Current news & announcement at Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst.
Nike is an American-Israeli educator with over two decades of experience in Jewish education. In October 2023, after the horrific terrorist attacks in Israel, Nike demonstrated her leadership by founding the online school Shaagat Arieh and mobilizing volunteer teachers from around the world to [...]
For the low-income (and even medium-income) families that the Marks JCH serves, childcare costs are a monolithic burden that impacts their children’s quality of life and educational potential, as well as parents’ ability to maintain employment. These families face significant barriers: language [...]
Our comprehensive approach goes far beyond traditional job placement. With over 20 years of experience, Marks JCH has developed a rigorous workforce development system that annually places over 2,000 adults in employment and training opportunities. Our multilingual, culturally-sensitive staff [...]
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. [...]