JCRC

Israel Education and Engagement

 

Educating and Engaging Jews and non-Jews alike about Israel’s history, people, and challenges.

Programs include:

• • • Dynamic, free presentations via JCRC Speakers Bureau
      • Amazing Israel: People, Places, and Culture: Get acquainted with a country brimming with biblical history and cutting-edge innovation, the Jewish homeland that is also a dynamic, multi-ethnic democracy. This tiny land has a huge story to tell!
      • “The Letters Project: Conversing Across Narratives”
        A one hour values-based conversation using excerpts from the book Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor: With an Extensive Epilogue of Palestinian Responses by Yossi Klein Halevi. Designed for those classes engaging in a deep and meaningful conversation about Israelis and Palestinians. Challenges students to find their own voice and come to better understand how pride and empathy can inform conflicts near and far. We can also bring you into our Letters Project, which provides books and assigns students the task of writing a letter to the author.
    • Israel Study Tour for Minnesota Legislators and Community Leaders: Since 2016, the JCRC has led 3 Israel trips for Minnesota state legislators and other community leaders with the purpose of educating Minnesota elected officials on the importance of a strong partnership between Minnesota and Israel, as well as to build trusted relationships with Minnesota’s elected officials. Our trip in November 2019 was our largest and most bipartisan delegation to date.
    • Government Advocacy: Working with our elected officials to address important issues facing Israel today.
    • Collaboration: Working with other organizations concerned about Israel, within Christian, and Muslim, and other communities.