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Jewish Community Centers have been helping people come together for over 150 years. They have aided in networking and charity as well as recreational gatherings. Having started with the goal of assisting Jewish people who had immigrated to the United States, the organization has evolved over time. Now with goals to ‘foster Jewish life," they have grown to be places where Jews can learn to express and support themselves.
Before Jewish Community Centers Association of North America was founded there was the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1854 with plans to help Jews immigrate and also to unite the community as a place for celebration, they provided inspiration for other such organizations. In 1913 the Council of Young Men's Hebrew and Kindred Associations was founded to bring all of these smaller organizations together and help provide the networking that Jews needed at the time. Many Jews were serving the country by fighting in World War I......

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