Film Festival Spotlight: Asia
Film Festival Spotlight: Asia
One of the joys of directing the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival is the opportunity to experience the breadth of Jewish films that are being made each year. Ruth Pribar’s first feature film, Asia, is a powerful film about the relationship between a mother and her teenaged daughter. Beyond the normal tension that one might expect […] Learn More ›
A Foot In Both “Camps”
I have worked in Early Childhood education for 25 years, the past 8 years at JCC Chicago, which has been a highly creative and fulfilling labor of love. So, naturally my team and I got creative when we needed to go virtual this past spring. Teachers made home visits to families, social distancing at the end of the […] Learn More ›
What It Means To Be Home For Life
There’s a feeling you get when you’re on a boat in Wisconsin early on a summer morning. As Camp Chi’s Head of Waterskiing for 5 summers, I always loved the quiet and stillness of the water before the other boats came out on Lake Delton and the chill in the air that evaporated as the […] Learn More ›