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Make Your JCC a Big Tent JCC
I am making a presentation at the upcoming JCCA (Jewish Community Center Association) Conference in Miami in a few
days. I have one goal in mind: to help all member JCCs become “big tent” institutions and join our Big Tent Judaism coalition. I would think it would be an easy sell. After all, of all the Jewish communal institutions in the organized Jewish community, the JCC professes to be more inclusive than any other. Thus, it makes sense for them to concretely affirm their ideological stance in this way. And, as part of our commitment to members of the coalition, we offer free support to these institutions to help make them as inclusive as possible.
This is a trying time for Jewish communal institutions, and JCCs are not immune. Costs are up; membership is down. Perhaps Big Tent Judaism is one way that we can be helpful in resolving some of the challenges facing many institutions in the Jewish community. Fifteen JCCs are already members of the Big Tent Coalition, but that means we have yet to partner with the majority of JCCs nationwide. So if your community has a JCC and it is not a member of the Big Tent Coalition, send them our way. Your community will be better—and more inclusive—for it.
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