Coordinates: 43°45′46″N 79°26′30″W / 43.762884°N 79.44171°W / 43.762884; -79.44171 The Bathurst Jewish Community Centre (BJCC) is the Jewish Community Centre for the Toronto area. It is located along Bathurst Street in the Bathurst Manor neighbourhood of Toronto and has 100 programs and services, serving daycare to stroke recovery, seniors, Maccabi athletes, and campers.^[1] The BJCC is a non-profit charitable organization funded through UJA Federation, United Way, the government, fees and private support.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Koffler Centre of the Arts 1.2 Leah Posluns Theatre 1.3 Centre Camp 1.4 Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services 2 References 3 External links

[edit] History

The BJCC was originally founded in 1930 as the YMHA (Young Men’s Hebrew Association), and it offered members various programming opportunities in rented rooms in the Brunswick Avenue and College Street area.^[2] In 1953 a new facility was built, the Bloor Street "Y" at Bloor Street and Spadina Avenue. It is still there today, but has been pletely renovated and is now called the Miles Nadal JCC.^[2]

As Toronto's Jewish community moved northward up the Bathurst Street corridor, so did the Jewish facilities and services. In 1958 saw the groundbreaking of the North "Y", which is still the current location of the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre.^[2]

In addition to a fitness club, two pools, squash courts, gyms, running tracks, and an aerobics studio, the BJCC also contains the Leah Posluns Theatre, Centre Camp, Kolel: The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, the Family Resource Centre, and the Koffler Centre of the Arts. The BJCC is currently under a large redevolopment.^[2]

[edit] Koffler Centre of the Arts

Opened in 1977 inside the BJCC, the "Koffler Centre of the Arts" is a broad-based cultural institution that was established by Murray and Marvelle Koffler. The Koffler Centre teaches dance, music, and visual arts; presents exhibitions of cutting-edge contemporary Canadian art; and is home to the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards, the Annual Jewish Book Fair, the Koffler Chamber Orchestra, and the Stars of the 21st Century Gala. It presents concerts, film screenings, poetry, spoken word, comedy, and discussions on world issues through the lens of culture.

[edit] Leah Posluns Theatre

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[edit] Centre Camp

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[edit] Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services

While not part of the BJCC, the Lipa Green Building for Jewish Community Services shares the same property but is in a separate building.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bathurst Jewish Community Centre homepage

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