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.
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 |
