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WESTFAIR BUSINESS JOURNAL – “WJCS’s New Chief Medical Officer” (January 14, 2025)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Community Counts: Coming Together to Celebrate the Holidays” (p.4) (December 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Time to Take a Breath” by Brenda Haas, LMSW, Ed.M., Coordinator of WJCS Guiding Parents Through Services Program (p.11) (November 2024)

WESTFAIR ONLINE – “Holiday Luncheon for Holocaust Survivors” (November 5, 2024)

WESTFAIR ONLINE – “A More Perfect Union” (October 27, 2024)

AUTISM SPECTRUM NEWS – “Embracing Neurodiversity: A Social Revolution of Autism and New Perspectives” by Nicholas Primavera, MS, MBA, WJCS Shelanu and Supper Club Coordinator (October 4, 2024)

AUTISM SPECTRUM NEWS – “The Value of Facilitating Social Groups for Autistic Adults in a Community Mental Health Setting” by Kenneth Mann, PsyD, WJCS Director, Outpatient Services for People with Developmental Disabilities (October 4, 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Volunteering: Helping Others Create a Stronger and Better Community” (p.9) (October 2024)

WESTFAIR ONLINE – “Coordinating a Range of Human Services” (September 30, 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Project Lifesaver” (September 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Awarded $35,000 Grant from Aging in America” (p.11) (August 2024)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Supporting Socially Isolated Seniors” by Judy Fink, LCSW, Director of Senior Services (July 29, 2024)

YONKERS TIMES – “NYS Senator Shelley Mayer Awards $125,000 in Grants to Support WJCS Group Homes and ParentChild+ Program” (July 20, 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “What is Shelanu/Supper Club and How Does it Benefit Our Community?” by Nick Primavera, M.S., MBA, Coordinator of WJCS Shelanu (July 2024)

THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON – WJCS awarded $20,000 ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) funding provided by the City of Mount Vernon to support digital equity programming for adults and children, in partnership with Y-COP and the STEM Alliance (June 26, 2024)

THE CITY REVIEW OF NEW ROCHELLE – “WJCS awarded grant to support vulnerable seniors” (June 24, 2024)

THE HARRISON REVIEW – “WJCS awarded grant to support vulnerable seniors” (June 24, 2024)

WESTFAIR ONLINE – “Grant to Support Vulnerable Seniors” (June 15, 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS 2024 Gala: A Resounding Success!” (p.1); “Yom HaShoa: Holocaust Remembrance Day” by CEO Seth Diamond (p.5); “Empowering Seniors at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)” (p.9) (June 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Programs and Services Since October 7” by Gillian Rittmaster, Assistant Executive Director at WJCS Jewish Programs (p. 7) (May 2024)

WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT – WJCS Project LifeSaver Locator Bracelets Program ft. in “Westchester County Executive George Latimer and County Leaders Shine Light on Autism Awareness in Commemoration of World Autism Day” (April 2, 2024)

WESTCHESTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT – “County Executive Latimer Kicks Off Free Tax Return Preparation Program for Working Families and Individuals”

WESTFAIR BUSINESS JOURNAL – “The WJCS Treatment for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders” (March 13, 2024)

WESTFAIR BUSINESS JOURNAL – “Honoring Two Women for Improving Children’s Lives” (March 5, 2024)

BNN BREAKING – “WJCS Gala to Honor Meira Fleisch and Stephanie Marquesano for Transformative Community Work in Westchester” (March 5, 2024)

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY – “WJCS’ Intensive Outpatient Substance Use Treatment” (March 2024)

LOHUD – “Where to find help on your 2023 taxes in the Hudson Valley” (February 26, 2024)

LOHUD – Dr. William (Drew) Mullane, Director of Innovation for Westchester Jewish Community Services quoted in, “The anxiety epidemic: A manufactured crisis” (February 24, 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Meira Fleisch and Stephanie Marquesano to be Honored at WJCS Gala” (February 2024)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Assisting Individuals with Employment at WJCS Certified Behavioral Health Clinics” by Valerie Rosen, LCSW, Director of Integrative Services at WJCS CCBHCs (p.22) (Winter 2024)

LOHUD – “How many Holocaust survivors remain? New study counts Jewish victims of Nazi atrocities.” Westchester resident Ida Lewin, one of our cherished participants in WJCS Holocaust programs, is featured in this article.

NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities – WJCS Group Home Resident, Andrew Brooks, recognized by OPWDD (January 2024)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “A Response to Trauma in the Face of Hamas Attacks” by Miriam Arond (p.4) (November 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Addressing Substance Use and Co-occurring Disorders” (p.9) (October 2023)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Lessons Learned in Effectively Advancing Co-Occurring Competent Care” by William A. Mullane, Ph.D., Director of Innovation, Integration, and Community Partnerships (October 23, 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – What is “Spiritual Healing?” A Days of Awe Message by Rabbi Michael Goldman (September 28, 2023)

CITY AND STATE NY – CEO Seth Diamond recognized by City and State NY ‘s Power List of the Top 100 Most Influential Westchester Leaders. (August 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “The Benefits of Addressing Mental Health and Physical Health” (p.9) (August 2023)

SARAH LAWRENCE – Sarah Lawrence and Community Organizations Celebrate Thriving Partnerships (August 8, 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS’s Chief Development Officer, Susan Lewen, Retires” (p.7) & “The Broader Definition of Holocaust Survivor Leads to Reparations for an Increase Number of People” by Rabbi Michael Goldman, Director, WJCS Spiritual Healing Center (p.9) (July 2023)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Suicide Risk and Safety Planning” by Rachel Held, Ph.D., Coordinator of the WJCS Psychology Externship Program and Intensive Outpatient Program (p.25) (Summer 2023)

THE HUDSON INDEPENDENT – Phelps Staffers Pool Resources to Send a Dying Man Home to His Family in Guatemala, “Naranjo se­cured a grant from the New York Times’ Need­i­est Cases Fund and Westch­ester Jew­ish Com­mu­nity Ser­vices and used it to pur­chase Sazo’s plane ticket.” (July 22, 2023)

ROCKLAND/WESTCHESTER JOURNAL NEWS – Ida Lewen, a Holocaust survivor living in Westchester, shares how support services from the Claims Conference and WJCS , help her age in place at home as she nears the age of 100. (June 27, 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – WJCS Presents “Fashion & Compassion” Luncheon (p.9) (June 2023)

WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNALS – “Fashion and Compassion” (June 1, 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS 80th Anniversary Gala is a Huge Success!” (p.7) (April 2023)

WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNALS – “WJCS, A Triumph at 80” (p.27) (April 2023)

JEWISH LINK – Holocaust Survivors and Their Families Launch Year-Long Digital Campaign (April 20, 2023)

NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER – Caitlin Leon, Director for Training & Digital Equity featured, “IGT Donates Technology and Equipment to Westchester Jewish Community Services” (March 22, 2023)

PLAZA JEWISH COMMUNITY CHAPEL, INC. – “Exit Strategy; Dealing with Spousal Loss: Rick Elice and Cantor Rebecca Garfein” with Jane Slevin, LMFT, Director of WJCS Pathways to Care program (p.9) (March 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Community Trainings and Workshops” (March 2023)

NEWS12 WESTCHESTER – Robyn Schlesinger, Associate Director of Development, was featured in a TV segment about Westchester Women’s Summit in White Plains (March 10, 2023)

914 INC DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION – “One of the things you learn with DEI work is that it’s not something you start and then stop. It doesn’t end; it’s a continual effort.” -WJCS CEO Seth Diamond (p.32 & 33) (March-April 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Awarded Westchester Community Foundation Grant” (p.4), “Grant Given for Holocaust Survivors on International Holocaust Remembrance Day” (p.8), “WJCS Crime Advocacy and Support Services Program” (p.9) (February 2023)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Honors Michele Brettschneider and William Shirley at its 80th Anniversary Gala” (p.6) (January 2023)

WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNALS – “WJCS New Board Member: Dean Howell” (p.23) (January 2023)

