
Mission
The mission of The Westchester Resettlement Coalition (WRC) is to welcome refugees to Westchester County, providing them with support to help them reclaim their lives and become self-sufficient.
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A joint initiative of six Westchester synagogues, WRC draws on the Jewish community’s collective history to provide the kind of help our ancestors received – or would have liked to receive – when they first arrived in America. It is rooted in the Jewish tradition of “Tikkun Olam” – “repairing the world.”
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​Led and staffed solely by volunteers, WRC depends on donations and grants to do its work. The money it raises helps pay for newly arrived refugees’ food, rent, utilities and other basic needs during their first few months in the United States. At the same time, volunteers help them look for jobs, find tutors or courses to learn English, and navigate the other challenges that come with being strangers in a strange land.
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Board Members

Jennifer Kahan
Shaarei Tikvah
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Co-Director
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Cippi Harte
Bet Am Shalom
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Recording Secretary
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Leslie Damesek Litsky
Woodlands Community Temple
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Communications,
Housing Set-Up, Education

Wendy Naidich
Temple Beth Shalom
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Co-Director
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Robyn Herman
Congregation Bnai Yisrael
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Housing Acquisition
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Robert Okin
Congregation Bnai Yisrael
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Transportation
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Alice Brandwein
Sinai Free Synagogue
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Healthcare
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Jennifer Herscovici
Congregation Bnai Yisrael
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Housing Acquisition
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Dana Watnick
Sinai Free Synagogue
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Healthcare
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William Cherkin
Temple Beth Shalom
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Treasurer
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Robin Joseph
Temple Beth Shalom
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Housing Set-Up
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Committee Chairs

Sheri Stringer
Temple Beth Shalom​
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Education

Gary Karlitz
Woodlands Community Temple
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Employment

Rod Rolett
Sinai Free Synagogue
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Employment