LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commending The Jewish Community Center of Syra-
cuse upon the occasion of its 150th Annual Meeting and Celebration Event
on June 6, 2013

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to honor and pay trib-
ute to those places and religious organizations within the State of New
York whose historic significance has contributed to the culture and
traditions of our citizens; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, this Legislative Body is justly proud to commend
The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse upon the occasion of its 150th
Annual Meeting and Celebration Event on June 6, 2013; and
WHEREAS, The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse is the second oldest
of its kind in the United States and has its origins in the Young Men's
Hebrew Association which was created as a young men's debate and singing
club; and
WHEREAS, In its early years, The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse
expanded its services to include an athletic arena for Jewish boys to
play basketball and other sports; and
WHEREAS, In 1918, The Jewish Community Center name began; that same
year, an addition to the donated, remodeled Marshall home was built
which included a two-story building with a swimming pool and locker
rooms in the basement and an assembly hall on the first floor as well as
club and classrooms on the second floor; this was the epicenter for
social activity for Jewish youth for 30 years; and
WHEREAS, Over the years, The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse has
continued to offer recreational, cultural and educational activities to
whole families of the Jewish community, through new groundbreakings and
programs such as Camp Bradley Brook, JCC Nursery School, Jewish War
Veterans, Syracuse Jewish Federation, Neulander Family Sports and
Fitness Center, Joshua Ian Davis and Scott Bryan Dubnoff Memorial Play-
ground and Early Childhood Development Playground; and
WHEREAS, The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse has maintained its
integral mission to enrich the Jewish life and the total Jewish communi-
ty by developing and implementing programs for the recreational, educa-
tional, cultural, physical and social needs of the community, and by
doing so, stimulate and amplify in individuals their sense of responsi-
bility to the local community and society as a whole, being guided by
the principles of Judaism and democracy, and creating an atmosphere
especially congenial to Jewish thought, beliefs and values; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commend The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse upon the occasion of its
150th Annual Meeting and Celebration Event on June 6, 2013; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to The Jewish Community Center of Syracuse.