The Jewish Community Council of Pelham Parkway hosted their annual breakfast at the
Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Ball Room. The event included many active
and devoted leaders of the jewish community in Pelham Parkway. Jewish Community
Council of Pelham Parkway President Charles Landsberg, Executive Director David
Edelstein, Democratic Committeeman Joseph McManus, State Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz
Sr., Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera receiving the Senator Abraham Bernstein Memorial
Award, honoring Assemblywoman Rivera for "her leadership and dedication to the
Pelham Parkway community, and the Jewish people,". Senator Jeff Klein, Award
recipient Rabbi Shimon Dovid Godick, PA, Limud Ha'Torah Award recipient Rabbi
Benjamin Houben, Rabbi Melvin Sachs received the Rabbinic Achievement Award,
being honored for his service as a US Army Chaplain, Jewish Educator, Pulpit
Rabbi, Counselor and his service as a Chaplin in Rikers Island prison, Rabbi
Gershon Yankelewitz, a renowned Jewish scholar who today received the Mesorah
Award, for helping "transport the historic legacy of European Jewish life to
America after the Holocaust." All Joined in the event.
Young Israel of Pelham Parkway Ball Room. The event included many active
and devoted leaders of the jewish community in Pelham Parkway. Jewish Community
Council of Pelham Parkway President Charles Landsberg, Executive Director David
Edelstein, Democratic Committeeman Joseph McManus, State Senator Rev. Ruben Diaz
Sr., Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera receiving the Senator Abraham Bernstein Memorial
Award, honoring Assemblywoman Rivera for "her leadership and dedication to the
Pelham Parkway community, and the Jewish people,". Senator Jeff Klein, Award
recipient Rabbi Shimon Dovid Godick, PA, Limud Ha'Torah Award recipient Rabbi
Benjamin Houben, Rabbi Melvin Sachs received the Rabbinic Achievement Award,
being honored for his service as a US Army Chaplain, Jewish Educator, Pulpit
Rabbi, Counselor and his service as a Chaplin in Rikers Island prison, Rabbi
Gershon Yankelewitz, a renowned Jewish scholar who today received the Mesorah
Award, for helping "transport the historic legacy of European Jewish life to
America after the Holocaust." All Joined in the event.