Youth
Teen
EVJCC seeks teen athletes, artists for 2020 Maccabi in San Diego
Each summer, more than 3,000 Jewish teens, ranging from ages 12-16, participate in the JCC Maccabi Games, an annual Olympic-style sporting competition for Jewish teens in North America. In 2020, the East Valley JCC will send a delegation to the Games for the first...
Meet the EVJCC’s new camp, youth & family director
The East Valley JCC is thrilled to announce that Sam Schuman started this week as the East Valley JCC’s Camp, Youth & Family director. Sam has been a part of the JCC Camp community since he was in diapers. From camper to junior counselor to athletic head and now...
BBYO’s day of community service
By Aaron Wiener | BBYO Mountain Associate Regional Director On April 28, our East Valley Chapters, Tovah BBG and Rabbi Marvin Meir Reznikoff, participated in BBYO's International Community Service Day, J-serve 2019 by going to Veterans Oasis Park in Chandler. With 10...
Tovah BBG wins top awards at Spirit Convention
Over the weekend of Jan. 25-27, more than 135 teens gathered at the FourPoints by Sheraton South Mountain for the Spirit Convention: Maccabiah. This convention is based around AZA and BBG competitions, chapter unity and spirit and many East Valley teens won awards...
Seeking teens to help fight anti-Semitism
A new program that aims to build bridges of mutual trust and understanding between Jewish and non-Jewish teens is coming to the East Valley JCC! The Student to Student program, founded in St. Louis, Missouri, 25 years ago, breaks down barriers of misinformation and...
East Valley teens enjoy first BBYO lock-in
An update from East Valley BBYO AARON WIENER Associate Regional Director of the BBYO Mountain Region This past weekend, we celebrated East Valley's first Lock-In for BBYO. With over 20 participants in attendance from Tovah BBG, Shapiro BBG, Felix Frankfurter AZA and...
Nine teens commit to develop leadership skills
The nine dedicated teens who make up the second cohort of Ilene Blau Teen Leadership Institute have committed to develop their leadership skills through study and activities focused on Jewish approaches to leadership throughout the 2018-2019 school year. This year’s...