NEWS

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 [...]

Once again, the Marks JCH Maccabi team brought home the gold in girls’ volleyball at the JCC Maccabi Games. The Games, like a Jewish teen Olympics, bring together hundreds of Jewish athletes from around the world each summer to compete in sports and build Jewish community. The J delegation won 4 [...]

Marks JCH continues to be a leader in providing accessible and inclusive services in south Brooklyn, increasing our outreach to young adults with special needs. A recent award of a new grant through New York City will enable the agency to deepen our service to this most vulnerable population. Too [...]

On Friday, August 12, we welcomed the entire Markman family back to the “J” to honor the memory of their son, brother, father, and husband, and our long-time board member and friend, Glenn Markman, in awarding the second annual Glenn Markman MVP Award to an outstanding young scholar-athlete [...]

In the past two years, thanks to partnerships with generous funders and partners: JCC Association, JCC Global, Jim Joseph Foundation, and UJA-Federation of New York, Marks JCH has significantly increased the opportunities for our teens to travel to Israel in exploration of their connections to the [...]

For almost 90 years, the Marks JCH has served as a pillar of our community, connecting people and empowering them at every stage of life through vital social services and programs that educate and inspire. We look forward to many, many more decades of continuing to do so. With this goal in mind – [...]

Yeladim campers this week we all got our feet wet with daily instructional swim and jumped with joy at the weekly gymnastics class. In our groups, we learned about new friends, created “All About Me” beautiful art collages and welcomed a guest – Adam – for our very first Musical [...]

Promoting philanthropy begins at an early age at the Marks JCH. This year, a dozen of our best and brightest teens volunteered to serve as the Teen Philanthropy Board after participating in a teen philanthropy project led by board members Jonathan Gold, Anton Gorshkov and Marks JCH [...]

A picture is worth a thousand words and in this case, the picture could not be more accurate… This week, Marks JCH hosted our Annual Job Fair for adults, bringing more than 50 employers and more than 600 job-seekers together under our roof. In addition to meeting with prospective employers, [...]

More than 150 people joined together for the Marks JCH Kibbutznik Shabbaton held over Mothers’ Day weekend at Club Getaway in Kent, Connecticut. Russian-speaking Jewish families with children ranging in age from just a few weeks old through age 12 enjoyed three days of escape from the city, fresh [...]