Brewster Resident to Be Honored by Westchester Jewish Council

The Westchester Jewish Council will recognize 21 outstanding community volunteers at its 2016 awards ceremony.

The 2016 Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Awards will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 at the JCC of Harrison.

The award is named after Julian Y. Bernstein, a former Westchester Jewish Council board member.

Paul Warhit, president of the council, said the ceremony is an opportunity to honor a special group of people who make their own communities stronger through volunteerism and dedication.

In addition, there will be a special tribute to Larchmont resident Robert A. Cohen, outgoing president of American Israel Public Affairs Committee, for his years of service to the Jewish community.

The evening will also include a performance by the Youth Choir of Temple Sholom of Greenwich. The event is free and open to the public.

The 2016 recipients and their nominating organizations are:

• New York City resident Joan Muss, Alexander Muss High School
• Larchmont resident Joan Rosen, Bet Am Shalom Synagogue
• New Rochelle resident Donna Bartell, Beth El Synagogue Center
• White Plains resident Gary Katz, Community Alliance for Jewish-Affiliated Cemeteries
• Cortlandt Manor resident Daniela Rosen, First Hebrew Congregation
• Irvington resident Sherry Padva, Greenburgh Hebrew Center
• Ardsley resident Deborah Wiskind, Hadassah Westchester
• Brewster resident Amy Post, Hebrew Congregation of Somers
• Scarsdale resident Stephanie Kirwin, JCC Mid-Westchester
• Larchmont resident Ed Jacobson, Larchmont Temple
• Bronx resident Yvette Connell, Metropolitan Jewish Health System – Hospice
• Mount Kisco resident Sol Gibbons, Mount Kisco Hebrew Congregation
• Rye Brook resident Eugene Konigsbach, Northeast Jewish Center
• Pleasantville resident Vivian Chang Frieheit, Pleasantville Community Synagogue
• Mount Vernon resident Elizabeth Shapiro, Rabbi Max Maccoby Foundation
• Scarsdale resident Karen Chapro, Scarsdale Synagogue
• White Plains resident Ross Zelman, Solomon Schechter School of Westchester
• Rye resident Andrew Kligerman, StandWithUS
• Katonah resident Hana Epstein, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism/USY
• Bronxville resident Arnold Linhardt, Westchester Jewish Council
• White Plains resident Jerry Adler, Young Israel of White Plains

Photo caption: 2016 awards winners. Photo credit: Courtesy photo.