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Thank you for supporting our 2025 Back-to-School Drive!
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Thank you for supporting our 2025 Back-to-School Drive!

Miriam Arond2025-08-28T14:12:22-04:00August 28th, 2025|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: the leffel school, congregation emanu-el, back to school drive, supplies for success, UJA-Federation of New York, fundraiser, Back to School|

Thanks to your generosity, our 2025 Back-to-School Drive was record-breaking! Because of you, hundreds of children from under-resourced communities in Westchester will start the school year with the supplies – and the confidence – they need to succeed. We are deeply grateful for your support. Together, we helped set students up for a great school year ahead. Your donations ensured that children in our behavioral health clinics, school-based satellite clinics, after-school enrichment classes, the Parent Child Center, and many other WJCS programs are entering the classroom with the tools they need to learn, thrive, and reach their potential. We ...

WJCS 2025 Back-to-School Drive
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WJCS 2025 Back-to-School Drive

Miriam Arond2025-08-29T15:36:50-04:00June 12th, 2025|Categories: Featured Internal, General|Tags: backpack drive, back to school drive, supplies for success, UJA-Federation of New York, fundraiser, Back to School, Donate, Nonprofit|

As the school year winds down, WJCS is already looking ahead to September — and to the many families in our community who will face the overwhelming challenge of preparing their children for the new school year. With the cost of living rising and financial pressures mounting for so many, the burden of back-to-school shopping has become more than just stressful — it’s simply out of reach. You can help children in under-resourced Westchester communities start the new school year strong! Last year, thanks to generous supporters like you, we provided hundreds of students with essential supplies. This ...

WJCS Hosts 3rd Annual Holocaust Survivor Day Luncheon
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WJCS Hosts 3rd Annual Holocaust Survivor Day Luncheon

Miriam Arond2023-09-12T15:27:50-04:00July 13th, 2023|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal, General|Tags: holocaust survivor, holocaust survivor luncheon, NYS senator shelley b. mayer, holocaust survivor day, scarsdale, Westchester Reform Temple, UJA-Federation of New York, Claims Conference, Second Generation Holocaust, Westchester|

Photo at left, from left: Gillian Rittmaster, Assistant Executive Director of WJCS Jewish Programs, New York State Senator Shelley Mayer, and Allison Danzig, Coordinator of WJCS Holocaust Support Services. Photo at right: Holocaust survivors and their relatives and caregivers joined hands in celebrating being together. WJCS celebrated the 3rd Annual Holocaust Survivor Day by hosting a festive luncheon on Wednesday July 12th at Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale. Eighty people, which included 50 survivors and their support network of family and caregivers, attended the gathering. New York State Shelley B. Mayor choked up with emotion as she spoke to ...