Mandel JCC Annual Report 2020-2021

EXPLORE, REFLECT AND JOURNEY WITH US

A MESSAGE FROM MINDY DAVIDSON

THE EARTH SHIFTED BENEATH US IN THE PAST YEAR. Familiar landmarks vanished and well-trod paths closed.

Mandel JCC, its members and the communities we serve found themselves in unfamiliar territory, uncertain of how to proceed safely and worried about losing what we’d worked so hard to create.

Turning back was not an option. There was too much at stake; too many people depended on The J. We had to find a way to continue to provide the services that would be even more in demand during the COVID -19 crisis while protecting our members, staff and volunteers. There was no map to follow, no emergency manual in a drawer.

So we turned to what has sustained the Jewish people throughout our history: our values, our faith, our tenacity and our identity. Everything around us might have changed; who we are hadn’t.

We set out on a journey through this new pandemic landscape. We adapted, improvised and overcame. We learned what could be done digitally and did it – everything from Arts, Ideas & Jewish Life to Camp dance parties. We delivered meals to homes that used to be provided on-site. We closed for safety’s sake, but reopened our doors as soon as we could.

We didn’t travel alone on this journey. Our members and community partners were with us every step of the way, encouraging us, supporting us and letting us know how much The J means to them.

Just as we strove to serve our members and communities, they, along with our partner organizations, came to our aid. They donated to cover our revenue shortfall. They bought and renewed memberships even though they couldn’t use them at the time. They made a point of engaging digitally with us.

Over the course of the pandemic, we were reminded again and again of the integral role The J has in the community. We heard from so many of you about what you missed and how you couldn’t wait to return. Those messages left us more determined than ever to carry on.

Of course, the crisis is not over. COVID-19 variants come in waves. The financial impact of the pandemic continues to be felt. But we’re confident we’ve made it through the worst of it. Though The J has not yet been able to return

WE TURNED TO WHAT HAS SUSTAINED THE JEWISH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT OUR VALUES, TEACHING, OUR TENACITY AND OUR EVERYTHING AROUND US MIGHT HAVE CHANGED; WHO

AND MICHAEL HYMAN

fully to its pre-pandemic programming, we are restoring services and adding new features as quickly as we can.

The entire experience reminds us of the old saying, “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.”

We journeyed together through this frightening and unsettling landscape and we are nearing our destination. We couldn’t have done it alone. Thanks especially to our dedicated Board of Trustees, generous donors, loyal and hard-working staff and partners. We give special thanks to the Jewish Federation of Cleveland for its unwavering support.

A successful journey is one in which fellow travelers arrive not only together but more closely bonded than when they started out. That is what we’ve accomplished.

Mindy Davidson Board Chair

Michael Hyman President and CEO

Adapting and Planning FOR NEEDS OF YOUNG LEARNERS

The Early Childhood Services program is emerging from the pandemic with a vision for how it can better serve The J community.

Classes are smaller; schedules are simpler; and more activities are held outdoors. The planned addition of a new studio off the main lobby will showcase the children’s projects and give young families a place to create together.

“The improvements are due to planning that was underway before COVID-19 struck and changes wrought by the pandemic,” said Early Childhood Services Director Jessica Robins. The Five Star Step-Up-to-Quality rated program was already deep in planning changes and regular staff training when the pandemic started and The J was forced to close.

Like other programs at The J, Early Childhood Services was forced to adapt and improvise. It offered online programming and started a YouTube channel to give families flexibility in their schedules. It sent care packages full of educational material and activities to the homes of our early childhood families. Of course, teaching very young children online was difficult for everyone involved.

“We started to feel as the weeks and months dragged on that what the families want, what the children need and deserve is in-person care,” Robins said.

After careful planning and research into how to operate safely, Early Childhood Services resumed in-person classes in July 2021 with new restrictions and safeguards in place. Grateful families re-enrolled, though not as many as before the pandemic.

“I think people felt it provided a real sense of normalcy and a sense of routine that they had been lacking,” Robins said. “It helped everyone with their mental health and gave everyone a break. We really believed it was the right thing to have children back within our walls, socializing with each other and with their teachers.”

Classes were smaller and there was a renewed emphasis on the core curriculum with fewer special programs. And while outdoor play and activities had always been a part of learning, the playground, woods and garden are being used now more than ever.

“We spent so much more time outside and it was tremendous,” Robins said. “Our plan is to continue to use those spaces we rediscovered this year.”

The program also is renewing face-to-face contact with parents who were limited to engaging only digitally during the pandemic.

Even as it recovers from the pandemic, Early Childhood Services continues to plan. In addition to creating the studio space off the lobby and raising the profile of the program, Robins would like to soon add infant care in order to serve more families.

She said the trailblazing and detours of the past year have reminded her of “masa,” or journey, one of the seven lenses of the Sheva framework of Jewish early childhood education.

“The children we serve are on a tremendous journey. They start so young and they leave here so mature and ready for that next step,” she said. “It’s a journey for families, too. I think it’s a beautiful process to be able to guide the children and the families along on this initial exposure to education.”

Fitness Center Provides Lifeline During Pandemic

It wasn’t long after the lockdown that Sue Hanson began to feel exercise withdrawal.

Like many dedicated exercisers she had come to depend on regular classes at The J, not only for the physical activity, but for companionship and socializing. Sue has been a regular in classes since joining in 1997.

“I wanted to stay strong and keep up a good quality of life,” the 89-year-old retired medical technician said. Her normal routine was three low-impact aerobics classes a week: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 11 am.

When The J closed in March 2020 because of COVID-19, Hanson and other members relied on their own ingenuity to exercise. At home in Shaker Heights, she walked, stretched and did basic workouts.

Though The J began offering classes online during the shutdown, Hanson didn’t join.

“I like to be in a group, moving and listening to music. That’s what works for me,” she said.

She also missed the friends she’d made at The J, a group of about 10 women who took the same classes. “We all enjoyed each other so much. We’d go out and celebrate each others’ birthdays over lunch.

“I’m a social person. I really like to be around people,” she said.

Making it safe for Hanson and her friends to resume classes in-person as quickly as possible was a priority for new General Manager of Fitness and Membership Joe Schillero, who had the misfortune of starting work on the week after The J shut down. Schillero, who came to The J from a job at the University of Cincinnati, wasn’t even able to meet with his team in person or familiarize himself with the now-closed facilities.

