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Melissa Chapman, CEO of the East Bay Jewish Community Center, at the JCC in Berkeley on April 14, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

JCC East Bay CEO to leave after ‘painful’ post-Oct. 7 reckoning 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 10, 2025April 17, 2025

Melissa Chapman, the top staffer at the JCC East Bay, has announced she will leave her job and the Bay Area, acknowledging that the steady drumbeat of staunch anti-Zionism and […]

Bird's eye view of Oakland plot
Posted inUncategorized

$41M purchase puts East Bay Jews on track for a new community hub

by Ryan Torok February 28, 2022March 2, 2022
Two men holding a JCC East Bay banner
Posted inPhilanthropy

East Bay fellowship aims to become farm system for future Jewish leaders

by J. Staff July 2, 2021July 2, 2021
Poet Jake Marmer (right) recites his poetry at LABA's DRUNK event at the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019, accompanied by guitarist John Schott. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inCulture

East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not

Laura Pall by Laura Paull November 11, 2020November 13, 2020
JCC of the East Bay in Berkeley. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

‘We’re prepared’: East Bay JCC’s next steps depend on public schools reopening

by Gabriel Greschler June 24, 2020June 25, 2020
The S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund is making changes to its board.
Posted inBay Area

Federation issues $2.4 million in second wave of emergency grants

by Dan Pine May 8, 2020May 12, 2020
Empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

JCCs close, hundreds furloughed as Bay Area Jewish orgs feel weight of coronavirus

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 30, 2020March 31, 2020
Sara Felder juggling and telling stories at LABA's DRUNK event at the East Bay JCC in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Getting drunk on Jewish texts and arts at LABA launch

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
Melissa Chapman comes to Berkeley by way of San Diego
Posted inBay Area

East Bay JCC’s new CEO is a ‘lifer’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 3, 2019September 4, 2019
Gon Ben Ari performs at LABA New York in 2016. (Photo/Courtesy LABA)
Posted inCulture

NYC-based Jewish culture ‘lab’ expands to East Bay

Laura Pall by Laura Paull August 15, 2019August 15, 2019

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