The Westchester Jewish Council's
Community Connection
Your now almost weekly e-newsletter
June 25, 2020 3 Tamuz 5780
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Hello!
We want to thank you for taking the time to read the Council's newsletter. Our "open rate" has never been higher. We also want to thank those that have sent in material for publication consideration and the organizational leadership from our 137 member organizations that post events on the community calendar. Remember to visit it at
www.wjcouncil.org
for a listing of all community events.
This will be the final newsletter of our programming year which ends in June. Look for our newsletters in your inbox - arriving every other week or so over the summer.
Shabbat Shalom.
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Sincerely,
Lisa Roberts, President
Lori Kurlander, Communications Manager
Elliot Forchheimer, CEO
WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL
"HERE WHEN YOU NEED US
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW"
(The Council is financially supported by donations from individuals,
dues from 136 member organizations and generous grant support from UJA-Federation)
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Please support the work of the Westchester Jewish Council. Your donation makes a difference each and every day. Click
here
to donate
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL
ISRAEL ROUNDTABLE PRESENTS
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL LOOKS BACK
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"Walking in the Shadow:
Healing Together as a Greater Westchester Jewish Community"
Thank you to the enormous response to the special community healing program and to all the participants. If you missed the memorial event, click
here
for a link to the entire program. Click
here
for the list of names that were submitted and click
here
to read the touching submissions sent by loved ones.
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2020 Virtual Celebrate Israel Parade
If you missed the virtual Celebrate Israel Parade, no worries. Visit this
website
to watch at your convenience. Enjoy all the music, celebrities, clips from past parade, as well as the many videos that were sent in by friends and families of marching groups to say "Thanks and Todah" to our essential workers during Covid-19. We can't wait to march in the
Celebrate Israel Parade in 2021.
And thank you to our sister organization, the
JCRC of NY
for producing the parade each year with funding from
UJA.
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PROGRAMMING AND EVENTS YOU CAN ENJOY FROM HOME
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Pardes Learning Seminar
(Council member) presents an exclusive online experience -
"Who Am I? The Complexity of Identity in the 21st Century"
June 28 - July 2, 2020
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JCC of Mid-Westchester
(Council member)
Camp Opens July 7th!
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL'S
SECURITY AND SAFETY UPDATE
"
By
failing
to
prepare
,
you
are
preparing to fail" B. Franklin
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As always and per protocol, please report any security concerns immediately to your local Police Department and then to the Council for follow up.
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UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK IN WESTCHESTER
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UJA Volunteer Opportunities - Help from Home
We created a new way to connect with those in need in our local community through our
Help from Home
initiative. You can also serve our broader community through these
service opportunities
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UJA Community Webinars and Events
Join us for free
webinars
(including a warm, pre-Shabbat community gathering every Friday)
and
virtual events
, for both personal and professional use.
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STATEMENT AND ACTIONS ON RACIAL JUSTICE
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We share with you
NonProfit Westchester's
recent statement about racial justice. To read the statement in its entirety, please click
here
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WESTCHESTER JEWISH COUNCIL ROUNDTABLES (ConnecTables)
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Westchester Jewish Council
Upcoming C
ommunity Roundtables
(The Council thanks the hundreds of people that dedicate time to attend our Roundtables-
a signature initiative of the Council often sponsored with wonderful partners from among our member organizations)
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We will be hosting our roundtables via Zoom in the coming weeks.
Some Upcoming Council Roundtables
:
Synagogue Executive Directors-
weekly
Greening Roundtable
- coming soon
Marketing Roundtable
- coming soon
Contact the Council office at (914) 328-7001 for information on these and other Roundtables--a key offering of the Westchester Jewish Council.
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Mazal Tov to:
Rebecca Rimsky
, daughter of Marilyn Kneller-Rimsky (Council board member) and Neil T. Rimsky who married Daniel Stecker, son of Deanna and Rabbi Howard Stecker on Sunday, June 14th, 2020.
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Westchester Jewish Council Teen Organizations include:
Thank you to the Jewish Education Project for working so closely with our Teen professionals and volunteers!
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JBS can be seen live 24/7 on Cablevision (channel 138), Verizon FIOS (channel 798), ROKU and on
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Westchester Jewish Council
925 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200
White Plains, NY 10604
914-328-7001 |
info@wjcouncil.org |
www.wjcouncil.org
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The next Community Connection will be published on or about July 9, 2020
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