THE WESTCHESTER PUBLIC/PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP FUND FOR AGING SERVICES – WJCS in Community Champions (p.5) (November 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Miracle of Miracles: A Sukkot Story” by Halina Rosenkranz, Case Manager/Group Facilitator of Holocaust Survivor Services (p.9), “WJCS Early Childhood Programs Expanding in Tarrytown and Yonkers” (p.11) (November 2022)

WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL – “WJCS Expands Early Childhood Programs” (p.37) (October 31, 2022)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Addressing Clinician Burnout in a Community Mental Health Setting During the COVID Pandemic” (October 11, 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Support for Holocaust Survivors in Westchester County” by Allison Danzig, JD, LLM, Coordinator of Holocaust Services and Gillian Rittmaster, LCSW Assistant Executive Director, Jewish Programs and Health and Healing Services (p.12) (Sept-Oct 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Second Annual Holocaust Survivor Day Held at Young Israel of White Plains” (p.1), “UJA Volunteers Fill Backpacks for Westchester Children in Need” (p.7), “WJCS Awarded $2 Million SAMHSA Grant” (p.9) (August 2022)

CISION PR NEWSWIRE – “Montefiore Awarded $2.3 Million to Care for People with Memory Disorders in the Hudson Valley” (July 28, 2022)

WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL – “WJCS Holocaust Survivors’ Day Luncheon” (July 28, 2022)

THE INSIDE PRESS – “A Summer Celebration for Holocaust Survivors at Young Israel of White Plains” (July 14, 2022)

THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER – “WJCS Awarded $2 million Grant” and “Freyer elected president of board of directors at WJCS” (p.2) (July 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Bruce Freyer Named President of WJCS Board of Directors” (p.6), “The Secret to Healing after Grief” by Miriam Arond (p.4) (July 2022)

CBS NEW YORK – Karen, a WJCS POINT participant and active volunteer at AFYA interviewed in “Yonkers nonprofit celebrates volunteers with disabilities” (July 21, 2022)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “A Cruel Irony: Less Mental Health Stigma but Fewer Behavioral Health Clinicians” by WJCS CEO Seth Diamond (July 14, 2022)

THE INSIDE PRESS – “A Summer Celebration for Holocaust Survivors at Young Israel of White Plains” (July 14, 2022)

CBS NEWS NEW YORK – ‘Holocaust survivors gather at Young Israel of White Plains’ (July 13, 2022)

WESTCHESTER NEWS12 – “‘We have to tell our story.’ Holocaust survivors honored at Westchester Jewish Community Services” (July 13, 2022)

NEW YORK TIMES – W. Andrew Mullane, Ph.D., Director of Innovation, Integration, and Community Partnerships is quoted in “Experts Say We Have the Tools to Fight Addiction. So Why Are More Americans Overdosing Than Ever?” (June 24, 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “10 Tips to Make the Most of Your Telehealth Session” by W. Andrew Mullane, Ph.D., Director of Innovation, Integration, and Community Partnerships (p.11) (June 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Gala Raises Vital Funds for Critical Human Services in Westchester” (p.11) (May 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS: Providing Services to our Dynamic Jewish Community” by Sherry Birnbaum, LCSW (p.8) (May 2022)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “OnTrackNY: An Early Intervention Program to Interrupt Psychosis” by Sarah Fisher, LCSW (April 17, 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Heroic Passages in the Haggaddah and Struggles of Liberation” by Rabbi Michael Goldman, Coordinator of WJCS Jewish Senior Programs (p.6) (April 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – Domestic Violence: Myths and Realities (p.11) (March 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Among Those Receiving Grants from Claims Conference to Support Holocaust Survivors” (p.9) (March 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS 2022 Gala Honors Mariquita Blumberg and NYS Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins” (p.8) (Feb 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “The Multiplier Effect: Impacting the Community Through Trainings and Workshops” (p.9) (Feb 2022)