“We had no playbook for this,” he said. “My staff and I had to bond together more quickly than we would have otherwise. We had to work together and get through this as a team.”

That meant taking stock of which classes and services could be offered online, who could teach them and what members would be interested in and able to access them. Within a month, The J was offering classes through Facebook, then its own online platform. Participation was enthusiastic, Joe said.

For Schillero and his staff, the biggest obstacle during this period was being unable to plan more than a week or two ahead. With health advisories and mandates changing constantly, long-range planning was more guesswork than anything else.

“We had to keep a loose grip on planning and seeing into the future because we really couldn’t,” he said.

Stressful circumstances can cause teams to fall apart or rise to the occasion. In this case, the fitness team bonded and adjusted to the new demands.

Once mandates were lifted and safety measures were in place, The J reopened for classes in July 2020.

Hanson was more than ready: “I was so eager to come that I was the only one in the class at the beginning.”

She might have been first, but others followed.

“We’ve had so many people come up to us and say, ‘Thank you for being open. It’s literally saving my life’,” Schillero said. “They need community; they need physical activity; they need the things that can help their mental well-being.”

While the facilities are fully open, the offering of classes and activities have not yet been wholly restored, largely due to staffing shortages. The extensive library of online classes is still there for those who aren’t coming in.

Schillero and his staff are committed to making sure The J returns to normalcy and continues to offer the best possible services to members.

“The combination of helping people mentally and helping them physically through these past two crazy years has been so important and so satisfying to everyone here at The J,” he said.

Hanson is back on her pre-pandemic schedule of three classes a week.

“I love it,” she said. “I missed it so badly when it was gone.”

Our Journey Together

In July and August 2020, Camp Wise welcomed more than 430 children and adults from the community to Wise Outdoor Fun Days, which allowed families and small groups to connect with nature for socially distanced outdoor recreation on the beloved camp grounds.

While The J’s Camp Wise Jewish overnight camp was canceled in Summer 2020 due to the pandemic, Camp Wise staff engaged more than 1,000 campers in its online community through 175 hours of virtual programming.

During Summer 2020 while J-Day Camps was on hiatus due to COVID-19, in July and August staff hosted 22 virtual programs titled “Summer with The J” to foster creativity and connectedness. A total of 87 unique youth participants from kindergarten to eighth grade engaged in the programs, with many participating in multiple classes.

The J supported the growth of 38 preschool children and 21 toddlers enrolled in our Early Childhood Preschool and Toddler Care programs by creating a learning environment and experiences that sparked wonder and creativity integrated with Jewish teachings, traditions and customs.

Young Families programming offered in June 2021 provided opportunities for 76 children ages birth to 5 years old with their parents or caregivers to play, sing, move, explore and meet new friends. These teacher-facilitated programs included Baby and Me Yoga, Move and Groove, Music Makers and Tot Shabbat.

The 14th annual Cleveland Jewish FilmFest October 15 – 25 presented the best of international Jewish cinema to Greater Clevelanders, attracting 2,500 household viewers and 100 drive-in attendees.

The 21st annual Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

November 8 – April 20 drew 1,500 households who gained insights from acclaimed national, international and local authors during 20 virtual author events and three virtual cook-along demonstrations.

January’s Tu Bishvat DriveThrough event in partnership with Jewish National Fund drew 150 community members who picked up gift bags containing saplings and planting supplies to celebrate our Jewish people’s festival of the trees.

A May community Ice Cream Social-ish event for Shavuot, in partnership with PJ Library and jHUB, that included a socially distanced concert with Jesse Jukebox that attracted 125 family members.

Jewish Life and Culture programming attracted members and the broader Cleveland Jewish community to celebrate, explore, engage and learn to strengthen Jewish identity. These diverse programs had an estimated program reach of 1,500 community members. They included virtual events such as 11 holiday cook-along demonstrations for the general public and early childhood participants, a fall holiday scavenger hunt and virtual Chanukah candle lighting where partner organizations each hosted a night on The J’s Facebook page.

We served 2,033 active member households from our community.

Lunch Plus hand delivered a total of 131,429 freshly prepared kosher meals to more than 60 seniors. Due to COVID-19 safety precautions, the program transitioned from a hot meal program to a home meal delivery effort fueled by dedicated volunteers from the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Jewish Volunteer Network and The J’s staff volunteers.

Families and individuals received financial assistance totaling $160,688 to defray the cost of J-Day Camps, Camp Wise and membership.

Annual Campaign

JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

CHAVERIM

Up to $499

Anonymous

ABM Industries

– IHO Jon Lindberg

Janice and Mitchell Adell

– IMO Harvey Rosenbaum and Harry Nudelman

Fern and Ken Adler

Amazon Smiles

Laura Bauschard

Barbara and Jeffrey Beder

Ileen Berk and Stephen Fopeano

Eileen and Robert Blattner

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Myrna and Kurt Bloch

Sally and Mark Bram

Denise and Aaron Brzezinski

Susannah Butler and John Miller

Jill and Gary Cappy

Heidi and Loren Chylla

College Now Greater Cleveland, Inc.

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Priscilla and Scott Dann

Fran and Mark Doris

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Sherry Epstein

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Sharon and Bennett Fagin

Judith Feingold

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Traci Felder

Marc Freimuth

Sandy and Jack Ganz

Marilyn and Stuart Greenwald

– IHO fitness center and IMO of Selma Greenwold

Maureen Husami and John Walsh

Jeff and Lynne Irvine

Hallie and Eric Kogelschatz

Emily Korona-Luscher

Sally and Howard Kramer

Susan and Milton Lakin

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Rebecca Lasek and Jon Lorenzo

Laura Leventhal

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Adam Levin

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Karen Michelson and Dale Obran

Kelly and Aaron Millstone

Marilyn Nudelman

Ellen and Richard Rabb

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Linda and Christopher Rankin

Janet and Edward Reichek

Robert Reitman

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Lynn and Jerry Rosen

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Paul Rosenberg

Sheryl and Harvey Rothenberg

– IMO Selma Greenwald

Jordan and Arleen Rothkopf

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Aliki and Peter Rzepka

– IHO Michael and Susan Hyman on their grandchildren, “The Teller Triplets”

