To the Editor:
We are deeply disappointed and dismayed that the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center is preparing to sell its prominent Sedgwick Avenue building and adjacent private house on Stevenson Place to a developer who could transform a central part of this crossroads of our community.
In this time of deep sadness and anger over the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war, greater Riverdale has done what is has always done: help seach other heal.
Jewish Association Serving the Aging is leaving its home at the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center where it has served the senior community for more than two decades.
The building that houses the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center, a modern Orthodox synagogue in Van Cortlandt Village, is on the market, according to its board chair Jack Kleinfeld.