Events

Patrick Raftery, WCHS Librarian, is considered one of the leading authorities on the The Cemeteries of Westchester County and the Bronx, and has authored 6 volumes on the subject. In this 60-minute illustrated slideshow he describes the different types of burial grounds, tombstones and funeral customs, while detailing some of Westchester’s many and fascinating “final […]

Music of the 50s was in some ways more revolutionary than 60s music in that it blew away centuries of accumulated racial and social proprieties in America and around the world. US pop charts in the early 50s were dominated by remnants of 40s big band era, with simple and melodic ballads by such vocalists […]

Music of the 50s was in some ways more revolutionary than 60s music in that it blew away centuries of accumulated racial and social proprieties in America and around the world. US pop charts in the early 50s were dominated by remnants of 40s big band era, with simple and melodic ballads by such vocalists […]

Join us for a special program on the Afghan refugee crisis, featuring Holly Rosen Fink, President and Co-Founder of Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration (WJCI), Manny Lindenbaum, Holocaust survivor and former refugee; and Sameem and Fari Samyousuf, two Afghan refugees who served for the American military and came to America on Special Immigrant Visas. Find […]