NEWS 4 – “WJCS has a special connection to this year’s Superbowl. Mary J Blige” (Feb 2022)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Adapting the Compeer Volunteer Program During COVID-19” by Laura Stein (Jan 5, 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS 2021 Have a Heart for the Holidays Drive, a Huge Success!” (p. 11) (Jan 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – WJCS Judy Fink featured for the “39th Annual Senior Hall of Fame” (p. 8) (Dec 2021)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): Evidence-Based Treatment for Depression” (p. 9) (Dec 2021)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “Chasing Away the Darkness at WJCS”(p. 13) by Sherry Birnbaum (Nov 2021)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “A Virtual Peer DBT Consultation Group” by Liza Pincus, Kelly Daly, and Elana Spira (Oct 4, 2021)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS – “Telehealth, Burnout and the New Normal” by Kelly Daly and Elana Spira (Oct 4, 2021)

INSIDE PRESS – “Hundreds of Westchester Residents Benefit from WJCS COVID Relief Hub” (Sept 10, 2021)

THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER – WJCS Board Member Bruce Freyer and his wife Dana are featured in “Freyers Continue Serving the Land They Love” (Sept 8, 2021)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—“No-Cost Services at WJCS COVID Relief HUB” (p. 7); “Westchester Jewish Community Services Appoints New Board Members” (p. 8);“WJCS Back-to-School Drive Helps Needy Children in Westchester” (p. 12) (Sept 2021)

NEWS 10 – Over $1 Million in Federal Education COVID Response to Community, Faith-based Organizations of NYS (Aug 25, 2021)

NYS ED – Community and Faith-Based Organizations to Receive Over a Million Dollars in Federal Education COVID Response Funding (Aug 25, 2021)

THE SCARSDALE INQUIRER – New Board Members at WJCS (Aug 6, 2021)

JMORE (Baltimore Jewish Living) – Nonprofit Jewish Funeral Chapel is Transforming Approach to End-of-Life Issues (Aug 25, 2021)

NYNMEDIA—Featured the Success of the WJCS 2021 Back to School Drive. (August 16, 2021)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE – “WJCS Celebrates Its First-Ever Holocaust Survivors Day” (p. 6) and “Rosh HaShanah Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic” (p. 12) (August 2021)

WVOX Radio “YOUR COMMUNITY IN ACTION”—W. Andrew Mullane, Ph.D., Director of Integration, Innovation, and Community Partnerships at WJCS, speaks about WJCS and the College Emotional Wellness Initiative during an interview with Arlene Salman. (July 30, 2021)

SCARSDALE INQUIRER and NYNMEDIA — Three New Members Join the WJCS Board of Directors: Joel Beckman, co-founder of Greenbriar Equity Group; Steven Beckman, head of Global Creator Representation Partnerships at YouTube; and Julian Gomez, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Sojitz Corporation of America. (August, 2021)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS — “Responding to the COVID Pandemic and Racial Injustice” by Liane Nelson, PhD, WJCS Chief Psychologist (Summer 2021 issue)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—”Supporting Individuals with Disabilities to Live Full and Enriched Lives”(p. 11) (July 2021)

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY—”Leading Nonprofit Jewish Funeral Chapel is Transforming Approach to End-of-Life Issues” features WJCS social worker Heidi Weiss. (July 21, 2021)

PATCH — Bruce M. Freyer Named President of the WJCS Board of Directors (July 7, 2022)

NEWS 10, ALBANY—”Assembly lawmakers hold hearing on co-occurring disorders” Dr. W. Andrew Mullane, Director of Integration, Innovation, and Community Partnerships at WJCS speaks out. (June 21, 2021)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE— “WJCS Awarded Westchester Community Financial Grant” (p. 4); “WJCS Expands Its Commitment to Serve Westchester’s Seniors” (p. 8); “Bereavement Support Groups During Covid-19” by Gillian Rittmaster, Director of Health & Healing Services at WJCS ( p. 13) (June 2021 issue)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS — “Learning from Client Surveys About Telehealth and the Impact of COVID-19” by Kelly Daly, Ph.D., Shari Reiter, M.A., Elana G. Spira, Ph.D., and W. Andrew Mullane, Ph.D. (Spring 2021 issue)

YONKERS TIMES — Latimer Announces Emergency Crisis Response Teams with Police Departments in Westchester (May 2022)

