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Richfield Middle School Teacher Maria Grams Awarded 2022 Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award
Richfield Middle School Teacher Maria Grams Awarded 2022 Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award
April 19, 2022 The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) is proud to announce the 2022 Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award recipient is Richfield Middle School Language Arts teacher Maria Grams. The Leo Weiss Courage ...
Read MoreJCRC Condemns Antisemitic Anti-Israel Graffiti Targeting Temple of Aaron in St. Paul
JCRC Condemns Antisemitic Anti-Israel Graffiti Targeting Temple of Aaron in St. Paul
April 8, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “During the evening of April 7, 2022, Temple of Aaron Synagogue in St. Paul ...
Read MoreJCRC Applauds Signing of Minnesota’s Russia Sanctions Statute
JCRC Applauds Signing of Minnesota’s Russia Sanctions Statute
Luda Anastazievsky of Minnesota’s Ukrainian Advocacy Committee hugging JCRC executive director Steve Hunegs at the Minnesota State Capitol Building. (Ethan Roberts Photography/JCRC) Minnesota becomes 2nd state to pass Russia divestment legislation April 2, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – Steve Hunegs, executive ...
Read MoreMay Their Memories be for a Blessing
May Their Memories be for a Blessing
JCRC Statement on Recent Terror Attacks in Israel April 1, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “Over the past week and a ...
Read MoreJCRC Expresses Solidarity with Ukraine
JCRC Expresses Solidarity with Ukraine
March 2, 2022 After meeting with Luda Anastazievsky, who chairs the Minnesota Ukrainian American Advocacy Committee, the JCRC sent the following letter on March 1, 2022, to every member of Minnesota’s, North Dakota’s, and South Dakota’s Congressional delegations. Steve Hunegs ...
Read MoreJCRC Mourns the Passing of Harold Rosenthal, z’’l
JCRC Mourns the Passing of Harold Rosenthal, z’’l
February 17, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement mourning the passing of Harold Rosenthal, z’’l: “As HaRav Jim Sherman noted in his ...
Read MoreJCRC and Minnesota Hillel Condemn SJP’s Invitation of Poet Known For Peddling in Antisemitic Tropes
JCRC and Minnesota Hillel Condemn SJP’s Invitation of Poet Known For Peddling in Antisemitic Tropes
Mohammed El-Kurd to Speak at the University of Minnesota on January 21, 2022 Update: On January 20, 2022, JCRC and Minnesota Hillel sent the following letter to University President Joan Gabel. As of 4:00 PM on January 21, we have ...
Read MoreJCRC Partners with Talmud Torah of St. Paul on The Letters Project: Conversing Across Narratives
JCRC Partners with Talmud Torah of St. Paul on The Letters Project: Conversing Across Narratives
A course for high school students based on Yossi Klein Halevi’s book Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor: with an Extensive Epilogue of Palestinian Responses. Each week, the class will be taught by a different Rabbi or Community Leader from across ...
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