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| German Politicians Assail Turkish Leader Over Cultural Remarks - New York Times Posted: [fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] BERLIN — German politicians, already divided over how to integrate immigrants, on Monday criticized the Turkish prime minister after he called on the large Turkish community living in Germany to teach their children the Turkish language first and then ... |
| JCC plans $15 million cultural center in northern Palm Beach County - Palm Beach Interactive Posted: By Bill DiPaolo Palm Beach Post Staff Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS — Following the growth of the Jewish population to northern Palm Beach County, The Jewish Community Center of the Greater Palm Beaches has planned a $15 million facility for arts and recreation off Hood Road. "There is no Kravis Center, no Norton Art Gallery in north county. We want to be the cultural center for everyone in north Palm Beach County," said Paul Gross, president of the JCC board of directors. Plans call for a 37,000-square-foot center with a preschool, a pool, summer day camp, sports fields and a full-size gymnasium. Areas for lectures, group fitness, recreation, adult education and children with special needs are planned. The facility will have no worship center. Last week, the JCC paid about $4 million for the 14-acre vacant property owned by 95 Hood LLC. Building plans have not been submitted to the city's planning department. If approved, the opening is scheduled for the fall 2012. The center is expected to create about 100 full- and part-time jobs. The county's Jewish population overall has increased from 171,000 in 1990 to 274,000 in 2005, according to a 2005 study by the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County. About one-fourth of Palm Beach County residents are Jewish, putting it behind only New York, Los Angeles and Chicago in per capita Jewish population. "This creates a tremendous potential to build a more vibrant, diverse community," said Rabbi Berel Barash of the Chabad Synagogue under construction in Abacoa. The JCC closed its West Palm Beach center on Military Trail in 2008 due to declining membership as Jewish residents moved north and west. It opened a Palm Beach Gardens center in Midtown on PGA Boulevard. That center will close when the new one opens. The nonprofit organization also operates a 54,000-square-foot center on Jog Road near Boynton Beach. The Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches, a private college-preparatory school, is scheduled to open on the JCC site on Military Trail. Palm Beach billionaire Bill Koch is spending $50 million to develop the school. The north county JCC property borders on the Briger property, a 1-square-mile tract approved for The Scripps Research Institute and other biotech companies. Also planned are offices, retail, a 300-room hotel and about 2,700 homes, townhouses and apartments. "In 20 years, we want to be the cultural and education center for all the bright people that Scripps attracts here," said Gross. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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