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UJA-FEDERATION OF NEW YORK’S J-1-1 INFORMATION & REFERRAL CENTER CONNECTS THE NEW YORK JEWISH COMMUNITY WITH LOCAL PASSOVER SEDERS

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UJA-Federation of New York’s Find-a-Seder resource is back for 2016, listing pre-Passover celebrations and Seders on the first two nights of Passover at local community centers and synagogues of all denominations throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, and Westchester.

For more than 25 years, UJA-Federation’s J-1-1 Information and Referral Center has been working to match Jewish families with communal Seders in the area. This resource details more than 75 community Seders that are open to families looking to observe the tradition–rich holiday.

The list of Seders can be found here: http://www.ujafedny.org/passover/find-a-seder/.

Individuals or families looking to Find-a-Seder can contact UJA-Federation’s J-1-1 Information and Referral Center Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 877.852.6951 or J11@ujafedny.org.  J-1-1 is a free information and referral service that connects the New York Jewish community with available programs and resources. Space for Passover Seders may be limited. Fees vary by venue, and not all venues offer a Seder on both nights. Please note that J-1-1 will be closed starting at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2016, and will be closed all day on Friday, April 29, 2016. UJA-Federation of New York is working to make the Jewish holidays a warm and welcoming experience for all.

About UJA-Federation of New York
For nearly 100 years, UJA-Federation has inspired New Yorkers to act on their values and invest in our community for the biggest impact. Through UJA-Federation, more than 50,000 donors address issues that matter most to them, pooling their resources to care for New Yorkers of all backgrounds and Jews everywhere, to connect people to their Jewish communities, and to respond to crises close to home and around the globe. Working with nearly 100 beneficiary agencies, synagogues, and other Jewish organizations, UJA-Federation is the world’s largest local philanthropy; our reach spans from New York to Israel to more than 70 other countries around the world, touching 4.5 million people each year. For more information on how to donate or volunteer, please visit our website at www.ujafedny.org.

William H. Donat Shoah Commemoration and Distinguished Lecture

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Date: April 14, 2016Time: 7:30 pm

Location:  Iona College
715 North Avenue
Thomas J. Burke Lounge, Spellman Hall
New Rochelle, NY 10801

Contact: Julie ScalleroPhone: 914.696.0738Email: jscallero@hhrecny.org

Mehnaz AfridiJewish and Muslim Responses:
Religious Cooperation and Crisis from
the time of the Holocaust to the Present

Dr. Mehnaz Afridi
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center Director Manhattan College

Dr. Mehnaz Afridi will discuss the relationship between Jews and Muslims during and after the Holocaust. She will discuss both the issue of antisemitism and anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe and America. From Charlie Hebdo’s murders in France to the Paris and San Bernardino shootings – there has been a lot of discussion on religious freedom and Jewish-Muslim relations globally. Dr. Afridi will further discuss how this has impacted Jewish-Muslim relations today in light of contemporary events.

Presentation of the Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award

Free and Open to the Public

 

About Mehnaz Afridi

Mehnaz Afridi is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College. She is committed to interfaith work, contemporary Islam and Holocaust education.  Her articles have appeared in edited books such as Sacred Tropes: Tanakh, New Testament, and Qur’an as Literature and Culture, (Brill, 2006), Not Your father’s Anti-Semitism: Hatred of the Jews in the 21st Century (Paragon House, 2008). Her recent articles include “Gurdwara Sikh Killings: Domestic or Global Taxonomy of Terrorism?” in Sikh Formations (Francis & Taylor, 2013) and “The Role of Muslims and the Holocaust” in Oxford Handbooks Online, (Oxford University Press, 2014).Nostalgia and Memory in Jewish-Muslim Encounters (Cross Currents Volume 65, 2015), in the “Die Sonnenblume,”Ed. Nicola Jungsberger, Europaverlagberlin, Germany, (2015) and in Collaboration Through Acknowledging the Shoah,  “Judaism, Christianity and Islam: Collaboration and Conflict” University of Hong Kong Press (2014). She is the co-editor ofOrhan Pamuk and Global Literature: Existentialism and Politics (May 2012, Palgrave Macmillan), and she is working on her forthcoming book, Shoah through Muslim Eyes (Academic Studies Press, 2016).

