70 Years, 70 Stories

Celebrating 7 Decades of Life Lived at the PJCC

In celebration of our 70^th anniversary, we’re gathering stories from the PJCC community and sharing them on our interactive timeline. Take a trip down memory lane and explore fond stories and recollections from those who have called the PJCC “home” over these past 70 years.

Has the PJCC made an impact on your life? We’d love to hear from you as well! Tell your own PJCC story, reflect on what the PJCC means to you, share your favorite PJCC memory, or anything else you’d like to tell us by completing the submission form at the bottom of this page.

Dan Heller: The Original PJCC

Eva Lokey (z”l) Pictured with Jane Blumberg Goldberg

Henry and Marianne Sommer: From Shanghai to San Francisco

Fran and Bobby Lent: Celebrating Lag B'Omer at the PJCC

Lori Silverstein: Memories of Summers Spent at the PJCC

Bob Caplan: The Belmont Pool Was the Center of Everything

Al Levitt: Supporting our Local Jewish Community

Dr. Richard Braunstein: Planting a Lawn on the Belmont Campus

Ruthellen Harris: It is Great to See How the PJCC Has Grown

Sonny and Steve Hurst

Lou Harris

Dr. Barry Oberstein (PJCC Board President 1975–1976); told by Dr. Linda Oberstein

Cathy Brown

Cindy and Phil Strause: From A to Z at the PJCC!

Judy Garb: Beloved Preschool Director

Rick Lenat

Sandy Reinin

Marc Yelnick

Susie Cohen

Barbara Lewis

Sharon Dutcher

Cynthia and John Gradwohl: A PJCC Wedding

Rabbi Marv Goodman

Elizabeth and Amy Boyarsky: Memories of Belmont

Sari Spector

Ellen Gellman: A Giant Wheel

Ron Wornick-Building the North Peninsula Jewish Campus

Rhonda Press

Shirley Lerner

Crystal Dyfoon: Beloved Get Up & Go Driver

Jill Blair: The Center that I Love

Ingrid Jonas

Congresswoman Jackie Speier

Ginger Watts

Phyllis and David Cook

Scott Maltz

Marcyl Seidscher

Isaak Mandelbaum

Ken Schwartz

Connie Chen

Erica Tukeman-Gilbert

Jory Stein

Linda Tate and Michael Lewis

Yash Snider

Tom Budd and Melaine Carlascio

Roxanne Cohen

Sharon and Scott Hartley

Jayashree Rajan

Aqua Aerobics Birthday Club

Wendy Hill: A PJCC Regular

Joanne Choi

Cornelia Taylor

Ari the Lion

Marcy Kay: Pink Ribbon at the PJCC

Danny Farkas

Paul Ma

Deepa Shah

Rabbi Corey Helfand, Peninsula Sinai Congregation

Rabbi Yossi Marcus, Chabad on the North Peninsula

Rabbi Dan Feder, Peninsula Temple Sholom

Rabbi Dennis J. Eisner , Peninsula Temple Beth El

Rabbi Nat Ezray, Congregation Beth Jacob

Zara Jaffe: Staying Active

Shan Shan Sheng: Breaking Boundaries

Erik Fitzdogan

Meghan Orth: A Second Home

Monique Molino

Jessica Rosenberg

Mary Ellen Huber

Submit Your Own PJCC Story!

Questions:

What originally brought you to the PJCC?
What is your fondest/favorite PJCC memory?
What is one word that symbolizes the PJCC?

To enhance your story, consider uploading a photo or two of yourself!

Note: Photos may be displayed on the PJCC website, in our gallery exhibit, or in other ways throughout the year. For this reason, we request that if you submit photos of children, that they include only your own. Thank you!