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In Photos: 2025 JCRC Annual Event
In Photos: 2025 JCRC Annual Event
Thank you to our remarkable community for showing up and contributing your time, energy, and resources to advancing JCRC’s mission of building relationships to educate, advocate, and protect.
Read MoreWhat “Globalize the Intifada” Looks Like to Our Jewish Community
What “Globalize the Intifada” Looks Like to Our Jewish Community
May 23, 2025 | A Moment of Grief, Clarity, and Commitment
Read More‘The Truth Will Stand When the World’s on Fire’
‘The Truth Will Stand When the World’s on Fire’
June 13, 2025 – Day 1: Travel and Focus. I cried today. Looking for a poem to set me on this journey, I thumbed through a book from a dear friend. I flicked through the lessons of love, acceptance, discovery and hope, and I landed on the last page: “The Truth Will Stand When The World’s On Fire” by Willie Edward Taylor Carver.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Jill Avrin as JCRC’s first Director of Campus Affairs
We are proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Jill Avrin as JCRC’s first Director of Campus Affairs
May 14, 2025 – The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) is proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Jill Avrin as the organization’s first Director of Campus Affairs. This new position is a direct response to the intensifying challenges facing Jewish students, faculty, and staff on college campuses across the country—including right here in Minnesota.
Read More‘A space where you don’t have to shrink who you are’
‘A space where you don’t have to shrink who you are’
By Sally Abrams, Holly Brod Farber and Naomi Breazeale | May 14, 2025 – A sampling of the projects showcased by JCRC’s Youth Fellows at the Gallery Walk on May 4, the culmination of seven months of learning and growth for twenty two Jewish high school juniors and seniors from across the Twin Cities.
Read MoreJCRC sends letter to Israeli Consul General after Minnesotan attacked by Israeli Extremists in South Hebron Hills
JCRC sends letter to Israeli Consul General after Minnesotan attacked by Israeli Extremists in South Hebron Hills
May 1, 2025 – On March 24, 2025, Jenna, a member of the St. Paul Jewish community, was violently attacked in the South Hebron Hills. In response, JCRC has sent a letter to Consul General Yinam Cohen, the highest-ranking Israeli diplomat in our region.
Read MoreIn photos: Yom HaShoah 2025/5785
In photos: Yom HaShoah 2025/5785
April 23, 2025 – Yom HaShoah Commemoration of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Read MoreJCRC Mourns the Passing of Pope Francis
JCRC Mourns the Passing of Pope Francis
April 23, 2025 – The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas joins our friends in the Catholic community—and all people of faith and conscience—in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, a good and faithful friend of the Jewish people.
Read MoreJared Shogren named this year’s recipient of the Leo Weiss Courage To Teach Award
Jared Shogren named this year’s recipient of the Leo Weiss Courage To Teach Award
Jared Shogren, middle school History teacher at Orono Middle School has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award. This award, given out by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, ...
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