Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association
- Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association
-
▪ Jewish lay organization
also called Jewish Community Centre
Jewish community organization in various countries that provides a wide range of cultural, educational, recreational, and social activities for all age groups in Jewish communities. The goals of the YM–YWHA are to prepare the young for participation in a democratic society, to ensure Judaism's role as a positive element in community life, and to further the cultural unity of the Jewish community.
Jewish community centres originated in the Jewish young men's literary societies that were formed in U.S. cities in the 1840s. The first organization to be called the Young Men's Hebrew Association was established in Baltimore, Md., in 1854. The first women's organization (
YWHA) began as an auxiliary of the New York YMHA in the 1880s, with the first independent YWHA being established in 1902. These men's and women's organizations eventually merged into single entities.
There were more than 750,000 members in more than 400 Jewish Community Centres or YM–YWHA's in 240 U.S. and Canadian cities by the late 20th century. Many of these centres sponsored day camps, summer camps, and nursery schools, as well as concerts, arts-and-crafts programs, lectures, and physical- and health-education programs. The centre movement has spread to some 20 other countries around the world and is linked through the World Federation of YMHA's and Jewish Community Centres.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Young Women's Christian Association (disambiguation) — Young Women s Christian Association or YWCA or YWCA Building or Old YWCA Building or variations may refer to: World YWCA, the organization formerly known as Young Women s Christian Association or it may refer to: in Canada (by province, then… … Wikipedia
Young Men's Christian Association — Pour les articles homonymes, voir YMCA. La première YMCA nord américaine (à … Wikipédia en Français
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE — (Beis HaMidrash LaTorah), Orthodox rabbinical school and institute of higher Jewish education; founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1922, by Rabbis Saul Silber, Ephraim Epstein, Abraham Cardon, and Chaim Zvi Rubinstein. It was an outgrowth of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Men's skirts — An Indian man wearing Dhoti. A Sri Lankan man wearing a sa … Wikipedia
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pederasty in the Middle East and Central Asia — For a generalized discussion of relations between men and boys see main article: Pederasty The practice of pederasty in the Middle East seems to have begun, according to surviving records, sometime during the 800s and ended, at least as an open… … Wikipedia
Charity and Charities — • In its widest and highest sense, charity includes love of God as well as love of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Charity and Charities Charity and Charities … Catholic encyclopedia
