JCC NewsNew Leadership Team at the JCC
New leadership at the JCC gives key staff new roles and responsibilities. Several promotions have been announced within the agency in recent weeks. Alan Lipman has been promoted to Associate Executive Director. Marilyn Hassid and Jonathan Fass have been named Assistant Executive Directors. Read the full story....
JCC Announces the Raymond E. Plotkin JCC Maccabi Games Tennis Scholarship
 Raymond Plotkin began his Jewish journey at the Bertha Alyce Early Childhood Center and spent many happy years in the after-school care program. During middle school Raymond discovered a love of tennis and became a member of the JCC’s Maccabi Tennis Team. In 2009, Raymond was in his first semester at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque when he contracted the H1N1 flu virus. At just 18 years old, Raymond passed away from complications of the illness.
Raymond’s parents, Elaine and Ronald Plotkin, and Raymond’s brother, Jason and his wife, Aliza, have established the JCC Maccabi Games Tennis Scholarship in an effort to help other tennis players participate in the annual Maccabi Games. The Plotkin family hopes this scholarship honors the love that Raymond had for the JCC and the Maccabi Tennis Team. Read the full story...
Click here if you would like to contribute to the Raymond E. Plotkin JCC Maccabi Games Tennis Scholarship.
 Celebrating Good Times on Behalf of Jerry Wische
The Jewish Community Center of Houston’s 74th Annual Meeting on May 13 welcomed close to 300 people – members, staff and community leaders – all in attendance to honor longtime Executive Vice President Jerry Wische. Read the full story...
Dinkin Named New Executive Vice-President
The Jewish Community Center of Houston is preparing to move one of its own into the top leadership role. Senior Associate Executive Director Joel Dinkin was unanimously approved by the JCC Board of Directors to become Executive Vice-President on June 1 when Jerry Wische retires after 38 years at the helm. Read the full story...
JCC Executive Vice President Retires After Thirty-Eight Distinguished Years
When you have traveled the same rewarding road for thirty-eight extraordinary years, it's hard to say goodbye. But that is the difficult decision Jerry Wische, Executive Vice President of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Houston, has made. Wische announced at the JCC Board of Directors meeting that he will retire effective June 1, 2010, ending nearly four decades of service and accomplishments. Read the full story...
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