WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL INC
925 WESTCHESTER AVENUE NO 200, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10604 www.wjcouncil.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL, INC. IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY RELATIONS ORGANIZATION THAT VOICES THE UNITED CONCERNS OF THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL MAINTAINS RELATIONS WITH OTHER ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND WORKS WITH THEM ON COMMUNAL ISSUES. THE COUNCIL IS ALSO COMMITTED TO CREATING STRONGER TIES AMONG ITS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL JEWISH RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.

THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS TO CREATE STRONGER TIES AMONGST MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL JEWISH RESIDENTS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. IN ADDITION, SOME INTERFAITH AND INTERETHNIC PROGRAMS ARE HELD.THE NIGHT OF JEWISH LEARNING AND CELEBRATION WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019. TWO SESSIONS OF CLASSES WERE LED BY 30 WESTCHESTER RABBIS. THIS YEAR, WE HAD A SPECIAL JOINT LEARNING SESSION WITH RABBI ETHAN TUCKER, PRESIDENT, AND ROSH YESHIVA AT HADAR. A DESSERT BUFFET WAS HELD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. 308 PEOPLE ATTENDED. OUR 24TH ANNUAL JULIAN Y. BERNSTEIN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020. TWENTY TWO PEOPLE WERE HONORED FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR ORGANIZATION MEMBERS. IN FACT, MANY HONOREES GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THIS EVENT IS NAMED AFTER JULIAN Y. BERNSTEIN, OF BLESSED MEMORY. MR. BERNSTEIN WAS A BOARD MEMBER AND AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL. HE BELIEVED THAT DOING TZEDAKAH (CHARITY, VOLUNTEERING) WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS GIVING TZEDAKAH (CHARITY, DONATING MONEY). DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, THIS EVENT WAS HELD VIRTUALLY. 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED THOUGH THEIR DEVICES. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SPOKE ABOUT THE HONOREES. THEIR PICTURES, AS WELL AS THE HONOREE, WERE POSTED ON THE SCREEN AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THIS YEAR, WE ALSO HONORED DONALD J. FLEISHAKER, WITH A SPECIAL SILVER ANNIVERSARY RECOGNITION AWARD. MR. FLEISHAKER IS VERY INVOLVED IN THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY. HE IS AN HONORARY BOARD MEMBER OF THE WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL AND WAS HONORED FOR HIS SERVICE IN 1996, THE FIRST YEAR OF THE AWARD.

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