{{multiple issues| {{outdated|date=November 2024}} {{primary sources|date=November 2024}}}} {{Short description|Community center in Orlando, Florida, U.S.}} {{Infobox organization | full_name = Rosen Jewish Community Center | formation = {{start date and age|1994}} | purpose = Jewish community center | region_served = Orlando, Florida | coordinates = {{Coord|28.4031|-81.5044|display=title}} | pushpin_map = USA Florida }}

The '''Rosen Jewish Community Center''', sometimes abridged as '''Rosen JCC''', is a community center serving Southwest Orlando, Florida's community. It was formerly known as the '''Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Jewish Community Campus''' during its time as a satellite center operated by the Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando.<ref name=Heritage>{{cite web|title=Roth JCC Maitland and Rosen JCC to become separate entities|url=http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2014/08/08/news/roth-jcc-maitland-and-rosen-jcc-to-become-separate-entities/3128.html|accessdate=September 28, 2015|date=August 8, 2015|work=Heritage Florida Jewish News|volume=37|issue=47|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930231120/http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2014/08/08/news/roth-jcc-maitland-and-rosen-jcc-to-become-separate-entities/3128.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Description and history== The Rosen Jewish Community Center (Rosen JCC) is a community center serving Southwest Orlando's community. The center's origins trace back to 1994, when the Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando (JCCGO) established the Early Childhood Learning Center on property belonging to the Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation.<ref name=Age>{{cite news|title=Rosen JCC comes of age-ready to grow|url=http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2015/03/06/news/rosen-jcc-comes-of-age-ready-to-grow/4102.html|accessdate=September 28, 2015|work=Heritage Florida Jewish News|date=March 6, 2015|volume=39|issue=26|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930221215/http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2015/03/06/news/rosen-jcc-comes-of-age-ready-to-grow/4102.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Campus === In August 2009, a "full-service satellite" known as the Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Campus opened,<ref name=eJewish>{{cite news|title=Orlando JCC South Sold to Rosen Foundation|url=http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/orlando-jcc-south-sold-to-rosen-foundation/|accessdate=September 28, 2015|work=eJewishPhilanthropy|date=November 2, 2014|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930173136/http://ejewishphilanthropy.com/orlando-jcc-south-sold-to-rosen-foundation/|url-status=live}}</ref> operating much like YMCA and offering expanded preschool,<ref name=Ramos>{{cite news|last=Ramos|first=Manuel|title=Jewish Community Center's new campus to serve southwest Orlando|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-08-27/news/JEWISH_1_new-campus-jewish-community-southwest-orlando|access-date=September 28, 2015|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=August 27, 2009|publisher=Tribune Publishing|issn=0744-6055|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930172300/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-08-27/news/JEWISH_1_new-campus-jewish-community-southwest-orlando|url-status=dead}}</ref> after-school and summer camp programs, plus a fitness center and sports leagues.<ref name=Roth>{{cite web|title=Rosen JCC|url=https://orlandojcc.org/jewish-life/rosen-jcc|publisher=The Roth Family Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando|accessdate=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906181922/https://orlandojcc.org/jewish-life/rosen-jcc|url-status=live}}</ref> Harris Rosen, founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts and a local resident since the late 1960s,<ref name=Moment>{{cite journal|title=Jewish Routes|journal=Moment|url=http://www.momentmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Routes.pdf|accessdate=September 28, 2015|date=January–February 2015|pages=54–55|location=Washington, D.C.|issn=0099-0280|oclc=610402552|archive-date=August 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824032234/http://www.momentmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Routes.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=50 Most Powerful|url=http://www.orlandomagazine.com/Orlando-Magazine/July-2009/50-Most-Powerful/|accessdate=September 28, 2015|work=Orlando Magazine|date=July 2009|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930214541/http://www.orlandomagazine.com/Orlando-Magazine/July-2009/50-Most-Powerful/|url-status=live}}</ref> pledged $3.5 million for its first phase of construction and named the campus after his parents.<ref name=Ramos/><ref name=HHCP>{{cite web|title=Jack & Lee Rosen Jewish Community Campus|url=http://www.hhcp.com/jack---lee-rosen-sw-orlando-community-center.html|publisher=HHCP|accessdate=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001141434/http://www.hhcp.com/jack---lee-rosen-sw-orlando-community-center.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando, this marked the largest gift in the organization's history.<ref name=Propels>{{cite news|title=Pledge propels Southwest Campus to groundbreaking|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=20060615&id=B6MsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PP4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4008,5283980&hl=en|accessdate=September 28, 2015|work=The Ledger|date=June 15, 2006|location=Lakeland, Florida|publisher=GateHouse Media|issn=0163-0288|oclc=187953892|archive-date=October 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008161207/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=20060615&id=B6MsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PP4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4008,5283980&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=OBJ>{{cite news|title=Rosen donates $3.5M for Orlando Jewish center|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2006/05/01/daily44.html|accessdate=September 28, 2015|work=Orlando Business Journal|date=May 4, 2006}}</ref> In addition to Rosen, more than 220 families pledged donations; most contributions were $1,000 or higher, with several exceeding $10,000. In April 2006, JCC's board of directors moved to begin groundbreaking as soon as possible and the Federation's board of directors approved $400,000 for architectural, engineering, and impact fees, plus permit costs.<ref name=Propels/>

