Any new or returning Jewish community members can take advantage of the new Jewish Community Passport Program (JCPP), through the Community Concierge. This offers a free one-year membership to the Shaw JCC and free membership and dues to each of the three congregations (Anshe Sfard, Beth El …
Programs that directly benefit–or are of great importance to–Jewish women can receive funding through The Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund, a restricted fund of the Akron Legacy & Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Board of Akron.
Approximately $5785 is available this year. Interest…
As a lifetime member of the Akron Jewish community, Ron Lederman has served Jewish Akron in various ways through the years. A past president of JFS, has also sat on the boards of the JCC and JCBA. And he was on the JCBA’s Community Relations Committee (CRC).
Now, Lederman has stepped up …
Husbands and wives have been encouraged to give separate gifts to the JCBA annual campaign. Most couples prefer to give separate gifts to the campaign. There has been a growing number of husbands and wives who are combining their gifts into a single gift.
There are several reasons why separ…
The Shaw JCC and the dedicated members of the Yom HaShoah committee, invite the entire community to join in Remembering the Holocaust on Sunday, April 19, at 7 pm at the Shaw JCC, on the Schultz Campus for Jewish Life.
This year’s theme, A Story of a Family’s Survival, will feature Erika…
