin Geland, and or Atlanta hosts, Lisa Brill and Lara Dinerman,promise that Atlanta will bild on the antastic Miami experience!
Accrisot
www.accrisot.com
American Councilon Eercise (ACE)
www.ACEftness.com
Association o Jewish Chaplainso the United StatesChase Paymentech
www.chasepaymentech.com
Club Resource Group
www.clubresourcegroup.com
cMarket
www.cmarket.com
The Coca-Cola Company
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www.cocacola.com
CSI Sotware
www.csisotwareusa.com
Cybe International
www.cybeintl.com
Epresso Fitness
www.epressoftness.com
Freemotion Fitness
www.reemotionftness.com
Iron Grip Barbell Co.
www.irongrip.com
Landscape Structures
www.playlsi.com
Les Mills North America, Inc.
www.lesmillsusa.com
Leslie’s Swimming PoolSupplies
www.lesliespools.com
Macrolease
www.macrolease.com
Mondo
Recreational Flooringwww.mondousa.com
Nautilus
www.nautilus.com
Network Services Company
www.nsconline.com
New Lea
www.newleaftness.com
The Ostro Group
www.ostrogroup.com
Power Plate
www.PowerPlate.com
Power Systems
www.power-systems.com
Precor
www.precor.com
The Redwoods Group
www.redwoodsgroup.com
Retention Management
www.retentionmanagement.com
SciFit
www.scift.com
Schlesinger Newman & Goldman
www.sng.ca
Sheletron
www.sheletron.com
Sporting Essentials
www.sportingessentials.com
Sportwall International, Inc.
www.sportwall.com
Staples Business Advantage
www.StaplesLink.com
Star Trac
www.startrac.com
Sterling & Sterling, Inc.
www.sterlingrisk.com
STOTT Pilates
www.stottpilates.com
Strive, Inc.
www.striveft.com
Take It O
www.takeitoweightloss.com
TechnoGym
www.technogym.com
To help spport the work o JCCAssociation and JCC Circle, pleasecontact
Fani Magnus Monson
,vice-president o development, at:
JCC Association
520 Eighth AveneNew York, NY 10018tel: (212) 532-4958, x5136ax: (212) 481-4174e-mail: FaniMM@jcca.org
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2A Blast in Miami4Amazing Eperiencesin Atlanta8Creating a Mosaicin Silicon Valley10Finding a Jewish Heartin an American Holiday11JCC Day CampSPECIAL SECTION15Everyone Has a Seatat This Table16Welcome Home to Israel18It’s a Small World20JCC HappeningsSummer 2008
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he compliments streamed in duringthe weeks right ater our JCCs o NorthAmerica Biennial in Miami, and theconsensus o opinion was that this wasthe best Biennial ever. Dynamic and provocativekeynote speakers, a redesigned schedule thatallowed more time or participants to connectwith each other and explore Miami,relevant and inormation-packedseminars—all let delegates eelingthat they’d had a great learningand networking experience. One o our goals was to provide JCCs withconcrete take-home ideas. All o thesession handouts are availableto JCC board members on ourpassword-protected websitehttp://resources.jcca.org/.For the rst time, JWB JewishChaplains Council scheduledits meeting to coincide withthe Biennial, so the halls o the InterContinental werelled with men and womenin uniorm. In addition toreminding delegates o the longand valued relationship betweenthe JCC Movement and Jewishmilitary personnel, the presenceo chaplains and military lay leaders gave deeper meaning tothe award presentations to RabbiPhilip Silverstein and MajorGeneral Ronald D. Silverman,
Have a Blast inBiennialDelegates
and to the recognition o the JCCs o Chicago project, which reached out torecruits at the Great Lakes Naval Base. The Frank L. Weil Award was presentedto ormer JCC Association Chair Edward H. Kaplan, and the Florence G. HellerProessional Award went to JCC proessionals Avrum Cohen and SolomonGreeneld, which underlined the critical importance o JCC volunteers and sta in successul JCCs. The Morton L. Mandel Jewish Educational Leadership Awardwas graciously accepted by The AVI CHAI Foundation, which has done so muchto enrich JCC camps Judaically. .Delegates rom around the world attended the Biennial through the WorldConederation o JCCs, giving an international favor to the events and joiningin as we commemorated Yom HaZikaron and celebrated Israel’s sixtiethanniversary. And our “green” eorts were a great start to a movement-wideinitiative. Delegates recycled their soda cans and waste paper, and many turnedin their binders and lanyards at the end o the meeting or us to reuse in theuture. It gave real impetus to our commitment to
bal taschit 
, the injunction toavoid waste and needless destruction.I you were unable to join the more than 600 JCC leaders in Miami, you cancapture some o the excitement by watching video highlights on our website jcca.org/biennial. See you in Atlanta in 2010!
“On behalf ofthe Baltimorecontingent, we wantto thank  you for a great four days. To a person,our board memberscouldn’t have beenmore complimentary.Our delegation isalready sharing withtheir peers that theycan’t afford to miss goingto Atlanta in two years.”
—Buddy Sapolsky,executive director,JCC of Greater Baltimore
“Thank you for allowing us to be a part ofthis extremely well run, well attended andprofessional event. We were very impressedand I believe your attendees felt the same.”
—Richard Ekstrom, Retention Management
“Great program, and looking forward to Atlanta.”
—William Grossman, board of directors,Dave & Mary Alper JCC, Miami, FL
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