Jul 8, 2015
Welcome to our new Live Fully® blog. There’s so much going on at the JCC every day that we needed a new way to share some of our stories, our Jewish journeys and insider insights into the programs, people and perspectives that make the OFJCC a home and a haven...
Jul 8, 2015
Some of our camp counselors have an admittedly long commute, but none quite as far as the three shlichim (Hebrew for emissaries) who traveled 12,000 miles to teach at J-Camp this summer. J-Camp has been hosting shlichim for eight years, and according to Youth & Teen Director Dave Rosenfeld, the roles...
Jun 21, 2015
Editor’s note: This essay originally appeared in The Times of Israel. Today is both Father’s Day and the 6-month anniversary of my father’s passing. So in honor of his memory, I want to share a few thoughts on what I learned from my dad. For he was, among other things,...
Jun 9, 2015
At our recent Annual Meeting, the Oshman Family JCC honored its first Presidential Award winner, Stuart Klein, for his instrumental role in bringing to fruition the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life and the OFJCC. His friends, family and colleagues tell the story of the deal he put together against all...
Arts and Culture / Jewish Life
May 14, 2015
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and an esteemed panel of guest lecturers spoke about the influence of Jewish thinking on scientific inquiry and achievement at the OFJCC’s Judaism and Science Symposium on April 12. The event was presented in partnership with Moment Magazine and was moderated by KQED‘s Michael Krasny. According to Lord Rabbi Sacks, “Too...