I’m going to start by sharing something that makes me feel vulnerable: when I became a 28-year-old Executive Director at the JCC in Birmingham, Alabama — my hometown — I had no idea what I was doing. I had passion and cared deeply about the mission. But I was learning in real time how to […]

In the Eskenazi Water Park, the people are broken out into two separate yet equally important groups: the JCC members and guests, who are splashing in the sun, and the lifeguards, who are watching over them. These are the latter group’s stories. Dagim, Sam and Maia are all familiar faces at the water park — […]