Joel Saltzman

Melissa Shamis and Eli Steinberger

Brenda and Loren Shapiro

John Sheridan

Adrienne and Harvey Siegel

Marcia Spiro

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Melody Stolarsky

James Strassman

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Li Wang and Kuilin Zhang

Kori and Shaun Whisenant

Wendy and Neil Young

Caryn Zwick

MITZVAH

$500-$999

Nan Cohen and Dan Abrams

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Marilyn and Richard Goodman

Janet Stotter

Deborah and Kenneth Traeger

LEADERSHIP

$1000-$1799

Raquel and Stephen Bassett

Susan and Daniel Borison

Yelena Boxer and Brian Kelly

Evy and Jim Davis

Larissa and Yakov Elgudin

Dr. Michael H. and Lydia Frankel

Lottie Gray

Elizabeth and Brett Krantz

Lynn and Ira Krumholz

Sandra and Steven Laserson

Ellen and Earl Leiken

Shelly and Scott Lewis

Heidi and Bernard Perla

Barbara and Michael Peterman

– IMO David Wasserstrom

Mikki and Michael Rocker

Sharon and Bruce Rosenbaum

Enid and David Rosenberg

– IMO Harvey Rosenbaum and Shirley Abrams

Marjorie Bell Sachs

Evie and Gordon Safran

Sara Schiavoni and Rod Rezaee

Karin Schleifer

Lisa and Bill Schonberg

Wendy and Danny Spitz

Jeanne and Jordan Tobin

Jennifer and Neil Tramer

Neil Waxman

Stephanie and Adam Wieder

Andria and Darrell Young

CHAI

$1800-$4999

Barry Feldman

Jean and Michael Goulder

Candace and Brent Grover

Shelley and Greg Marcus

Laurie and Robert Marks

Darby and Jon Miller Steiger

Jan and Rick Mitchell

Cynthia and Keith Polster

– IMO Dr. Harry Nudelman and Dr. Harvey Rosenbaum

Shani and Scott Spiegle

Miriam Vishny and Mark Cohen

Diane Weiner and Robert Angart

Jennifer and Arthur Weisman

MANDEL

$5000 and ABOVE

Hildee and Gary Weiss

Donor Funds and Funded Projects/Programs

JULY 1, 2020 – JUNE 30, 2021

ABEL BOOSTERS

Faye Kaplan

ADELSTEIN GARDEN FUND

Jewish Federation of Cleveland

ANISFIELD DAY CAMP

Cleveland Automobile Club Orphans Outing Fund

E.A. and Mollie C. Schwarzenberg Memorial Fund*

Harold Grinspoon Foundation

– IHO Gil Rubanenko

Jewish Federation of Cleveland Mens Club of Mandel JCC

ARTS AND CULTURE PROGRAMMING

Tamar and Peter Brosse

Barbara and Michael Peterman

– IHO Ms. Karen and Ms. Alexandra Davis

CAMP WISE

Anonymous (3)

Dana and Brent Adler

Daniel Baer

Marla and Jeremy Bass

Cathy and Paul Becker

Lana and Ilya Bederman

Terri and Archie Berk

Bernard and Jennifer Gordon Fund

Marla and David Berns

Michael Bertner

– IHO 2020 campers and staff. Love, the 2004 Supervisors

Sylvia Biarsky

– IHO Ben and Becky Stalsmith’s wedding

Dana and Gidon Blitstein

Linda Bloomfield

Deborah and Howard Bobrow

Rebecca and Eric Bornstein

Craig Brenner

Ellen and Jonathan Brown

Scott Brown

Rachel Cahn

Jill and Gary Cappy

Ian Cheistwer

Carly Chessin

Maya Cohen

Columbus Jewish Federation

Lisa and Mitchell Cronig

Lisa and Larry Davidoff

– IMO Roberta “Bobbie” Dworken

Carly and Matthew Day

Michael Diamond

Dr. Herman C. Smith Memorial Fund*

Stacey Ehrenberg and David Buchner

Larissa and Yakov Elgudin

Elizabeth and Andrew Elia

Feldman-Wehn Family

Diane Fellman

Scott Figler

Foundation for Jewish Camping, Inc.