For more information, contact:

Dr. Elena Procario-Foley
914.637.2744
eprocariofoley@iona.edu

Julie Scallero
914.696.0738
jscallero@hhrecny.org

Seth Harrison at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester

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Seth Harrison’s L’Dor Vador will be aired on Sunday at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, I am moved and honored anew by this ‘worth a thousand words’ pic Seth Harrison took of me and my dad. If you haven’t had a chance to view L’Dor Vador, it is a series of interviews with survivors and their children (living in Westchester) and an exhibit of many such touching photographs of us.

 
 

2016 Humanitarian Awards Dinner Honoring Leslie Lampert & Dennis Munson

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Please join us for our 22nd annual dinner celebration, the

2016 Humanitarian Awards Dinner
Honoring
Leslie Lampert & Dennis Munson

June 4, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
at the Hilton Westchester,
Rye Brook, New York

Boys & Girls Club KidsWe hope you will join us for a celebration of our kids and our community. This year, the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester is proud to present the Humanitarian Award to local restaurateur and philanthropist Leslie Lampert of Love Hospitality, who serves nutritious meals to our kids at the Club each day. The Club is also honored to present the John Beach Award to BGCNW Aquatics Director and former Club kid, Dennis Munson, who during his 48-year tenure at the Club has helped teach over 47,000 kids how to swim.

To pre-register online, please click here. For additional information, please email Solveig McShea or call (914) 666-8069 x105.image0021

Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester Board Honored with Inaugural Philanthropic Leadership Award

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Photo/Tom O’Connell (from L to R) Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, BGCNW board members Emily Stoddard and Todd Rockefeller, BGCNW CEO Alyzza Ozer, BGCNW board member Bonnie Trotta, Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett, BGCNW board members Skip Beitzel, Stuart Marwell and BGCNW Board President Erik Kaeyer.
Photo/Tom O’Connell (from L to R) Westchester County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz, BGCNW board members Emily Stoddard and Todd Rockefeller, BGCNW CEO Alyzza Ozer, BGCNW board member Bonnie Trotta, Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett, BGCNW board members Skip Beitzel, Stuart Marwell and BGCNW Board President Erik Kaeyer.

Tarrytown, N.Y. (March 9, 2016) – For the first time in Westchester County, the Association of Development Officers (ADO) awarded a select group of long-time board members from the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester with the Board Philanthropic Leadership Award at the 2016 Philanthropy Awards breakfast at Abigail Kirsch at The Tappan Hill Mansion on March 9.

The award was given to an extraordinary group of long-time board members who served together on the board of the Club, successfully pooling their philanthropic and volunteer efforts in support of the Club’s mission to improve the lives of youth in the community.

Honoree Stuart Marwell, President and CEO of Curtis Instruments, Inc. and himself a Club kid, stated that the board honorees “as a team have an average of 24 years of service with the Club because we believe fervently in its mission. It is indeed our privilege to serve.”

CEO Alyzza Ozer noted, “It is a rare occasion and a brilliant reflection on our community to have a collection of intelligent, powerful, effective generous board members making such a significant impact. The lives of kids have been improved in so many ways for generations to come because of the hard work of these community leaders.”

This incredible impact is evidenced by 2015 Youth of the Year Nethmi DeSilva’s description of her Club experience: “The Club is my second home where I learned that I have a voice.  Thanks to the Club I have found my passion for helping the youth of the future.”

The board will next celebrate the mission and accomplishments of the Club at the 22nd Annual Humanitarian Award Dinner on June 4, 2016 at the Hilton Westchester in Rye.  The Club will honor local restaurateur and philanthropist Leslie Lampert of Love Hospitality and long-time Club Aquatic Director Dennis Munson for their service and devotion to the Club.

The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester is located at 351 Main Street, Mt. Kisco, NY and may be reached at 914-666-8069 or by visiting www.bgcnw.com. For the latest news, photos and updates, please “like” the Club on www.facebook.com/BGCNW.

 About the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester

The Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives youth in the community through quality programs designed to enhance their lives through education, athletics and social interaction.  Established in 1939, the Club is committed to serving all children, ages 3-18, including the economically disadvantaged, the learning disabled and the physically challenged, with an emphasis on meeting the needs of at-risk adolescents, ages 10-18 years old.  The mission of the Club is to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.  Annually, the Club lovingly serves 60,000 free meals and provides programming to over 1,200 youth from all throughout Westchester.