Our mission is to expand and enrich cultural life in San Diego by presenting the finest in Jewish artistic expressions, encouraging the preservation of Jewish culture and heritage and nurturing new creativity in the arts.

The CJC offers a wide variety of multi-disciplinary artistic programs that explore cultural identities and perspectives, promote cross cultural understanding and highlight human themes of family, tolerance, compassion and hope. These programs, including the San Diego Jewish Film Festival, San Diego Jewish Book Fair, Look & Listen: Performing Arts Series, Holocaust Education Program, Adult Jewish Education, Gotthelf Art Gallery and the J*Company Youth Theatre.