Phillip Friedman

Matthew Golden

Danny Goodman

Susan Goodman

Google

– IHO Jordan Marks

Lesley Gordon

Jeffrey Greenwald

Naomi and Jeremy Grunzweig

Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Mitchell Haut

Elise Jaffe

Liz Jones-Minsinger and Keith Minsinger

Mitchell Josephson

Rachel Kabb-Effron

Amy and Richard Kalk

Karen and Douglas Katz

Dana Kessner

Jessica Kibbe

– IHO Second Session Ohalim, summer 1994

Sherri Koppel

Melissa and Lee Korland

Nicole Krasnow

Dustin Kress

Lakeland College

John Lang

David Leb

– IHO 2020 campers and staff. Love, the 2010 Supervisors

Julia Leb

Adam Levin

Eliana LeVine and Josh Polster

Michele and Matthew Levy

Shelly and Scott Lewis

Simone Light

Wendy and James Lord

Zach Mandel

Andrew Mann

– IHO Solel 2006 and The Camp Wise Class of 2009

Gary Mann

– IHO Andrew Mann, Harriet and Gary Mann

Julie and Steve Manning

Jordan Marks

Barry Marlin

Melvin P. and Eleanor N. Galin Family Foundation

Michael D. and Anita H. Siegal One Happy Camper Endowment Fund*

Maxine Middleton

Arielle Miller and Michael Gurman

Wendy Miller

Darby and Jon Miller Steiger

– IHO Solel 2017 and Home of Happiness

Jan Miyake and Josh Levy

Harry Morgenstern

Jodi Moskowitz

Ryan Muencz

Anne Mulholland and Julian Peskin

Nachshon Project

Paul and Susan Nathan

Matthew Newamn

– IHO Liz Stein

Mathew Ortman

– IHO 2020 campers and staff. Love, 2010 Supervisors Solel 03

Jessie Paley

Beth and Larry Pollack

Cecelia Polster

Kim Resnick and Sareena Singh

Jamie and Jeff Rindsberg

Steven J. Ring

Heather Ross-Lowenstein and Irwin Lowenstein

Decio Rozenbojm

Kelly and Gilon Rubanenko

Jon Rubinstein

Alyssa Sands

Stacy Scholnick

Jessica and Alan Semel

Sonni and Steven Senkfor

Melissa Shamis and Eli Steinberger

– IHO Meredith Belman’s marriage to Don

Marty and Haleigh Shankle

Michael Shapiro

Kaleigh Shupp

Shawn and Barry Simon

Jennifer Slate and Jonathan Grischkan

Jodi Sperling

Shani and Scott Spiegle

Karen and Mark Stallsmith

Melody Stolarsky

Lydia Stux

Donna Sullivan

Hannah Teitelbaum

Thomases Family Endowment of Youngstown Jewish Federation

Karen and Darryl Tindel

– IHO Arielle Tindel and Chad Tindel

Laura S. Tolchinsky

Jessica Traeger

Kari Traugott

Yair Weinstock

– IHO Beth Young

Rena Widzer

Rachel Wolf

Beth and Chris Young

Mark Young

CAMP WISE – ALUMNI TRIVIA NIGHT

Josh and Samantha Beren

Rachel Cahn

Rebecca Entel

CAMP WISE – WISE MADNESS

Noah Appel

James Bacon

Mitchell Baer

Jennie and Ben Becker

Meg Beghrend and David Rockwell

Cheryl and Todd Bendis

Amy and Scott Bilsky

Cori and Jason Bloch

Mara (Tencer) Block

Adam Bloom

Rachel Braun

Ellen and Jonathan Brown

Jessie Bruder and Aaron Tevlowitz

Abby Bruell and Yoshi Silverstein

Hannah Caplan

Brian Chessin

Heidi and Loren Chylla

Rebecca Copeland

Hannah Davidoff

Mindy and Martin Davidson

Rachel Felber

Traci E. Felder

Amanda and Josh Goldberg

Lindsey Guth

Jonathan Hausman

Isaac Hecker

Adam Josephson

Lindsay Kattan

Abby Kaufman and Molly Smemo

Joshua Levy

Deborah Lewis

Nina and Jeffrey Light

Jordin Luxenberg

Zachary Marlin

Evan Meles

Hannah and Clifford Mendelsohn

Darby and Jon Miller Steiger

Matthew Paley

Jessie Paley

Sarah Phillips

Kelly and Gilon Rubanenko

Kim Salama

Jessica and Alan Semel

Sarah Senkfor

Marty and Haleigh Shankle

Jake Simon

Jennifer Slate and Jonathan Grischkan

Ali and Rick Tannenbaum

Rachel Teitelbaum

Sydney Ungar

Marc Wolf

Jonathan Wynbrandt

Beth and Chris Young

Marion Young

Mark Young

Nancy and Robert Zimmerman

CLEVELAND JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL

Anonymous

Rosalyn Abraham

– IHO My Grandchildren and Great Grandaughters

Jeremy Adell

Barry and Barbara Epstein Charitable Gift Fund

Barbara and Robert Bilenker

B’nai Jeshurun Congregation

Fran and Aaron Bulloff

– IHO Julian, Adrian and Bella

Cleveland Israel Arts Connection*

Lisa Cynamon Mayers and Joshua Mayers

Deedra Dolin

Friends of Jewish Lifelong Learning

Leona Green

Judy and Andrew Green

JHUB

Maxine Karns

Merle and Robert Kiwi

Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at CWRU

Eliana LeVine and Josh Polster

Shelly and Scott Lewis

Renee Lieberman

– IMO Florence Weissman

Mens Club of Mandel JCC

National Council of Jewish Women

Ohio Arts Council

Ohio Humanities

Park Synagogue

Jody and Tod Podl

Sheila Reingold and Marc Benson

– IMO of Iris Zahler and Leeta and Leonard Benson

Erica and Erick Remer

Enid and David Rosenberg

Beth and Robert Rosenthal

Aliki and Peter Rzepka

Robbie Schonfeld

Jane Schwerson

Sally and Larry Sears

Suburban Temple-Kol Nashim

Miriam Vishny and Mark Cohen

– IMO Paul and Michele Vishny

Gail and Edward Weintraub

Judi and Marshall Wolf

Gerald Zahler

Sandy Zieve

CLEVELAND JEWISH FILMFEST

Anonymous

Deborah Applefeld

– IHO Deborah, Beth, and Susan

Karen and David Bardenstein

Nancy and Larry Bell

Myrna and Kurt Bloch

Elaine Bolasny

Ken and Phyllis Bravo

Cindy and Jerry Brodsky

Tamar and Peter Brosse

Bonnie and Michael Cole

Marilyn and Stuart Cole

Kelly and Adam Covitt

Cuyahoga Arts Council

Mindy and Martin Davidson

Jennifer and Grant Dinner

Deedra Dolin

Emily and Howard Edelstein

Lois Freedman and Mark Munetz

Ann Freimuth

Lynne and Norm Friedman

Phyllis and Avrum Froimson

Debra S. Gold

Brenda and David Goldberg

Sarajane and Gerald Goldstein

Florence Goodman

Harry K and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation

Erica Hartman-Horvitz and Richard Horvitz

Sandi and Martin Horwitz

Donald and Lynda Insul

John P. Murphy Foundation

Roseanne and Michael Kadis

Pamela and Craig Kahn

JoAnn Millman and Arthur Kaplansky

Jill and David Katz

Noreen Koppelman-Goldstein and Barry Goloboff

Blair Kurit

Jennifer and Edward Lehner

Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

Norma Lerner

Jean and Alan Lettofsky

Shelly and Scott Lewis

Bonnie and Dan Marks

Susan Michelson

Hedy and Michael Milgrom

Peta Moskowitz

Anat and Saul Nurko

Ohio Arts Council

Marilyn and Kenneth Oif

Barbara and Michael Peterman

Susan and Barry Reis

Mila and Simon Rekhson

Helen and Ronald Ross

Heather Ross-Lowenstein and Irwin Lowenstein

Marjorie Sachs

Sally and Larry Sears

Stephanie and Todd Silverman

Cathy and Jonathan Stamler

Janet Stotter

Elizabeth and Josh Sunshine

Miriam Vishny and Mark Cohen

Susan and Eric Wasserman

Penni and Steve Weinberg

Gail and Edward Weintraub

Jennifer and Arthur Weisman

Susanne Wish-Baratz

Andria and Darrell Young

EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM

Shlomit Halevy and Stewart Kohl

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland

Kate and Ryan Kutnick

ELLY FRIEDMAN FUND

Emerman Household

Ronald Emerman

JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING

JCC of North America

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland

Ashley Southard

JOSEPH PAYNER MEMORIAL FUND

Samuel Besunder

– IMO Jackie Simonetti and Susan Friedman

Estelle Payner

– IMO Jackie Sinometti and Susan Friedman

Jane and Jerald Payner

– IHO Jerry’s birthday and IMO Henry Freeman, Les Levine, Fred Davis’ beloved mother, Beloved cousin Steve Straus, and Susan Friedman

