A Jewish Community Center is a general recreational, social and fraternal organization serving the Jewish community in a number of cities.
As a rule, today JCCs are open to other ethnic groups as well, with possible exception of strictly traditional Jewish activities.
History
The YMHA (Young Men's Hebrew Associaton) was first set up in 1854 in Baltimore to provide help for Jewishimmigrants. A YWHA (Young Women's Hebrew Association) was first established as an annex to the YMHA in New York in 1888, and the first independent YWHA was set up in 1902. In 1917 these organizations were combined into a Jewish Welfare Board, and were later renamed Jewish Community Center (or JCC) (though some retain the YWHA or YMHA designation).
A JewishCommunityCenter is a general recreational, social and fraternal organization serving the Jewishcommunity in a number of cities.
As a rule, today JCCs are open to other ethnic groups as well, with possible exception of strictly traditional Jewish activities.
In 1917 these organizations were combined into a Jewish Welfare Board, and were later renamed JewishCommunityCenter (or JCC) (though some retain the YWHA or YMHA designation).
The Institute for Jewish and Community Research, San Francisco, is an independent non-profit dedicated to the growth of the Jewishcommunity.
Tobin was the president of the JewishCommunityCenter of San Francisco from 1986-1989.
She is involved with two projects: ethnic and racial diversity in the Jewishcommunity and anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism in America's educational systems.
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