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We hope this news section on our completely re-designed website will give you a fuller picture of everything going on at both JCC locations as well as at Camp Centerland and on the Irving M. Shuman Campgrounds. We are interested in your opinions and welcome your views on how to make our news section more useful to you. Please email your ideas to our News team here.

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A View From Jerusalem – Autumn Breeze – September 2018

by Sarah Schuppenhauer | September 17, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Leah Garber | September 17, 2018 Autumn’s wandering birds carry with them foreign scents, exotic fragrances, and a slight touch of mystery. One can only wonder what secrets hide under their wings, carried away like blowing leaves by autumn winds....

Buffalo sculptor and painter Ellen Steinfeld at the JCC

by Jordana Halpern | August 21, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

Buffalo sculptor and painter Ellen Steinfeld, whose work is well known throughout North America, has created a beautiful sculpture for the reopening of the recently renovated JCC Holland Family Building, at 787 Delaware Avenue. “Ellen was selected as the commissioned...

Buffalo Couple Plans Zip Line Wedding at Local Summer Camp, Saturday, September 1, 2018

by Jordana Halpern | August 21, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

A Buffalo couple will be tying the knot in a very unique way on Saturday, September 1, when they get married at a local summer camp and will literally “fly” 500 ft. over Ellicott Creek, as they begin their first day of marriage together. Darcy Kennedy and Jonathan...

Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo Welcomes Rogue Cellar to Getzville Location

by Jordana Halpern | August 21, 2018 | New at the JCC | 0 Comments

The Myers Family Tel Aviv Café, located in the Benderson Family Building, Jewish Community Center, 2640 North Forest Road, has reopened with an all new, healthy focused menu, under the direction of Annie Krause, founder of The Rogue Cellar. “As a community center that...