LUNCH PLUS

Ruth Goldstein

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Betty Hoffer

Barbara Kogan-Jaffe

Elaine Rubin

Barrish Trust

Alan Weiss

MAYER HABER FUND

Mayer-Haber JCC Endowment Fund*

NANCY FEINER FUND

Susan Kornbluth

PLAY AT THE J

Eliza and Brian Adams

Janice and Mitchell Adell

Daryn and Kevin Adelstein

– IHO Loren Chylla

Debbie and Carey Arnold

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Dulguun Battsogt

Benesch Friedlander

Mark Bogomolny

Susan and Daniel Borison

Yelena Boxer and Brian Kelly

Robyn and Pasquale Caporossi

Jill and Gary Cappy

Cedar Brook Financial Group

Howard Slater

Cindy and Louis Chaiten

COMDOC

Lisa Cynamon Mayers and Joshua Mayers

Jill and Brad Davidson

Mindy and Martin Davidson

Evy and Jim Davis

Diamond Auto Lease and Sales

Myrna and Rick Diamond

Linda DuBose

Larissa and Yakov Elgudin

Empire Paving

Ken Evers

Lisa and Jesse Farmer

Feldman-Wehn Family

Dr. Michael H. and Lydia Frankel

Marc Freimuth

Maureen Garnett

Rochelle and Harley Gross

Stacie and Jeffrey Halpern

Brad Handler

Michelle and Kenneth Hersh

Rachel Hildebrandt and Alex Adell

Michelle and Evan Hirsch

Debra and Jason Hollander

Susan and Michael Hyman

Cheryl and Alec Isaacson

Jay Auto Group

Randall Klein

Theresia and Stuart Kline

Brett and Elizabeth Krantz

Lynn and Ira Krumholz

Sandra and Steven Laserson

Legacy Construction Services

Shelly and Scott Lewis

Littler Mendelson

Lawrence Mack

Ken Marbles

Shelley and Greg Marcus

Laurie and Robert Marks

Deb Massey

Ruth and Doug and Ruth Mayers

Darby and Jon Miller Steiger

Kelly and Aaron Millstone

New Relic

Elizabeth and Marc Nudelman

Heidi and Bernard Perla

Michael Peterman

Julie Pilloff

Cynthia and Keith Polster

Joanne and Richard Prober

Reminger and Reminger

Susan and Mark Ringel

Sharon and Bruce Rosenbaum

Enid and David Rosenberg

Ross, Brittain, & Schonberg CO.

