Eastside

The JCC Camps at Medford hosts a Fall Festival

Olivia Mazzagatti, Eastside Staff • November 5, 2022

JCC Camps at Medford hosted a Fall Festival on October 30, 2022, bringing local members of the community together. Within this festive event, there was food, activities, arts and crafts, hay and horse carriage rides, music, and stands full of beautiful...

JCC develops a teen leadership program for ninth graders

Naomi Korn, Eastside Staff • June 3, 2017

If teens want to learn how to play tennis, they can sign up for a tennis clinic. If they want to learn how to play the clarinet, they can enroll in clarinet lessons. However, it is not as easy for teens that want to become better community leaders to...

Anti-Semitism plagues the Nation: The Katz JCC receives a bomb threat on February 27th

Gregory Rothkoff, Eastside Community Editor • March 12, 2017

On Monday, February 27, the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill, NJ received a bomb threat in a string of over a hundred various threats targeting Jewish Community Center’s and other Jewish organizations around the nation. At around 10:40 a.m., the Katz JCC...

Jewish Community Center Sports Award Dinner honors East Alumni

Drew Hoffman, Eastside Sports Editor • October 2, 2016

This year’s Katz JCC Sports Award Dinner took place on Monday, September 26, with many familiar faces being honored. East alums Jake Silpe (‘15) and David Golkow (‘16) were honorees for the Emerging Leadership Award and the David Back Memorial...

StandWithUs educates Cherry Hill teenangers about anti-semitism on college campuses

Sam Grossman, Eastside Staff • April 5, 2016

On Sunday, April 3, 23 teenagers attended a class at the Katz Jewish Community Center to be educated about anti-Israel movements on college campuses. All of the 23 teens that attended were high school students. The class was free to attend and open to...

The Katz JCC offers activities for nonmembers

Shira Resnick (’17)/ For Eastside • January 27, 2014

The Katz Jewish Community Center, the local community center in Cherry Hill, is now offering special programs and activities for nonmembers as well as for its members. Officiated by local refs, the JCC is starting a Martin Tepper teen basketball league....

JCC undergoes extreme makeover

Shannon O’Reilly (’08)/ Eastside Community Editor • July 19, 2007

Fully immersed in summer, there is no better time to work on summer tans and personal fitness. Many East students depend on the Jewish Community Center, commonly called the JCC, year round for its gym facilities. Yet, with the abundance of members, the JCC experienced issues involving size and space. Fortunately, all these problems were addressed by a major expansion, so large that it fell no shorter than an extreme makeover. More than doubling its size, the JCC’s expansion not only replaces out of date equipment but also adds new enmities that are grabbing members’ attentions. Some of these enmities include a dedicated stretching area, an indoor spin room, and physical therapy offices. Another new addition is the strength equipment, which is a full circuit that covers all body parts.