NEWS

Supporting young women with role models and helping them to find their own paths to success is key to the work of the Marks JCH, providing networks beyond Bensonhurst to allow these young women to continue to grow and thrive as they reach adulthood and begin to give back to the community that [...]

Victoria is a single parent who immigrated to the United States with her 8-year old daughter in April of 2016. This was their second immigration: Victoria was born in Ukraine and made aliyah to Israel in 1992, where she married, had her daughter, and soon after, divorced. Like many immigrants, [...]

Now entering its third year, the Marks JCH Teen Philanthropy Board is a successful outgrowth of the Marks JCH’s B’yachad teen resident camp and year-round leadership development program for Russian-speaking Jewish youth. Supported by a generous grant from the Genesis Philanthropy Group, the [...]

Each year, more than 600 Russian-speaking Holocaust survivors receive services through our agency, ranging from case management to access public benefits and entitlements to in-home support, including handyman and housecleaning visits, holiday food package delivery from teen volunteers, and [...]

Launching this month, Ilona’s Room, an innovative new teen program at the J, is supported by a generous grant from the Ilona Memory Fund. Ilona Melyokhin was a talented young professional in the Russian-speaking Jewish community in New York, whose life was cut short by the ravaging effects of an [...]

Swimming is a life skill taught by the JCH for more than 80 years. We offer parent and child lessons to help toddlers and babies get used to the water and see the pool as fun. These children can progress to youth swim lessons, which focus on skill development and water safety. Our Swim Team [...]

“Growing up in the Russian-speaking Jewish community, I haven’t yet found much support in expressing my queer identity at home, but at the JCH, I can explore my identity surrounded by supportive people.” Hearing these words from a Russian-speaking gay Jewish teen provides a glimpse into the [...]

Victoria is a Russian-speaking Jewish single parent who emigrated to the United States with her then-8 year old daughter in April of 2016 from Israel. This was their second immigration: Victoria was originally born in Ukraine and emigrated from Ukraine to Israel in 1992, where she married, had her [...]

This week, the Marks JCH’s second Neediest Cases article of the 2016-2017 season appeared in the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/2ifAOmv The story tells of the heart-wrenching saga of the Romanovs, a family from Russia who traveled the world in search of a cure for their daughter Ksenia’s [...]

This week, the New York Times featured an article highlighting the impact of the work of the Marks JCH on the life of a Holocaust survivor living alone in south Brooklyn. As you’ll see, the story as published in the Times details some of the work of the “J” in helping to support Polina, an [...]