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

Miriam Arond2025-05-08T12:14:21-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: tikkun olam, jewish american heritage month, Jewish|

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, ...

WJCS Hosts Passover Luncheon for Holocaust Survivors in Westchester
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WJCS Hosts Passover Luncheon for Holocaust Survivors in Westchester

Miriam Arond2025-04-09T16:21:40-04:00April 9th, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: allison danzig, beth el synagogue, passover, UJA federation of NY, holocaust survivor luncheon, Claims Conference, Holocaust survivors, Jewish|

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) hosted a Passover Luncheon for members of its Holocaust Survivors program at Beth El Synagogue Center In New Rochelle on Wednesday April 3rd. In partnership with UJA-Federation of New York and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, WJCS created a pre-holiday celebration filled with music, delicious food, and many smiling faces. Holocaust survivors attended with family members and caregivers, all of whom delighted in the opportunity to be together. "WJCS is committed to ensuring that Holocaust survivors in Westchester feel supported, both in practical ways as well as socially and emotionally," said ...

Yom HaShoa: Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Yom HaShoa: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Miriam Arond2024-05-07T11:32:32-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal|Tags: holocaust remembrance day, yom hashoah, holocaust survivor, Jewish Programs, Jewish|

Each year, Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a solemn observance to honor the memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. This day holds particular significance this year, coming seven months after the devastating attack on October 7th, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust itself. As Elie Wiesel stated, “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” We remember the six million to honor their memory and to acknowledge the unfathomable loss suffered by countless families who were torn apart by the brutality of the Nazis. Those memories remain etched in our ...

Uplifting the Jewish Community and Helping them Stay Connected
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Uplifting the Jewish Community and Helping them Stay Connected

Miriam Arond2024-02-08T12:38:35-05:00March 7th, 2024|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: jewish community, Westchester Reform Temple, Holocaust survivors, Jewish Programs, Jewish|

Along with the rest of life’s typical challenges, the Jewish community in Westchester faces an alarming rise in antisemitism. With your dedication and generosity of our donors, we provide support in a number of ways and believe that together we can strengthen the resilience and connection of our Jewish community. "It is me who thanks you for giving me back my dignity and common sense, as well as my sanity in this very scary world." ~Jackie Whatever your affiliation or identification to being Jewish, WJCS is here for you. We do our best to connect you to a broad ...

Antisemitic Graffiti in Westchester: A Message from our CEO
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Antisemitic Graffiti in Westchester: A Message from our CEO

Miriam Arond2024-02-01T11:53:27-05:00January 31st, 2024|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: Tu Bishvat, antisemitism, scarsdale, New Rochelle, Jewish, Westchester|

By now I am sure many of you have heard of the terrible act of antisemitism early Thursday morning January 25th at the Golden Horeshoe, a shopping center on the border of New Rochelle and Scarsdale. The perpetrators of this abhorrent act wrote antisemitic graffiti, on stores at the shopping center but not just on any stores. They deliberately chose those shops which had proudly announced that they stand with Israel. I know you join me in condemning this act of vandalism in the strongest possible terms. This latest antisemitic act comes, as we have discussed, amidst the ...