Elliot Rose and Peggy Garfunkel Honored by the Westchester Jewish Council

Elliot Rose and Peggy Garfunkel of Scarsdale were among 19 community volunteers honored at the Westchester Jewish Council (WJC) 2015 Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Awards (JYBDSA) Ceremony on Wednesday, March 11th at the JCC of Harrison. The event attracted over 350 attendees.

The 2015 recipients and their nominating organizations were:

• Scarsdale residents Elliot Rose (AJC Westchester/Fairfield) and Peggy Garfunkel (Jewish Women's Foundation of New York)
• New Rochelle residents Gregg Mashberg (Anti-Defamation League) and David Simhon (Congregation Anshe Shalom)
• White Plains resident Susan Hope Davis (Congregation Kol Ami)
• Armonk residents Richard Koh (Hillels of Westchester) and Jessica Morganthal (Rosenthal JCC)
• Dobbs Ferry resident Michael Maron (JCC on the Hudson)
• Rye resident Robert Miller (Jewish Community Center of Harrison)
• Mamaroneck residents Sarene Shanus (Jewish Education Project) and Richard Alter (Temple Israel of New Rochelle)
• Brewster resident Michael Salpeter (Jewish Family Congregation)
• Bedford Hills resident Vivian Cohn (Temple Shaaray Tefila)
• Bronx resident Trudy Cummings (The Mollie and Jack Zicklin Jewish Hospice Residence of MJHS)
• Larchmont resident Susan Miller (Westchester Jewish Center)
• Harrison resident Robert Mensch (Westchester Jewish Community Services)
• Carmel resident Ruth Greenfield (Temple Beth Elohim)
• New York City resident Lisa Rosenshein Todes (Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center)
• Lanesborough, MA resident David Rolle (Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester)

The Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award is named after Julian Y. Bernstein a former Westchester Jewish Council board member, who was a visionary communal leader.

Prior to the awards ceremony, Paul Warhit, President, Westchester Jewish Council, Rabbi Eytan Hammerman, Senior Rabbi, JCC of Harrison, Congressman Sean Maloney, Michael Kaplowitz, Chairman, Westchester Board of Legislators, Kevin Plunkett, Deputy County Executive and Michael Bernstein, son of Julian Y. Bernstein, shared remarks, followed by a performance by HaZamir Westchester, The International High School Choir.

Honorees received the award for their service from members of the JYBDSA Committee. A dessert reception followed.

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