JCC Association

By Leah Garber In the coming year we’ll sit on our porch And we’ll count migrating birds Children on holiday will play tag Between the house and the fields Soon you’ll see, soon you’ll see How good it will be in the coming year, BaShana, baShana, haba’a. BaShana HaBa’a, Israeli folk song, with words by Ehud Manor, z”l, and music by Nurit Hirsch After a scorching summer and dry eastern winds, an entire nation arrives, bruised and weary, at the final stretch of the Hebrew year.

By Rabbi Aaron Gaber Military chaplains provide religious support to members of their own faith denomination and ensure the free exercise of religion for every member of the military. We provide religious support to every soldier of every faith—and of no faith. This mandate was embedded in our mission when General George Washington created the Army Chaplain Corps in 1775.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Lauren Magy, JCC Association of North America, JCC Association Names Rabbi Bill Kaplan Senior Vice President of JCC Camps of North America Kaplan will lead a renewed effort to strengthen camp leadership, build connections across the field, and elevate the impact of JCC Camps JCC Association of North America today announced the appointment of Rabbi Bill Kaplan as senior vice president of JCC Camps of North America, marking a renewed investment in the largest...