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Holocaust Remembrance Day: A Note From Our CEO

2026-04-14T10:34:02-04:00April 14th, 2026|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, General|Tags: , , , , , , |

Today is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day when we pause to remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and to honor the Survivors who carried unimaginable loss and trauma forward into their lives, their families, and their communities. At WJCS, remembrance is not abstract. It lives in the people we serve and in the relationships our staff build every day. Through our Jewish Programs and across the agency, you help Survivors stay safe and supported by connecting them to meals, home care, benefits, transportation, and social connection, and by offering the steady presence of someone ...

Join Us at our WJCS 2026 Gala!

2026-04-13T13:41:19-04:00February 23rd, 2026|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) is proud to announce that it will be hosting its 2026 Gala on Wednesday, April 15 at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, NY. The Gala will be honoring Marion Morgenthal, co-founder of POINT (Pursuing Our INdependence Together), an independent living community for young adults with developmental disabilities in White Plains, recognizing Joe Torre Safe at Home, with whom WJCS operates Margaret's Place, a program dedicated to ending the cycle of domestic violence and abuse through education, support, and empowerment, and presenting the Young Leadership Award to Yael Friedland who founded and leads Share ...

Meet Our WJCS 2026 Gala Honorees!

2026-04-13T16:13:08-04:00February 2nd, 2026|Categories: Gala, Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: , , , , , , |

WJCS is thrilled to honor at our 2026 Gala the remarkable contributions of individuals and agencies that have worked in partnership with WJCS to have a transformative impact on Westchester.   Honoring Marion Morgenthal Co-Founder of POINT Marion Morgenthal is the mother of two sons, one of whom has significant learning disabilities. In managing his education, Marion and her husband, Lance Lynford, navigated various special education programs, a boarding school for neurodiverse students, and a vocation-focused post-secondary program. It was when they were facing the end of formal education that Marion, Lance, and families they had met along the ...

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