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Creating A Culture of Safety, Respect, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Within JCC Note from Andy: This month, in place of my regular column, I invited Rebecca Soldan, JCC assistant executive director, to share her thoughts. As the assistant ...

Reflecting on Communications Department Growth Note from Andy: This month, in place of my regular column, I invited Bonnie Deutsch Burdman, Federation Executive Director, Community Relations/Government Affairs, to share her thoughts. It’s ...

Note from Andy: This month, in place of my regular column, I invited Bonnie Deutsch Burdman, Federation Executive Director, Community Relations/Government Affairs, to share her thoughts. In a recent viral news story, NBC news reported that the top ...

Note from Andy: This month, in place of my regular column, I invited Denise Wolf, Jewish Community Center Executive Director, to share her thoughts. It has been eight months since I started my journey here at the JCC as the Executive Director. ...

Note from Andy: This month, in place of my regular column, I invited Ken Bielecki, Director of Jewish Family Services, to share his thoughts. In August, the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Board approved of an agency name change for Jewish Family ...

There is a joke about the High Holidays: Aren’t they early this year, or late this year? But when are they “on time”? As we enter almost 17 months since the onset of COVID, we are still adjusting to the “new normal,” ...

A new Boscov's is coming to the Eastwood Mall and they are inviting you to a Grand Opening Charity Day. Purchase a $5 shopping pass and you will receive: Exclusive advanced access The chance to be first to shop the Grand Opening Specials Free ...

The Altshuler Akiva Academy, our Jewish day school, began teaching students in kindergarten and first grade in 1985. In 1986, the school added grades two and three, and each subsequent year added one more grade, until the school was a full ...

Heritage Manor Expands Note from Andy: This month, in place of my regular column, I invited Executive Director of Senior Care and Services Eric Murray to share his thoughts. Exciting Future for Heritage Manor Residents Throughout the pandemic the ...

Recently the Jewish Community Center Wellness Manager, Casey, posted something on Facebook that resonated with me. “I was asked to do a nutrition presentation at work for our ELC families by my awesome colleagues. It felt so GREAT getting ...

Passover begins Saturday evening, March 27, and for the second year in a row we’re facing challenges coordinating celebrations with family members and loved ones. Many of us are looking to find the same Haggadah for everyone as we conduct our ...

For Social Work Month we asked our social workers some getting to know you questions. Meet Vivian: 1. Why did you go into social work? I wanted to go into a helping profession that didn't require much math, science, or blood and guts. 2. ...

JCRC Announces Annual Student Holocaust Writing, Art, and Multi-Media Contest THEME: “TORN FROM HOME” SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MARCH 26 The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is ...

2020 is finally behind us, with over 400,000 Americans succumbing to COVID-19. Perhaps you even lost a loved one or someone else you know. We personally, and as a country, will forever be changed. When we must go out, we continue to wear our masks ...