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Jewish Community Center 1414 Walnut Street Berkeley CA 94709    
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Jewish Community Center
 

Mission Statement

We Celebrate Our Community

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?Jewish Community Center of Northern Alameda County

In today?s world of diversity and change, we celebrate the many ways in which Jews live in community.

WE BELIEVE

Jewish community centers provide a unique environment and programs that help individuals and families lead Jewish lives informed by Jewish values. The Jewish Community Center is a forum for connecting the many strands in Jewish communal life serving as a meeting place/home for all who wish to participate.

PURPOSE AND MISSION

We strive to enrich Jewish life in our community by providing a Jewish center/home where all are welcome. The JCC is committed to offering meaningful experiences through a mix of formal and informal educational, recreational and cultural activities.

MAJOR GOALS AND PRINCIPLES
  • Serve as a gateway to Jewish life and learning
  • Provide a gathering place to strengthen Jewish traditions
  • Provide a gathering place to celebrate holidays and life cycle events
  • Create a Jewish environment where community happens across generations
  • Respond to spiritual, emotional and physical needs in the lives of individuals and families
  • Engage the broader community, Jewish and non-Jewish, in programs and alliances that reflect the universality of Jewish values, history and experience
  • Provide meaningful Jewish experiences in a Jewish environment
  • Include and welcome Jews and non-Jews across a diversity of life-style, belief, culture and age
  • Reflect Jewish identity, values, and history and culture in the facility and in programming
  • Provide accessibility of: location, hours of operation,
    transportation, vehicle access, program materials, building access and design
  • Be the Community of Jewish Communities through collaborations with other Jewish organizations
  • Always consider quality, consistency, safety and fiscal responsibility

Approved: November 2004

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