This coming Sunday from 11 am until 3 pm, Jewish Long Beach opens its doors to the community with a splash to debut its remodeled Mary Alpert Pool. There will be a ribbon-cutting to commemorate the reopening of the pool at 1 pm. The pool renovation began after Labor Day in 2024 and opened for aquatics season this year. Ava Weiss and Erin Cherson of CW Architects supplied the vision for the renovation.
The open house will offer opportunities to enjoy the resort-style pool area featuring lap and recreation swim, a wading pool, adults only hot tub, lounge chairs, cabanas, lawn games, and plenty of tables and chairs to host parties using the built-in grills. As well, people can take tours of the entire facility to see the gym and recreation areas including pickleball and basketball courts, the early childhood education center, and more.
Swim lessons and aquatic recreation classes are very popular at the Center, according to Rachel Roberts, Marketing Manager at Jewish Long Beach. With that popularity comes the responsibility of keeping everyone safe, starting with water safety classes for babies as young as four months old starting in July. The organization has contracted with a management company that supplies lifeguard duties, swim lessons, and enforces safety in and around all the water features.
“Our lifeguards all have StarGuard Elite Certification, known as the leader in risk prevention, we exercise an abundance of caution. Early swim instruction is crucial. After a child reaches eight years old, it is much harder to teach them to swim and a fear of the water might have settled in making it even tougher,” said Bryce Sammons, Aquatics Manager with of Premier Aquatics Services. “We have all of our personnel in ongoing training to constantly improve. We want to make sure all the members here know the rules and that we all need to follow them to keep everyone safe and have a great summer.”
Each child swimming at the Mary Alpert Pool has to take a swim test, requiring them to be able to swim across the length of the pool, and tread water for 30 seconds. If they don’t pass, they are relegated to a roped-off shallow end of the pool for their safety.
“A child taking a swim test is fully supervised and our lifeguards are ready to rescue them if needed,” Sammons said.
There will be drawings for prizes including: 6-month free family membership, personal training packages, swim lesson packages, and assfforted summery gift baskets
Refreshments for purchase include Scooters Italian Ice, Falafel Truck, pizza, sweet treats, and mocktails.
What’s known affectionately knowns as “Your Center for Life,” membership at the Alpert Jewish Community Center (Alpert JCC) includes access to a comprehensive fitness center and aquatics center, personal training, multiple exercise classes including yoga, and a variety of low-impact senior friendly classes, including a handful certified by SilverSneakers and Arthritis Foundation, as well as youth and family programs, Jewish life and culture programs, adult education, senior engagement, and more. Business Partnership Programs are available.
Centrally located in Long Beach, the Alpert JCC is conveniently off the 405 freeway near the Willow and Lakewood intersection. Parking is free. For more information and to RSVP, visit https://www.jewishlongbeach.org/pool-party
The Alpert JCC is located on the Weinberg Jewish Long Beach Campus and operated by Jewish Long Beach, providing programming for all ages and stages of life. Known as “Your Center for Life,” The Alpert JCC is a gathering space in which all are welcome to pursue early childhood education, after-school programs, fitness programs, aquatics activities, and summer camp, as well as to engage in Jewish life, culture, and education.