Sheryl and Harvey Rothenberg

RSM

Kelly and Gilon Rubanenko

Rozalina and Bennett Rubin

Sarah Sager

Lisa and Bill Schonberg

Wendy and William Schwarz

Jessica and Alan Semel

Cheri and Neal Shapero

Laura and Ben Sheridan

Nora Singer and Marc Melamed

Teri Skadron

Sleggs, Danzinger & Gill, Co., LPA

Sara and Daniel Solomon

Shani and Scott Spiegle

Wendy and Danny Spitz

Mindy and David Steiger

Jill and Michael Stovsky

TLC Landscaping

Jeanne and Jordan Tobin

TractionRec

Tramer, Shore & Zwick

Tucker Ellis, LLP

Rachel and Ken Weinberg

Jennifer and Arthur Weisman

Stephanie and Adam Wieder

Andria and Darrell Young

Nancy and Robert Zimmerman

YOUTH THEATRE

Leona Green

Ohio Arts Council

Becky and David Rocker

SHANI AND SCOTT SPIEGLE FAMILY MACCABI FUND

Bonnie A. & Stephen H. Spiegle Philanthropic Fund

Shani and Scott Spiegle

– IHO Bonnie and Steve Spiegle

SPECIAL NEEDS CAMP

Gitta Stein Fund*

Saltzman Youth Panel*

SUSTAINABILITY RELIEF FUND

Anonymous

Deborah Abbott

ABM Industries

Eliza and Brian Adams

Janice and Mitchell Adell

– IHO Michael and Susan Hyman

Jerry and Cindy Aizen

Alana E. Kay Memorial Philanthropic Fund

Mikhail Alterman

Myrna Arlen

Elizabeth Arnett and Steven Paille

Debbie and Carey Arnold

Darcel Arrington and Tillman Appling

Claudia and Eric Bacon

Barbara Baetz-Greenwalt and Peter Greenwalt

Jordan Baker-Horn

Elizabeth and Dylan Beach

Cathy and Paul Becker

Nancy and Larry Bell

Janice Benes and Fred Doob

Elaine Bercu

Judith and Len Berenholz

Kara and Percy Bhathena

Amy and Scott Bilsky

Shannon and Ryan Bilsky

Myrna and Kurt Bloch

– IHO Lee Tenenbaum

Ruth Bobrow

Deborah and Howard Bobrow

Lisa Bockhoff and William Henry

Macon and Paul Boczek

Michelle and Mark L. Bogomolny

Shari and Michael Bolen

Beth and Robert Brandon

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Toby Bresky

– IMO Marcia Kammer and Selma Greenwald

Stanley Brown

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Amy and Armond Budish

Carol Burg

Sandra Burkons

Marlene and Louis Burroughs

Burt and Sandi Zucker Philanthropic Fund

Susannah Butler and John Miller

Margaret Carlson and Carlton Jones

Andrea and Andy Carlson

Mary and Leon Chang

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Heidi and Loren Chylla

Marvin Cohen

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Robert and Sharon Cohen

Jill Cohn

– IHO Dorothy Sherman

Deborah Coleman and Dan Polster

Priscilla and Scott Dann

Mindy and Martin Davidson

Evy and Jim Davis

– IMO Donald Meckler

Elizabeth Dery and Steven Schecter

Myrna and Rick Diamond

– IMO Selma Greenwald

Paula and Daniel Dreyfuss

– IHO Paula Dreyfuss

Karyn Dubravetz

Stanley Duraj

Darlene and Robert Duvin

Edward and Roslyn Kowit Philanthropic Fund

Joel Eigen

– IMO Herman and Sadie Eigen

Marilyn and Edward Ellis

Amanda Karp and David Emerman

Elly Friedman Fund

– IMO Beverly Yanowirz Williams

Deborah and Alan Erenrich

Marilyn and Max Estrin

– IHO Rachel and Max Estrin

Courtney and Aaron Evenchik

Sharon and Bennett Fagin

Fairmount Temple

Marcia and Robert Fein

Traci E. Felder

– IMO Selma Greenwald

Katie and Michael Fiala

Ronald Fisher

Becca Fleisher Sattin and Benjamin Sattin

Joan and Jon Flinker

Linda and Jack Fogel

– IMO Joel Eisen, Selma Greenwald, and

Gloria Sharp

Marc Freimuth

– IMO Aaron Walter

Ann Freimuth

Erin and Alon Gabay

Maureen Garnett

Peggy and John Garson

Susan L. Gattozzi

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Lisa Gelles and Jay Costantini

Julie and Brooks Gerbitz

Mariya and Alexander Geube

Jerry Gillett

Heather Goldberg

Michelle and Brian Goodman

Marlene and Jonathan Green

Kitty and Alan Greenberg

Heather and Bradley Greene

– IHO Helen Greene

Sheri and David Gross

– IHO JCC staff

Laurie Gross-Kammer and Rick Kammer

Maria Hanley and Dan Blakemore

Carrie Happ-Smith

Erica Hartman-Horvitz and Richard Horvitz

Allison Hawkes

Sharon and Chuck Helden

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Paula and Daniel Herman

Susan and John Hersch

Deborah and Eric Hoffman

Gary and Diane Hoffman

Erin and Brian Hopkins

Alicia and Kenneth Huffman

Amanda and Thomas Huffman

Maureen Husami and John Walsh

Susan and Michael Hyman

– IMO Harvey Rosenbaum

Jeff and Lynne Irvine

Taryn and Andrew Isaacs

Cheryl and Alec Isaacson

J. David and Rebecca Heller Family Foundation*

Melissa and Adam Jacobs

– IHO Outdoor pool and administrative staff

Judy and Don Jacobson

Marlyn and Ari Jaffe

Susan and Moses Jhirad

– IHO Safran and Davidson families

Xiao Jia and Jinsong Wang

Emily Josephson

Laura Junglas

Teri and Eldon Kabb

Ami Kann

Maxine Karns

Miriam Karon

– IMO Harvey Rosenbaum

Jill and David Katz

Elizabeth and Stephen Kaufman

Michele and Bill Kay

– IHO Kate Toohig

Gina Kelly

KeyBank Foundation

Courtney Kiffner

Merle and Robert Kiwi

Hallie and Eric Kogelschatz

Saliha Konal Bebek

David Kornbluth

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Sally and Howard Kramer

Laura and Howard Kronick

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Andrea Kurz and Alex Schoellkopf

Joey Laidman

Gisela Lakatos

Hillard Lazarus

Noah Leavitt

Kim and Ronald Leikin

– IMO Milton Leikin

Dennis Lennon

– IMO Selma Greenwald

Eliana LeVine and Josh Polster

Nancy Levy and Gerald Yosowitz

Lieberman Family Fund

Debra Light and Bruce Sherman

– IMO Selma Greenwald

Gabrielle Lincoff and Zachary Jerusalem

Rachel and Luke Lindberg

Colette Livingston

April Locker

Julie and Aram Loeb

Iris Lorber

Lawrence Mack

– IHO Gil Rubanenko and Deborah Ackerman

Cindy Makler and David Mitchell

Julie and Steve Manning

Janisse Nagel and Ken Marblestone

– IHO Mindy Davidson

Shelley and Greg Marcus

Gayle and Jeff Marks

Elizabeth Marx

– IMO Beth Robbins’ mother and Selma Greenwold

Kevin McCardle

Stanley and Barbara Meisel II Philanthropic Fund*

Frank Mocilnikar

Carl Monastra

Kate and Andrew Montlack

Kathleen Moreland

Ron Mucci

Jeffrey and Jill Muencz

Martin Neiditz ✡ Novelis

– IHO Melody Stolarsky

Elizabeth and Marc Nudelman

Leann Olansky

– IMO Sichy and Marian Olansky

Barbara Opatka

Susan Passen

Paula and Michael Penzner

Reeva and John Perse

Kim Pesses

Barbara and Michael Peterman

Cecelia Polster

Cynthia and Keith Polster

– IMO Mona Tobin Houston

Don Posner

– IHO Traci Felder

Rebecca Price

Joanne and Richard Prober

Ellen and Richard Rabb

– IMO Mrs. Patricia McCarthy

Heddy and Leonard Rabe

Linda and Christopher Rankin

Ludmila A. Rekhson

Kim Resnick and Sareena Singh

Jennifer and Rob Reznick

Linda Rhodes

Matthew Richardson

Jamie and Jeff Rindsberg

Jessica Robins and Andrew Spott

Becky and David Rocker

Dr. Rachel Rosen and Dr. Laura Adelman

Lynn and Fred Rosenberg

Enid and David Rosenberg

– IMO Don Meckler

Jill and Daniel Ross

Jordan and Arleen Rothkopf

– IMO Bob Tolin

Debbie and Barry Rothschild

Rothstein Family Donor Advised Fund

Boris Rozenfeld

Kelly and Gilon Rubanenko

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Marcie and Dale Rubin

Rund Family Charitable Fund at Schwab

Charitable

Salli and Alan Rutsky

Barbara Salsbury

Sandra K. and Jeremy S. Rosenthal Philanthropic Fund*

Lillian and Roy Schlachter

Emily Schuss

Wendy and William Schwarz

Sally and Larry Sears

Jessica and Alan Semel

Cantor Aaron and Sabrina Rose Shifman

Stacey and Steven Shore

Cheryl Siegel and Martin Saltzman

Cheryl Siegel

– IHO the Aquatic Managers

Betsy and Brent Silver

Beth and Howard Simon

Geri Simon

Shawn and Barry Simon

Anne and Jay Singer

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Soclof Keshet Fund, a donor advised Fund

