Since the Adaptations program at the JCC opened its doors in 2005, more than 600 adults in their 20s and 30s have discovered the community, purpose, and valuable connections that are so important to all of us, but even more so to those who have…
Forming community connections may not be the first thing people associate with a funeral home. But at Plaza Jewish Community Chapel, the Upper West Side’s only community-owned and– operated Jewish funeral chapel, it’s a priority.
Among those…
For ninth-graders Jason Johnson and Kevin Morales, volunteering as tutors in Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s Gift of Literacy and Math programs this summer was something of a déjà vu experience. In elementary school, they were students in the…
While the brain/body connection for practices like yoga is relatively clear, the link in other fitness modalities is no less important. All are about “consciously connecting how the brain is influenced by movement, or the reverse,” says Chapman.…
In the JCC’s Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium, a group of 15 teens and senior citizens walk out in silence before a waiting audience. They’re there to share stories—the Holocaust survival stories of the very seniors now seated on the stage.…
STEM programs at the JCC provide children with opportunities to engage in fun-filled, hands-on building and engineering activities.
When the JCC's Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility was launched, it already has significant muscle behind it.
Its origins are in Ma'yan, which, through nearly 25 years at Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, provided feminist, social justice…
In 2011, the ReelAbilities NY Film Festival screened the film Wretches and Jabberers, a documentary about two nonverbal men with autism.
Afterward, the film's stars used electronic devices to answer questions from the audience, but it was the…
The new name is just one step. “It’s fun and exciting,” says Kanter. “Changing the name is an expression of our readiness to move forward.”
“The LGBTQIA+ population is in a different place,” he adds. For the most part, the community has come out…