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Fall 2024         [...]

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 [...]

The J was thrilled to participate in the New York Stands for Israel Solidarity Rally on October 10 and to bring several buses of community members to Washington, DC for the March for Israel on November 14. The March was organized by the Jewish Federations of North America and Conference of [...]

A no-cost 12-week virtual support group for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community where we’ll delve into themes such as self-care, confidence, boundaries, coping tools, and other relevant topics. Members will have the opportunity to support one another and remove stigma, isolation and impact [...]

Among the influx of vulnerable Ukrainian refugees being welcomed and resettled through the Marks JCH, is a large number of young adults. Like families, they arrive in crisis, with nothing, but they also are alone, without parents or other family members. More than several hundred of the Ukrainian [...]

Over the past year, our work, and the inspirational resilience of our Ukrainian clients, has been featured in the New York Times and CNN, among other media outlets. Based on our leading role in supporting this refugee population, we were tapped by UJA-Federation of New York to spearhead a south [...]