3/21/08

Sunday, March 16, over 400 people gathered at the Bernard Weinger JCC in Northbrook to celebrate the festive Jewish holiday Purim. Purim commemorates salvation from a planned genocide 2,400 years ago in Persia, the Jewish triumph, and its heroes.

The carnival featured games, face painting, and plenty of Hamentashen (triangular shaped cookies filled with fruit), the traditional Purim snack. The famous competitive jump rope athlete, Rope Warrior David Fisher, presented a thrilling display of the best elements of jump rope tricks and skills, to the delight of the children and adults.  

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About Jewish Community Centers of Chicago

JCC of Chicago has served Chicago and its suburbs for 104 years offering a wide array of contemporary life-enriching programs and services. JCC brings Jewish values to life every day so that members and program participants can deepen their connection to the joys and responsibilities of Jewish heritage to create a better and more meaningful future. JCC offers cultural, educational, social and recreational programs in full service community centers and other locations including 12 early childhood sites, 8 day camp sites, Camp Chi, an overnight camp, and Perlstein Resort and Conference Center, both in Wisconsin. The newest site, the JCC Elaine Frank Apachi Day Camp on the Lake County Jewish Community Campus, located in Lake Zurich, will open in the summer of 2008. Starting in September, 2008, early childhood programs will be offered at the Campus as well as programs for children and families.

JCC also helps individuals in need at the Dina and Eli Field Multi-Service Center, the Edward and Honora Singer Residence in Uptown, and through JCC’s Project Chesed, a program that helps match families in need with community resources.
 

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