In Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, it’s not unusual to find Chinese students baking challah alongside Jewish kids before Shabbat. Asian seniors attend a fitness class steps as Jewish teens throw punches in a boxing bootcamp.
All of it happens under one roof—at the Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, a century-old institution that has become a model for multicultural coexistence as the demographics of the area evolve.
“It’s critical that we’re able to assess the needs by running focus groups, by speaking to all of our community members, by doing market research,” said Julia Linetskiy, Director of Program Services at the Marks JCH…