Welcome to Jewish Akron

The Jewish Community Board of Akron forms the backbone of the Akron Jewish community, giving strength to the Shaw JCC, Jewish Family Service and Lippman Day School. With your help, we support the organizations, programs and services of these agencies, helping Jews locally and around the world.

Team Akron Holds Fundraiser

Team Akron held a fundraiser at the JCBA Annual Meeting on June 4. The team was selling the 2008 JCC Maccabi logo. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE PICS.

We Need Maccabi Volunteers & Host Families

The 2008 JCC Maccabi Games will showcase Akron, Ohio to the world. We have more than 450 Maccabi teen athletes coming from 23 U.S. communities, as well as delegations from Israel and Hungary. We need many Jewish host families to house these athletes, as well as plenty of volunteers at the games themselves. Help our JCC Maccabi Games be a success.

Building a Vibrant Jewish Community

Located in beautiful Northeast Ohio, Akron is the best-kept secret in the U.S. - a wonderful, family-friendly place to live and work. Check out all that Akron has to offer! Only 45 minutes away from downtown Cleveland, Akron is home to 220,000 residents, who enjoy one of the lowest cost-of-living indexes among major cities in the U.S.

We're proud that Akron has a vibrant and close-knit Jewish community. Explore our Web site. Check out our Community Calendar.

Find out what's happening at our vibrant Jerry Shaw Jewish Community Center of Akron. Learn about programs and services for all ages provided by Jewish Family Service.

Discover the opportunities for local Jewish education available to everyone from preschoolers to adults.

If you have a child in grades kindergarten through eight, you'll want to explore the nurturing environment of our Jerome Lippman Jewish Community Day School. It's the most affordable Jewish day school in the nation.

You can also learn more about the people and the activities of our Akron Jewish community at large by reading the Akron Jewish News online. Then take time to read about our history.

And if you would like to support our Jewish community, you can make a pledge to the Annual Campaign of the Jewish Community Board of Akron or our Renaissance for the Jewish Life capital campaign — right from your desktop — through the Jewish Community Board of Akron.

If you are thinking about relocating to Akron, we hope you will use our Web site to learn more about the community that 3,500 Jews call their home. Welcome!

Proud Hosts of the 2008 JCC Maccabi Games

The Shaw JCC of Akron will host the 2008 Maccabi Games, an annual international Olympic-style athletic, cultural and social event that has united Jewish teens since 1982. The JCC Maccabi Games in Akron will include Jewish athletes ages 12-16, and draw more than 500 athletes, families and spectators from the U.S., Israel and Hungary.

This Week's Torah Portion

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News at a Glance

Hamas said it was suspending Egyptian-mediated talks on the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. read more...