The 35,000-square-foot center features a gymnasium and aerobics facilities, dance studio, multi-purpose rooms, a space dedicated to its early childhood education program, an outdoor pavilion and concert hall, and playgrounds and sports fields.<ref name=HHCP/><ref>{{cite web|title=Facility Rentals|url=http://svmii.com/facility_rentals|publisher=Jewish Community Center of Greater Orlando|accessdate=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930184548/http://svmii.com/facility_rentals|url-status=live}}</ref> The campus also houses Theatre South at JCC, an arts center with classes for all ages and home of JCC's resident theatre company.<ref name=Moment/> Future plans for the 16-acre site on which the center stands included an auditorium, basketball and tennis courts, an outdoor swimming pool, snack bar, teen and senior centers, and spaces dedicated to an expanded early childhood education program.<ref name=HHCP/>

=== Rosen Jewish Community Center === In 2014, the Harris Rosen Foundation confirmed plans to purchase the campus. Rosen had previously contributed $5.5 million for the project's construction.<ref name=eJewish/> Effective June 1, 2015, the center began operating independently as the Rosen Jewish Community Center.<ref name=Roth/> Later that month, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the second phase of an expansion project, which will include two additional wings.<ref name=Kerr>{{cite news|last=Kerr|first=Zak|title=Rosen Jewish Community Center continues addition|url=http://www.wotimes.com/2015/07/rosen-jewish-community-center-continues-addition/|accessdate=September 28, 2015|work=West Orange Times & Observer|date=July 9, 2015|archive-date=September 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930023430/http://www.wotimes.com/2015/07/rosen-jewish-community-center-continues-addition/|url-status=live}}</ref> The 4,769-square-foot south wing will expand Rosen JCC's Early Childhood Learning Center by adding four classrooms and a parenting center and resource library. The 17,348-square-foot north wing will feature an auditorium, theater, and youth spaces.<ref name=Age/><ref name=Kerr/> The auditorium will include an elevated stage, green room, and kitchen. Two private, soundproof music rooms will be added outside the auditorium. The youth area will feature a "Kid Zone" with child care services, three classrooms dedicated to an after school program called "J University", and two staff offices. The Early Childhood Learning Center will include an administrative office, three classrooms, and a parenting center and resource library.<ref name=Age/><ref name=Kerr/> The original building's youth space will have "retrofitted enhancements" for teen and wellness programs, and the present youth wing will feature massage and physical therapy studios and a "private personal training zone". Rosen JCC also has plans for a room for indoor cycling and a center for teens with a "wellness-oriented" exergaming room.<ref name=Age/><ref name=Kerr/> The expansion is expected to be completed in February 2016.<ref name=Kerr/>

People with memberships to JCCGO have privileges to use the Rosen JCC, though the two centers operate as separate 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.<ref name=Heritage/><ref name=Roth/> Annual events hosted by the center include the food festival "Taste of the J" and a Winter Festival featuring games, rides, sledding, and a snow park.<ref name=Moment/> In 2015, Rosen JCC held its inaugural gala and golf tournament at Orlando's Rosen Shingle Creek.<ref name=Age/><ref>{{cite web|title=Rosen JCC Inaugural Golf Tournament|url=http://orlandojewishfed.org/communityeventcalendar/RosenGolfTournament|publisher=Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando|accessdate=September 28, 2015|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001000120/http://orlandojewishfed.org/communityeventcalendar/RosenGolfTournament|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Portal|Florida|Judaism}} * {{Official website|http://www.rosenjcc.org}} * [http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2015/3/16/does-working-out-with-other-jews-keep-you-jewish#.Vgl3mniJlFI= Does working out with other Jews keep you Jewish?] by Maayan Jaffe (March 17, 2015), JNS.org * [http://www.earlylearningleaders.org/members/?id=23530276 Jack & Lee Rosen Jewish Community Center Inc.], Association for Early Learning Leaders * [http://www.todaysorlando.com/thing-to-do/jewish-community-centers-jack-lee-rosen-southwest-orlando-campus Jewish Community Center's Jack & Lee Rosen Southwest Orlando Campus], TodaysOrlando.com

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