THE EXAMINER — Mobile Crisis Response Teams Up and Running in Westchester (May 2022)

NEWS12 — Westchester County to launch mobile crisis response teams to help the mentally ill (May 2022)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—“WJCS 2021 Virtual Gala: A Spectacular Success!” (p. 9); “Mental Health and Hope: Building Resilience Through the Pandemic and Beyond” by Brenda Haas, LMSW, Ed.M. (p. 12) (May 2021 issue)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—”Digital Equity: An Essential Factor in Improving Learning Outcomes in Children” by Jessica Piecyk (April, 2021, p. 11)

HUDSON INDEPEDENT—Dr. W. Andrew Mullane, Director of Integration, Innovation, and Community Partnerships at WJCS, shares insights in “As COVID Wanes, Experts Assess The Mental Health Consequences.” (April 16, 2021)

WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNALS—WJCS 2021 Virtual Gala to honor Sarah Kayle and Suzi Randolph (March 15, 2021)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—”A Havorah Pandemic Passover” by Barbara Murray (March 2021, p. 13)

NYNMEDIA, THE INSIDE PRESS, NEWSBREAK — Featured news about WJCS being awarded a $4 million grant from SAMHSA (February, 2021)

FORWARD—WJCS Mary J. Blige Center for Women is mentioned in “The secret Jewish history of everyone nominated to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame this year”. (February 21, 2021)

BAKING BUSINESS — Highlighted WJCS’ partnership with Greyston Bakery being featured in “Community Health and Economic Prosperity: Engaging Businesses as Stewards and Stakeholders” report issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of the Surgeon General. (January 28, 2021)

AUSTISM SPECTRUM NEWS—Lee Englander, coordinator of the WJCS Autism Center, shares vital information about how parents and school districts can best support each other in providing students on the autism spectrum with what they need. (Winter 2021 issue)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS — “Community-Based Mental Health Agencies Must Be a Part of the Social Determinant Solution” by WJCS CEO Seth Diamond (Winter 2021 issue)

NEW YORK TIMES — “When Needs Are Acute, Going an Extra Mile at the Holidays” features the WJCS Have a Heart for the Holidays Drive, which provided toys and gift cards to over 1,000 children from under-resourced communities in Westchester. (December 27, 2020)

CITY & STATE NEW YORK—WJCS CEO Seth Diamond is featured in “The 2020 Responsible 100: 100 Individuals Fighting the Good Fight.” (December 14, 2020)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—”UJA Launches Multimillion-Dollar Anti-Poverty Initiative Across NY” (p. 4); “Meeting the Need for Expanded Social Services and Job Training in Response to the Global Pandemic” (p. 12) (December 2021)

WESTCHESTER SENIOR VOICE—WJCS Yonkers NNORC provides support to the senior population through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. (November 20, 2020)

BILLBOARD.COM—Mary J. Blige teams up with Amazon Smile and releases aChristmas album with some proceeds being contributed to the WJCS Mary J. Blige Center for Young Women. (November 12, 2020)

YPIE NEWS—WJCS Yonkers NNORC is highlighted in article about connecting seniors to students during COVID-19. (November 2, 2020)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—”WJCS Healing Center Programs” (p. 12); “Meeting the Needs of College Students” by Miriam Arond (p. 13) (November 2020)

PATCH.COM—”WJCS Offers Free Mental Health Services to College Students” (October 21, 2020)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—“The Communal Trauma of Covid 19” by Miriam Arond (October 2020)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEWS — “Empowering Adults to Recognize and Respond to Youth in Suicidal Distress” by WJCS Social Worker Ali Rainone (Fall 2020 Issue)

WESTCHESTER JEWISH LIFE—”The Days of Awe: Not for the Faint of Heart” by Rabbi Pamela Wax (September 2020, p. 16)

WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE—WJCS CEO is quoted in “The Biggest Lessons Westchester Executives Learned During COVID-19″ (August 20, 2020)

ABC NEWS—”Teletherapy meets teens where they live: On-screen” WJCS bilingual social worker, Geovany Martinez shares insights about working with teens during COVID-19. (August 19, 2020)