This Week at The J

Dear Friends, This weekend we celebrate the beginning of the month of Adar II and as we approach the joyous festival of Purim, we can’t help but reflect on the…

Dear Friends, Gems has recently relaunched a program to bring engaging social and cultural activities to residents in Federation Housing. Federation Housing provides much-needed affordable housing communities and services that empower…

Dear Friends, Within the Diller Teen Fellows program framework, a key element is an annual hosting of teen fellows from Herzliya, Israel, the location of our sister-partnership. This year, numerous…

Dear Friends, In our continuous efforts to enhance the diversity and richness of our Camp Kef offerings, we are introducing two brand-new specialty camp programs this summer that will run…

Dear Friends, The Kaiserman JCC is thrilled to announce our nomination for the Main Line Today Best of the Main Line awards in three categories. Your support means the world…

Dear Friends, It is with a very heavy heart that we share the sad news that Byron Fersner, “Mr. B”, beloved member of the JCC staff family, has passed away. In Jewish tradition it is…

Dear Friends, The recent prediction from Punxsutawney Phil, who did not see his shadow, hints at an early end to winter and has us eagerly looking forward to the sunny…

Dear Friends, This past fall, I strolled along the Wissahickon trail, marveling at the changing colors of the leaves. With every step, the crunch of leaves beneath our feet echoed.…

Dear Friends, This past Sunday Philadelphia’s Diller Teen Fellows took a deep dive into learning about Leadership. For some, leadership is a vague and amorphous concept that is widely used…

Dear Friends, The images circulating of Israel during the war here are dark, and being so far away, it is hard to see that there is any light. But Israel,…