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Jewish American Heritage Month

2025-05-28T13:42:47-04:00May 28th, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , |

It’s Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the many contributions Jews have made to the United States and explore their American experience. Here are some films and books that focus on the American Jewish experience. The Jewish Journey: America – This documentary includes interviews with scholars and Jewish-American writers, many of whom are immigrants themselves. They share the varied stories of migration through the last five centuries, with a rarely explored look at the actual journeys to get here. Shared Legacies – This film focuses on the often-forgotten story of the coalition and friendship between the Jewish ...

Jewish American Heritage Month: A Note from WJCS CEO Seth Diamond

2025-05-08T12:14:21-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , |

May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time when we recognize and celebrate the contributions Jewish Americans have made to our country. For Westchester Jewish Community Services, this month carries special meaning. "Our agency was founded by Jewish Americans whose values of tikkun olam (repairing the world) are woven into everything we do. Their legacy of care and support lives on in our daily work: comforting the vulnerable, supporting the isolated, and ensuring that dignity and opportunity are available to all." As we mark this heritage, we also reaffirm our commitment to stand against antisemitism, which sadly remains a reality, ...

Jewish American Heritage Month Forum: Resilience in the Face of Hate

2024-05-07T12:06:54-04:00May 7th, 2024|Categories: |Tags: , , |

(INTERNAL EVENT OPEN TO WJCS STAFF ONLY) A Conversation with Survivors of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Join us for a special event to acknowledge Jewish American Heritage Month as we hear from two survivors of the Tree of Life Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and focus on the resilience of the Jewish people during a time when antisemitism has reach historic highs. Speakers: Carol Black and Audrey Glickman, Survivors of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Documentary Viewing: A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting documentary will be made available via weblink on May1st for interested staff to view prior to this event Please note WJCS has ...

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