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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 offers a wide variety of
services for families and individuals throughout Greater Boston. Our
contributions to Jewish life can be found in a range of communities and
settings: at the JCC branches (Leventhal-Sidman in Newton, Striar JCC
in
Stoughton, and Metrowest JCC in Framingham); in day camps at
our branches and preschools and 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, Newton, Stoughton
and
Wayland; and online. Our services include health and wellness
centers, enrichment classes, cultural arts and theater, special needs
for all ages, and programs for children, families, adults, young
adults, teens and seniors. We are proud to be an agency of the Combined
Jewish Philanthropies.
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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