As the JCC gears up to celebrate our 70th anniversary Platinum Jubilee, we reflect on the immense spiritual significance of...
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JCC Newsletter – Vaera

In a sign of rapidly warming ties between Japan and Israel, Tel Avivnikim flocked to Dizengoff Center this week for...
JCC Newsletter – Shemot

Welcome Back from Hawaii, the Lower 48, Europe, Israel, Australia, Bali, Singapore, Niseko, Hakuba, Nozawa Onsen, Yuzawa, Okinawa and other...
JCC Newsletter – Miketz

Jews and Chinese Food: A Love Story Like the perennial springtime media coverage of the Christian-Arab who purchases the entirety...
JCC Newsletter – Vayeshev

The World Cup semifinals did not leave Jews with a lot of great options. Croatia? Despite the embassy’s geographical proximity...
JCC Newsletter – Vayishlach

It is by now common knowledge that many popular Christmas songs you hear being piped through shopping malls the world...
JCC Newsletter – Vayetze

Freddie Roman (born Fred Kirschenbaum)5697-5783; 1937-2022 As the world mourns the loss of an icon, it behooves us to reflect...
JCC Newsletter – Toldot

Are Jews permitted to celebrate Thanksgiving? While nowadays the question seems anachronistic or even borderline absurd, there was a time...
JCC Newsletter – Chayei Sarah

Next week brings no shortage of holidays. Of course, we are blessed to celebrate 勤労感謝の日 on Wednesday followed by American...
JCC Newsletter – Lech Lecha

With tourism to Japan open again, we are happy to announce that the JCC has gotten back to hosting visitors...
JCC Newsletter – Noach

As much as the JCC is back to our post-High Holidays ‘normal’, we find ourselves blessed with the unusual, extraordinary,...
JCC Newsletter – Parshat Bereshit

While normally the busiest time of year in a synagogue revolves around Rosh Hashana/Yom Kippur, the JCC was rocking and...