– IHO Outdoor Pool Staff and JCC Administration

Caroline and Ed Soyka

Shani and Scott Spiegle

Melody Stolarsky

– IMO Phil and Eileen Stolarsky

Jan and Will Sukenik

Yanfen Sun

Kati Szamos

Riaz and Theresa Tarar

Robin and Aaron Taylor

– IMO Patti Perlmuter

Traction Rec Technologies

Nancy and Lee Tenenbaum

Marcie and Stuart Terman

Mindi Thal

TisBest Philanthropy

Vicki Titas

Hasida and Philip Toltzis

Lisa Ungar

– IMO Stuart Blum

Linda and Les Vinney

Danielle and Brian Waldron

Melvin and Adrienne Wasserman

– IMO Shirley Abrams

Beth Weiner

Sharon Weinstein

– IHO Mindy Davidson

Gail and Edward Weintraub

Fern Weiss

Marilyn Weiss

– IHO my Grandchildren

Annabelle Weiss ✡

– IMO Hal Agrast

Hildee & Gary Weiss

Bobbi and David Weissman

Ashleigh Wells and Sean Ryle

Stephanie and Randy Weltman

Ruth Wertheimer

Eileen and James Wilkoff

Carol and David Willen

– IHO Michael Hyman

Theo and John Wolf

Stephanie Worrell

Mrs. Julia and Mr. Amit Yarkoni

Hazel and Gordon Young

Gerald Zahler

Ellen Zelman

Lisa and Robert Zimmerman

Nancy and Robert Zimmerman

– IMO Selma Greenwold

Jill and Jeffrey Zimon

Olga and Craig Zullig

VIRTUAL 5K

Anonymous

Janice and Mitchell Adell

Rachael Barbour

Jack Beacon

Karil Bialostosky and Steven Dettelbach

– IHO Emily Isaacson

Melissa Bilsky

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Amy and Scott Bilsky

Deborah and Howard Bobrow

Cathleen Bolek and Gary Levin

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Susan and Daniel Borison

Deanna and Michael Campbell

Heidi and Loren Chylla

– IHO Rachel Felber

Matthew Craska

Wendy and Michael Cynamon

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Lisa Cynamon Mayers and Joshua Mayers

Mindy and Martin Davidson

Dennis Devine

Karyn Dubravetz

Larissa and Yakov Elgudin

Rachel Felber

Traci Felder

Dr. Michael H. and Lydia Frankel

Kimberley Gillan-Shafron and David Shafron

Michelle and Efi Golan

Kelly and Jeff Goshe

Elad and Iris Granot

Debra and Jason Hollander

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Amanda and Thomas Huffman

Susan and Michael Hyman

Jeff and Lynne Irvine

Cheryl and Alec Isaacson

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Michelle and Ethan Karp

Carole Katz

Etsy Kelly

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Brett and Elizabeth Krantz

Andrea Kurz and Alex Schoellkopf

Sandra and Steven Laserson

Patricia Leebove

Berinthia and Mark LeVine

Shelly and Scott Lewis

Jamie and Benjamin Light

Emily and Eric Ludwig

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Lawrence Mack

Shelley and Greg Marcus

Elizabeth Marx

Amy Mayers

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Ruth and Doug Mayers

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Athena Mericsko

Lindsay and Jason Miller

Darby and Jon Miller Steiger

Kelly and Aaron Millstone

Bela Mittelman

Mary Nau

Audrey Patterson

Jody and Tod Podl

Joanne and Richard Prober

Lori Riga and Jeff Weiner

Jonathan Rodriguez

Enid and David Rosenberg

Kelly and Gilon Rubanenko

– IHO Joshua Mayers

Sarah Sager

Karen and Aaron Saidel

Meryl Scher

Karin Schleifer

Lisa and Bill Schonberg

Wendy and William Schwarz

Cheri and Neal Shapero

Deirdre Shedlow and Marci Forbes

Shani and Scott Spiegle

Ali and Rick Tannenbaum

– IHO Emily Isaacson and Joshua Mayers

Janice Tiedemann

Jennifer and Neil Tramer

Jennifer and Arthur Weisman

Andria and Darrell Young

Eloise and Kent Young

WEINBERG CHILDREN’S FUND

Irwin Weinberg

– IHO Roberta Weiss

FOUNDATIONS & COMMUNITY FUNDING SOURCES

$1,000 & ABOVE

Bonnie A. & Stephen H. Spiegle Philanthropic Fund*

Cleveland Automobile Club Orphans Outing Fund

Cleveland Israel Arts Connection*

Columbus Jewish Federation

Cuyahoga Arts Council

E.A. and Mollie C. Schwarzenberg Memorial Fund*

Friends of Jewish Lifelong Learning

Gitta Stein Fund*

Harold Grinspoon Foundation

Harry K and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation

J. David and Rebecca Heller Family Foundation*

JCC of North America

Jewish Education Center of Cleveland

Jewish Federation of Cleveland

John P. Murphy Foundation

KeyBank Foundation

Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation

Mayer-Haber JCC Endowment Fund*

Michael Siegal Philanthropic Fund*

Nachshon Project

Ohio Arts Council

Ohio Humanities

Saltzman Youth Panel*

Thomases Family Endowment of Youngstown Jewish Federation

CORPORATE SPONSORS

$1,000 & ABOVE

Active Wellness

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Benesch Friedlander

Brennan Heating & Cooling

Brunswick Companies

Cedar Brook Financial Group

COMDOC

Empire Paving

Google

Jay Auto Group

Legacy Construction Services, Littler Mendelson

REMINGER & REMINGER

Ross, Brittain, & Schonberg, CO.

