Westchester Celebration 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
6:30 PM
placeQuaker Ridge Country Club, 146 Griffen Avenue, Scarsdale, NY, 10583

Join us to celebrate our community’s support for UJA, honor Linda and Jeffrey M. Solomon for their deep commitment to the Jewish community, and recognize Erica Crisses as the recipient of our Young Leadership Award. We’ll also hear from Jonah Platt, an actor, Jewish activist, and multitalented performer.
 
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Honorees

Linda and Jeffrey Solomon

Linda and Jeffrey Solomon were born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1984, they attended the Taylor Allderdice high school prom together and, for the past 41 years, have experienced just about every other meaningful event in each other’s lives. They are the children of parents who strongly believe in the importance of Jewish philanthropy, and they are the products of a community that believes strongly in the value of tikkun olam.

Linda and Jeffrey conduct their philanthropic activities together through their foundation at the Jewish Communal Fund. They have been vocal advocates for intentional giving and the importance of developing a philanthropic strategy...

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Erica Crisses

Young Leadership Awardee

Erica Crisses credits her strong foundation of commitment to tikkun olam to her Jewish day school education and the active volunteer commitment demonstrated by her parents to various organizations. After attending the UJA-Federation Wall Street Dinner in 2018, Erica participated in local UJA events in Scarsdale, eventually joining the Scarsdale Women’s Board, which she now co-chairs. In addition, Erica is a member of JFNA’s National Young Leadership Cabinet, a leadership development program focused on Jewish philanthropy. Through this program, she participates in international missions and leadership conferences to gain insight...

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Featuring

Jonah Platt

Podcast Host, Actor, Producer, Musician

Jonah Platt is a trusted voice in the modern conversation on Jewish identity, culture, and current events. He is the host of Being Jewish With Jonah Platt, the new hit podcast that explores the diverse spectrum of Jewish identity through conversations with a wide array of notable guests, such as Top Chef’s Gail Simmons, political analyst Van Jones, Rabbi David Wolpe, and actress Patricia Heaton. A true entertainment multihyphenate, Jonah has acted in prestige projects from Hollywood (including the Oscar-nominated Being the Ricardos) to Broadway (in the smash hit Wicked).

He has written for a number of TV comedies, and is currently producing his first...

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Leadership

Westchester Regional Chair

Laurie Girsky

Laurie Girsky

Journal Information

Journal Ad Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
  
AD SPECS:
Full Page, 4.5" wide x 7.5" high
Half Page, 4.5" wide x 3.75" high

All ads can be color or black & white. We accept only digital files as press-quality PDFs. If UJA-Federation is mentioned in the ad, please note it’s spelled with a hyphen and without the article the. Ads submitted should contain a congratulatory message and not promote or advertise a business. Ads should not include crop marks or any printer’s marks.

For more information on the commemorative digital journal, please email Beth Levick

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