27th Annual JYBDSA Ceremony

The 27th Annual Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Awards Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, May 10th at 7:30 pm at Temple Israel Center of White Plains and virtually.

Every spring, the Westchester Jewish Council honors deserving member organizations and their leaders with the Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award (DSA). Julian Y. Bernstein was a former Westchester Jewish Council board member, who was a visionary communal leader. Julian believed that doing tzedakah was just as important as giving tzedakah. In tribute to his passion and devotion to the Jewish community, we honor those who follow in his footsteps. Member organizations are invited to nominate an honoree from within their organization whose dedication and leadership has enriched our Westchester community.  To register for this year’s event, please click https://conta.cc/35FW7Mt.

To access the livestream link, please click https://venue.streamspot.com/4a3262d6.

2022 Honorees List:

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) ……………………………………… Adam Waldman
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue ………………………………Elizabeth Haas Edersheim
Chavurat Tikvah …………………………………………………………….. Peter Schlactus
CSS – Community Security Service ………………………………………..Guy Shmuel
Congregation B’nai Yisrael……………………………………………………Lisa Mazure
Congregation Kneses Tifereth Israel (KTI) …………………………. Margot Metzger
Hebrew Congregation of Somers …………………………………………….Irene Herz
Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center……………………….Bette Sparago
Jewish National Fund ……………………………………………….. Caren Hammerman
Lincoln Park Jewish Center ………………………………………………..Jack Schweizer
Scarsdale Synagogue – Temples Tremont and Emanu-El ………… David Goldman
Shames JCC on the Hudson ………………………………………….. Charles Friedman
Sinai Free Synagogue …………………………………………………. Elizabeth G. Spiro
Temple Beth Abraham ……………………………………………………Jennifer Povman
UJA Federation of NY / Westchester Region ……………………. Michele Gregson
United Hebrew of New Rochelle ……………………………………………..Jim Staudt
Westchester Jewish Council ………………………………………………. Darren Peister
Young Israel of Scarsdale …………………………………………………….. Marie Miller

To read the bios of each honoree, please click – FINAL DSA Booklet 2022 V11

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The 26th Annual Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Awards Ceremony took place virtually on March 16, 2021.  You can view the event here in its entirety –  DSA 2021 Video.

Program ads have closed but if you wish to make a donation visit https://www.wjcouncil.org/donate-now/.

To view the journal from this program, please click https://youtu.be/dwgu2TWoA-0.

2021 Honorees List:

AJC Westchester/Fairfield	Richard W. Cohen
Bet Torah	Dr. Jill Ratner
Beth El Synagogue Center	Brian P. Bosworth
Community Synagogue of Rye	Dr. Bruce Reidenberg
Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester	Hedy Cardozo
Congregation Kol Ami	Elizabeth Ilberg
Dorot	Monica Aboodi
Greenburgh Hebrew Center	Andrew Michael Goldstein
Hadar	David J. Gilberg
Hebrew Free Burial	Wendy Linderman
Hebrew Home of Riverdale	Isaac Ohrenstein
Hebrew Institute of White Plains	Rena Fredman
JCCA	Wendy Kleinman
The Jewish Education Project	Karen Everett
Larchmont Temple	Michele Metsch
The Leffell School	Jerry Goldman
Mount Kisco Hebrew Congregation	Robin Tanzman
Rosh Pinah Chavurah of the Rivertowns	Rabbi Halina Rubinstein
Shaarei Tikvah	Judith L. Spanier
StandWithUs	Paula Blumenfeld
Temple Beth Shalom – Mahopac	Andy Milkis
Temple Israel Center of White Plains	Judah Aber
UJA Federation of NY/Westchester	Lily Deitelzweig
Westchester Jewish Center	Cindy Heller
Westchester Jewish Council	Irwin S. Davison
Young Israel of New Rochelle	Tamar Weinberg