RSM US LLP

TLC Landscaping

Tramer, Shore & Zwick

Tucker Ellis, LLP

Operating Funds

FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021 $151,145 $ 0

REVENUE

n All Program Activities $ 3,622,116

n Jewish Federation of Cleveland Allocation $ 1,988,615

n Membership Dues... $ 1,564,752

n Grants .............. $ 3,322,469

n Contributions ....... $ 481,451

Total $10,979,403

EXPENSE

n Employee Compensation and Benefits ........ $ 6,193,810

n Programming and Operating Expenses $ 2,676,615

n Occupancy ......... $ 925,180

Total $ 9,795,605

Financial Assistance

Funds raised excludes endowment funds, capital donations and some restricted grants. Financial assistance from unrestricted funds is provided to families in need to help defray the cost of membership, J-Day Camps and Camp Wise program fees.

Above information does not reflect endowment, plant fund, depreciation or other non-program activities and is not intended to be a complete representation of audited financial information. The Sustainability Relief Fund was created in response to the ongoing concern of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on the Mandel JCC staff and operations. The Fund supports operational and virtual program costs needed to keep our community engaged, up-to-date and healthy during this crisis.

Board of Trustees

MANDEL JCC BOARD OF TRUSTEE OFFICERS

Mindy Davidson, Chair

Neil Tramer, 1st Vice Chair and Treasurer

Loren Chylla, Vice Chair

Sandy Laserson, Vice Chair

Bennett Rubin, Vice Chair

Scott Spiegle, Vice Chair

Lawrence Mack, Asst. Treasurer

Rick Mitchell, Secretary

Brent Krantz, Asst. Secretary

MANDEL JCC BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Robert Angart

Stephen Bassett

Mark Bogomolny

Susan Borison

Yelena Boxer

Jim Davis

Larissa Elgudin

Barry Feldman

Michael Goulder

Lydia Frankel

Ira Krumholz

Shelly Lewis

Robert Marks

Joshua Mayers

Heidi Perla

Sarah Sager

Sara Schiavoni

Karin Schleifer

Cheri Shapero

Danny Spitz

Darby Steiger

Hildee Weiss

Stephanie Wieder

NOMINATED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 3-YEAR TERM ENDING 2023

Brett Krantz

Ira Krumholz

Rick Mitchell

Bennett Rubin

Karin Schleifer

Cheri Shapero

Danny Spitz

Neil Tramer

NOMINATED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1-YEAR TERM ENDNG 2021

Mark Bogomolny

Mindy Davidson

Robert Marks

NOMINATED TO FIRST 3-YEAR TERM ENDING 2023

Lydia Frankel

Bruce Rosenbaum

Steve Shore

NOMINATED TO FIRST 2-YEAR TERM ENDING 2022

Sara Schiavoni

HONORARY TRUSTEE FOR LIFE

Keith Polster

2020/2021 MANDEL JCC BOARD DEVELOPMENT & NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Alan Semel, Chair

Mindy Davidson, Board Chair

Loren Chylla

Brett Krantz

Sandy Laserson

Greg Marcus

Rick Mitchell

Heidi Perla

Keith Polster

Enid Rosenberg

Karin Schleifer

Neil Tramer

PAST PRESIDENTS/ HONORARY TRUSTEE FOR LIFE

Hilda Faigin*

Marc Freimuth

Max R. Friedman*

George Goulder*

Alvin Gray*

Brent Grover

David B. Guralnik*

Myron Guren*

Harold L. Klarreich*

Julie Kravitz*

Earl Leiken

Morton Mandel

Greg Marcus

Michael Peterman

Enid Rosenberg

Peter Rzepka

Gordon Safran

William Schonberg

Alan Semel

Ernie Siegler*

Jeanne Tobin

Peggy Wasserstrom

Arthur A. Weisman

Darrell A. Young

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Camp Wise Loren Chylla

Cleveland Jewish Book Festival

Shelly Lewis, Lisa Cynamon Mayers, Beth Rosenthal, CoChairs

Cleveland Jewish FilmFest Beth Robbins, Susan Wasserman, CoChairs

Day Camping Shelly Lewis

Early Childhood Cheri Shapero

Executive Committee Mindy Davidson

Facilities Planning & Development Darrell Young

Finance & Audit Neil Tramer

Fund Development Larry Mack

Jewish Life & Culture Susan Borison

Leadership Development and Nominating Alan Semel

Technology Robert Marks

MANDEL

JCC EXECUTIVE STAFF 2020/2021

Michael G. Hyman, President & CEO

Beth Nudelman, Senior Vice President Finance

Traci E. Felder, Chief Development Officer

Gil Rubanenko, Chief Operating Officer

MANDEL

JCC MANAGEMENT STAFF 2020/2021

Liza Adams, Assistant Director of Early Childhood Programming

Janice Adell, Executive Assistant

Deborah Weiner Arnold, Director, Marketing & Communications

Perry Battaglia, Facilities Engineer

Deborah Bobrow, Director, Arts & Culture

Glenda Bogar, Communications Manager

Scott Dann, Director, Finance

Jill Davidson, Director, Information Management Systems

Rachel Felber, Director Camp Wise

Patrick Goclano, Aquatics Manager

Abby Kaufman, Assistant Director Camp Wise

Yolanda Nixon, Lunch Plus Supervisor

Abbey Phillips, Anisfield Day Camp Director

Jessica Robins, Director Early Childhood

Joe Schillero, General Manager Fitness and Membership

Jill Stovsky, Group Exercise Manager

Kate Toohig, Assistant General Manager, Fitness

Kent Welch, Director, Security & Facilities

Rich Zatta, Fitness Director

Nancy Zimmerman, Director, Jewish Life & Culture

OUR MISSION

The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland builds, connects and strengthens our Jewish community and the greater Cleveland community through exceptional life-long programs and services that reflect the richness of Jewish life and enhance physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being.

CORE VALUES OF THE MANDEL JCC

PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

The Mandel JCC strives for excellence by hiring and developing outstanding staff, maintaining state-of-the-art facilities and providing the highest quality programs and services to our members and the community. Excellence is realized through continuous improvement, exceeding expectations & inspiring innovation.

JEWISH EXPERIENCE

The Mandel JCC instills Jewish values, ethics and traditions into all of our programs and services in order to enhance Jewish continuity and identity. Our members, staff and the community are enriched and inspired to connect with and be part of Jewish life.

WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT

The Mandel JCC is a place where everyone is treated in a warm, respectful and friendly manner. Within our inviting atmosphere people make connections, build friendships and feel involved in our community.

WELLNESS

The Mandel JCC provides integrated programs and services for our members and employees to help them achieve optimal well-being and a high quality of life.