Rabbi Joy Levitt will step down as head of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan at the end of the year, ending a nearly quarter-century of her work at the Upper West Side institution, which she joined prior to the construction of its flagship building. She announced her retirement to the JCC’s staff on Tuesday and board of directors on Monday night.
Levitt, 67, became the institution’s chief executive in 2006, after stints as program and associate director, and oversaw JCC’s expansion into Harlem, the purchase of a camp facility outside New York City and the launch of a series of programs dealing with issues including aging, health, Israel.