It is the dream of WCJCC, that every JCC in the
world will have at least two fellow JCC partners - one in Israel and one in
another Jewish community. WCJCC initiates, supports and nurtures the
development of meaningful mutual relations between JCCs worldwide.
"From listening to the reports of the participants one can sense that the
discussions that took place with the local JCCs were very interesting and the
personal meetings very moving. People bid farewell with tears in their eyes."
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The Tri Center Project has been very successful in connecting JCCs worldwide.
You are welcome to read this recent update in English
and in Hebrew
The Tri Center Project
The goal of the project is to develop the sense of Klal Israel by creating a meaningful relationship between JCCs from three different communities, one in Israel, one in North America and the third from another part of the Jewish world.
In 2006, funding from UJA Federation of New York in partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel became available to test a new model of a Tri Center Project. The JCCs chosen were: the Suffolk Y JCC and the JCC of the Greater Five Towns in Long Island, New York, French Hill, Jerusalem and Lamroth Hakol, JCC/Synagogue, Buenos Aires.
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The three partners began to meet and decided on a leadership teen project whereby a select group of teens from each community held seminars at the two other communities and was engaged in a three year leadership program. The project culminated in Israel this past July with a week long seminar of the teens and their parents. In addition, senior staff became involved, visited each other and developed joint programs. The three boards of directors also became involved in the project through discussions, conference calls and mutual visits. The participants from the three different communities turned into a strong and committed group.
Based on the initial success of this pilot project, several other New York-Jerusalem JCC partnerships have joined the project
The new tri centers are:
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Staten Island, New York- Pisgat Zeev, Jerusalem- Redbridge, London
- Sephardic JCC, New York- Gilo, Jerusalem- Toulouse, France
- Benson Hurst , New York- Kiryat Menachem, Jerusalem- Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
As of late, the Michael Ann Russell JCC in Miami which is partnered with the Yerucham community centers is looking into joining forces with the Hacoaj JCC in Buenos Aires to develop a new Tri Center Project.
We encourage other JCCs to join the project !
To read an article in the Circle about the project, click
A new tri center partnership was launched in 2006 between the Communtiy Center in French Hill, Jerusalem, the Suffolk Y JCC and Five Towns JCC in Long Island, New York and the Lamrot Hakol synagogue and JCC in Buenos Airs, Argentina.
- Click here to read an article on the
project that was published in The Jewish Week
Funding for the project is provided by UJA Federation of New York, the participating JCCs and WCJCC.
Moti Ben Dor, IFCC Board Member, Israel, reports on the visit of the
JCCs of Montpelier, Marseille and Aix-en-Provence, France, to the Neve Tzedek
Community Center, Tel Aviv, November 2004
Spearheading this initiative is WCJCC board member, Moti Ben Dor. Moti has
written a memo
on how to create partnerships and is personally involved in many of them. See
this as a challenge, creating or strengthening the relationship with another
JCC in a different part of the world. Moti is waiting to hear from you and will
be ready to help you begin this great journey.
Contact Moti at motibdor@netvision.net.il
You can read more about some of the JCC to JCC partnerships:
You are welcome to visit the
new site of the Jewish Campus of Minsk and the
Emunah JCC
Participating in the FSU Mentoring Project this JCC is now linked with the JCC
in Atlanta thorough a variety of programs and projects.
Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv and Montpellier, France
Six board members from the Neve Tzedek Community Center in Tel Aviv spent eight
wonderful days in November 2004 as special guests of the J.C.C' s of
Montpelier, Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.
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Read more and see some pictures
"Reflections" is a unique New York - Jerusalem Partnership 2000 arts project
that brought together two JCCs in New York: JCC of Mid Westchester and JCC on
the Hudson together with ICCY in Jerusalem.
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For more information click here
Update on the Shoham - Venezuela partnership
- October 2003
A status report
on the partnerships between Jerusalem community centers and New York JCCs.