Current news & announcement at Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst.
The Marks JCH recently secured a multi-year investment from NYC’s Department of Youth and Community Development to rapidly grow youth and young adult career development opportunities. This new funding will allow us to scale our successful workforce initiatives — a cornerstone of our work for [...]
At the Marks JCH Women’s Center, we understand that empowering women benefits our entire community. Following a successful launch, we are thrilled to continue our Girls with Gloves program — an eight-week boxing and self-defense class led by nationally-ranked boxer Yana Tolmacheva. This program [...]
The Marks JCH is piloting the use of virtual reality (VR) to support the wellbeing of our homebound Holocaust Survivors. We will use VR to lead an immersive music program. A cohort of Survivors will revisit music from their youth, join Carnegie Hall performances, and more, all from the comfort and [...]
Fall 2024 Email [email protected] for more information or Register HERE. [...]
We said goodbye to the previous week by learning about our favorite Challah. We watched how Chailah was created from a seed to the best guest on our Shabbat Table. We painted a cover to put on our Challah, so she would not be jealous that we first said a blessing to grape juice. Our Israel [...]
Today we were looking into sculptures and art that we can find in Israeli parks and gardens. We were trying to answer the question of why they are mostly abstract and do not resemble human bodies and faces. We learned about famous Israeli Artist Yaacov Agam and created our own Agamographs. [...]
Photos by John Pregulman Brooklyn, NY – To mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Marks JCH has joined 40 community organizations across the country partnering with national funders, organizations and stakeholders to raise money to support the 25,000 Holocaust survivors living in poverty [...]
We serve a population of more than 900 Holocaust survivors, fragile seniors in their 80s and 90s who deserve to live in safety and dignity, surrounded by the light and love of a caring community. Despite the unprecedented challenges of the past few years — including the pandemic and the war [...]
At the J, we walk the road of resettlement side-by-side with refugees, not for a few weeks or a few months, but for the long-term. We tailor our approach to the strengths and needs of each population. This approach was on full display, when we partnered with Welcome.US to convene 30 Ukrainian [...]