Jewish Community Centre for London
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The Jewish Community Centre for London, or JCC for London, is a charitable organisation that aims to provide a way into, or back into, active Jewish life for all of London’s Jewish community.
The programme of London-based Jewish activities often take place in partnership with others organisations and include a sell-out Israeli rock concert at the Southbank Centre, the Kvetch Choir, a podcast in association with The Guardian, yoga and cycling activities, children’s events, political debate and a series of social action projects.
on September 11, 2009. The building provides an auditorium, library, cafe, screening room, classrooms and exercise rooms, as well as a nursery and offices for the organisation. Boris Johnson
and Vivienne Duffield formally 'broke ground' on the site on October 7, 2011 . The centre is due to open in 2013.
Ethos and activies
The JCC for London celebrates Jewish culture inclusively: it’s aimed at anyone interested in Jewish life and Jewish activities, from Jewish food to sport to Jewish arts to debate, with activties that emphasise the Jewish tradition of helping those in need. It is not a place of worship, nor linked to any particular group, movement or synagogue. The JCC for London actively welcomes observant and secular Jews, mixed partnerships, and non-Jews. Indeed, an important part of our vision is to create better understanding between different faiths and cultures. The JCC for London is part of the wider and well established JCC Movement.The programme of London-based Jewish activities often take place in partnership with others organisations and include a sell-out Israeli rock concert at the Southbank Centre, the Kvetch Choir, a podcast in association with The Guardian, yoga and cycling activities, children’s events, political debate and a series of social action projects.
Background and organisation
Dame Vivien Duffield posed the idea for a JCC in London following a visit to the Jewish Community Centres of North America in 2002and the charity was established in 2004 with the events programme beginning the following year. Members of the JCC for London board include Bernie Bulkin, Sir Trevor Chinn, Lloyd Dorfman CBE, Dame Vivien Duffield DBE, and Debbie Klein. A separate sister company, JCC Ventures, has been set up to manage the development of the new cultural centre in North London.New cultural centre
The JCC purchased a site on Finchley Road in north London in order to build a centre to house its events. The JCC for London received planning permission from Camden Council for a new building designed by architects Lifschutz Davidson SandilandsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is a practice of architects, urban designers and masterplanners established in 1986 and practicing out of London.-History:...
on September 11, 2009. The building provides an auditorium, library, cafe, screening room, classrooms and exercise rooms, as well as a nursery and offices for the organisation. Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British journalist and Conservative Party politician, who has been the elected Mayor of London since 2008...
and Vivienne Duffield formally 'broke ground' on the site on October 7, 2011 . The centre is due to open in 2013.