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Steve Hunegs’ Birthday Wish
Steve Hunegs’ Birthday Wish
January 20, 2021 My birthday is Inauguration Day. Fourteen years earlier, January 20, 1949, President Harry Truman took the Oath of Office administered by Chief Justice Fred Vinson. In many ways the 33rd President—who acceded to the Presidency upon the ...
Read MoreJCRC Condemns Insurrection in Washington, D.C.
JCRC Condemns Insurrection in Washington, D.C.
Calls for the Acceptance of the Electoral College Results Tonight January 6, 2021 Minneapolis, MN — Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “For American democracy—its wellspring, ...
Read MoreJCRC Joins Jews Worldwide Celebrating Israel-Morocco Normalization
JCRC Joins Jews Worldwide Celebrating Israel-Morocco Normalization
Dec. 11, 2020 Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “The recent announcement that Israel and Morocco agreed to re-establish full diplomatic relations is welcome news to ...
Read MoreJCRC Welcomes Conviction of Terrorist who Planned Dar Al-Farooq Bombing
JCRC Welcomes Conviction of Terrorist who Planned Dar Al-Farooq Bombing
Dec. 10, 2020 Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “The JCRC welcomes a federal jury’s conviction of the Illinois man who planned and executed the heinous ...
Read MoreEboo Patel: How Interfaith Action Can Lead to Racial Equity
Eboo Patel: How Interfaith Action Can Lead to Racial Equity
Collectively, we face a moment of divisions in our society. Whether religious, political, racial, generational, economic or in other areas, we find our communities, institutions, families and society fracturing. Together, we can improve. We can build communities where sources of difference become sources of strength — where shared humanity and communal aspirations compel dialogue, not division.
Read MoreJCRC Appreciates Apology from Winona LaDuke Following Inappropriate Holocaust Analogy
JCRC Appreciates Apology from Winona LaDuke Following Inappropriate Holocaust Analogy
November 18, 2020 Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “Today, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) received the following note from ...
Read MoreJCRC Congratulates President-Elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
JCRC Congratulates President-Elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
Nov. 11, 2020 Minneapolis, MN — Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement following the historic 2020 election: “The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the ...
Read MoreJCRC Mourns Loss of Judith Meisel, z”l
JCRC Mourns Loss of Judith Meisel, z”l
November 5, 2020 Minneapolis, MN — Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement after the passing of Judith Meisel, z’’l: “Judith lived history. Almost precisely 77 years ...
Read MoreJCRC Applauds Imminent Peace Treaty between Israel and Sudan
JCRC Applauds Imminent Peace Treaty between Israel and Sudan
October 26, 2020 In September, the JCRC published a commentary in the Star Tribune applauding the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In our piece we noted that “this summer’s historic agreement … exemplifies ...
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