The Jewish Center - Committees Overview

All Groups

Advanced Leadership

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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The Advanced Leadership Committee will create a wide variety of programming for our 50+ member base at The Jewish Center. Upcoming programs include a Hot Kiddush Luncheon, lectures, and social events. We look forward to your participation in this very exciting group. Contact: al@jewishcenter.org

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Book Club

Dinah Mendes
bookclub@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x119
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The Book Club provides an opportunity for Jewish Center members of any age, to socialize and discuss books with Jewish themes or that are of Jewish interest in JC members' homes. Contact: Dinah Mendes, bookclub@jewishcenter.org

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Community Events

Shira Rose
communityevents@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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The Community events Committee was established to schedule programs intended to bring the JC community and the larger metropolitan Jewish community together to experience religiously and spiritually enlightening and inspiring events.

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Daily Services

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Education

Bernard Falk
education@jewishcenter.org

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Throughout its rich history, The Jewish Center has prided itself on its advanced educational initiatives, offering engaging and relevant courses on a wide variety of Jewish topics. By opening multiple portals of entry into the world of study, our goal is to make the study of Torah and the pursuit of wisdom accessible to our members and the broader Jewish community. To that end, our mission is threefold:

TO CHALLENGE our members and participants to push beyond their comfort zones of Jewish knowledge by confronting modernity and exploring the profundities of difficult life issues.

TO EMPOWER our members and participants by engaging them in an ongoing conversation with the texts that form the backbone of our rich tradition.

TO INSPIRE our members and participants to deepen their commitment to study by making it part of their daily and weekly routines.

We invite you to take part in all of our educational opportunities and Torah study at The Jewish Center.

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Israel Activism

Shira Rose
israelcommittee@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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The Jewish Center considers Israel activism a core value. Not only do we pray each Shabbat morning for a strong and secure State of Israel and for lasting peace in the Middle East, but we also do what we can to actualize those prayers, members who make aliyah are celebrated; travel to Israel, especially through The Jewish Center mission is encouraged; support of Israeli businesses, charities, and the Israeli economy is emphasized; and ongoing demonstrations of support for the government of Israel are endorsed. In addition, the Israel Activism Committee organizes events and projects to advance our members participation in local and national civic life to promote consciousness and awareness about Jewish issues by communicating with our elected official and disseminating information to the community.

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JC Business Forum

Rivi Katz
rkatz@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x117
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JC Business Forum on Linkedin

Look for The Jewish Center of New York on Linkedin.com. Join The JC community online and share job leads, networking or job forums that might be helpful to other members, or post job search requests. For more information, contact Rivi Katz at 212-724-2700 or rkatz@jewishcenter.org.

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JC Connections

Tehilah Blech Harris
jcconnectionsinfo@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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Initiated to support the meeting of singles from The Jewish Center and the broader New York City community, JC Connections hosts creative programs to facilitate introductions and to maximize interaction of participants with one another. Committee members follow up with participants soon after events and assist in further relationship building between individuals who express interest in each other. For more information, please contact us at jcconnectionsinfo@jewishcenter.org.

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Sisterhood

Gilda Chodosh, Angela Sacks, Rachel Lurie
sisterhood@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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Social Action

Marlene Pressner & Audri Durschlag-Litt
socialaction@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x119
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Social Action aims to put the Jewish value of tikkun olam into action. The committee coordinates annual food drives with the kosher division of City Harvest, clothing drives for various charities, and blood drives in conjunction and cooperation with other community synagogues, schools, and Jewish institutions. Social action participates in public demonstrations against social injustice. For more information, please contact Audri Durchslag-Litt or Marlene Pressner at socialaction@jewishcenter.org.

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Young Couples and Families

David Pfeffermann
ycf@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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Young Couples & Families (YCF) schedules a wide range of exciting programs to facilitate Jewish Center young couples and families meeting one another and to develop relationships with other members and with the clergy. Be a part of this wonderful network of couples and families.

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Young Leadership

Grant Silverstein, Judith Lupatkin, Pnina Grauman
ylevents@jewishcenter.org

Tel:212-724-2700 x110
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The Young Leadership Committee is a dynamic group that services the young adult population of our community through an ambitious calendar of social and religious events. The nucleus of YL's programming is the weekly Shabbat minyan, a spiritual service in a warm atmosphere, including a sermon by JC clergy. The YL minyan sponsors a monthly hot Kiddush and Friday night dinners to please the palate as well as the soul, and Friday night onegs in casual venues to meet other members as well as the rabbis.

Young Leadership Sermons

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