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Our Mission: To advance
the aspirations of families and individuals to enrich their lives,
bodies and spirits, by providing the best in contemporary programs and
experiences, informed by Jewish values for today's Jews and the people
in their lives.
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The Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston’s contributions to Jewish life can be found in a range of communities and settings: at the Leventhal-Sidman JCC campus in Newton; in the MetroWest and South Area communities through our offices in Sharon and Framingham; in our day sports camps and Kaleidoscope Creative Arts & Science Camp in Newton; at JCC Grossman Camp on the Westwood/Dover line; at JCC Maccabi Camp Kingswood overnight camp in Bridgton, Maine; at our Early Learning Centers in Acton, Brookline, Hingham, Newton, Sharon, and Wayland; at the Leventhal-Sidman and JCC Clearbrook (Framingham) outdoor pools; and online at jccgb.org.
We proudly partner with a wide range of Jewish and other communal organizations, including local synagogues, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Boston, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, and Hebrew Senior Life, to deliver a wide range of programs and services, including:
Our doors and our hearts are open to everyone. History
Our roots reach back nearly a century, to the once-Jewish enclave of
Mattapan. There, the Hecht House welcomed immigrants from Eastern
Europe's shtetls. Later, when these New Americans resettled in Brighton
and Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Quincy and Revere, they took the
Hecht House model with them, creating Jewish Community Centers where
they could socialize and relax with other Jews-and to strengthen their
children's Jewish identities, a need that became increasingly apparent
as Jews integrated within the broader community.
The Associated Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston (AJCC), a
confederation of neighborhood JCCs, formed in the 1960s to achieve the
economies of scale and strategic planning necessary for a burgeoning
Jewish population. In the 1970s, the AJCC reorganized as the Jewish
Community Centers of Greater Boston, bringing a regional approach to
bear on a new chapter of Boston Jewish history, a time of geographic
dispersion and loosening communal ties.
Vision
We are deeply committed to serving a community that reflects this
diversity. Although we are proudly Jewish, we recognize the changes in
Jewish life in our times, and strive in every way to provide an open
and welcoming setting for all. We are nondiscriminatory in our policies
and are always welcome to feedback on how we can support our members
and friends. Our doors and our hearts are open to everyone.
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