JCRCUpcoming Events
Among Neighbors Combining magical realism and evocative hand-drawn animation with revelatory interviews and verité footage, Among Neighbors examines the story of a small, rural town where Jews and Polish Catholics lived side […]
Never Alone Based on real events, Never Alone reveals a little-known chapter of World War II: the fate of Jewish refugees in Finland. Directed by Klaus Härö—the acclaimed filmmaker behind Oscar-shortlisted The […]
The Safe House In this impeccably art-directed, Wes Anderson-esque film based on Christophe Boltanski’s memoir La Cache, a nine-year-old boy and his eccentric, artistic family witness the turbulence of Paris […]
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse The life and career of Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman are vividly illustrated in this penetrating biography, showcasing how his trailblazing graphic novel Maus redefined […]
Milkweed: A Sneak Peek Be among the first to experience a preview of Milkweed, the first feature-length animation ever created in Minnesota (slated for completion in 2027). Based on Jerry Spinelli’s […]
Join us for a three-part evening series exploring the extraordinary life, faith, and moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A Lutheran, German pastor and theologian, Dietrich was executed by the Nazis in April 1945, just two weeks before Allied forces liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp where he spent his final hours. What could lead a young, […]
Join us for a three-part evening series exploring the extraordinary life, faith, and moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A Lutheran, German pastor and theologian, Dietrich was executed by the Nazis in April 1945, just two weeks before Allied forces liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp where he spent his final hours. What could lead a young, […]
Join us for a three-part evening series exploring the extraordinary life, faith, and moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A Lutheran, German pastor and theologian, Dietrich was executed by the Nazis in April 1945, just two weeks before Allied forces liberated the Flossenbürg concentration camp where he spent his final hours. What could lead a young, […]
Drawing from his research and books on the leadership and ethics of Nazi soldiers and Rwanda peacekeepers, Dr. David Frey will explore decisions made by German officers serving in occupied Soviet lands in 1941 as well as choices made by Major General Roméo Dallaire, who was Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Rwanda […]
In January 1945, ten-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski made a treacherous 60-mile journey on foot from Auschwitz-Birkenau to Kraków, Poland, in search of his family. Decades later, 250 cyclists from 12 countries retraced his path in an empathetic mission called Ride for the Living, created and run by JCC Krakow. This powerful documentary draws parallels […]
Minnesota and the Dakotas Yom HaShoah Commemoration Monday, April 13, 2026 | 26 Nisan 5786 | 7:00 PM Minnesota and the Dakotas Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration at Mount Zion Temple, St. Paul, 1300 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105. Immigration and the American refugee experience are deeply intertwined with the Jewish values of freedom and […]
What happens to Holocaust memory when the last survivors are gone? As the generation of firsthand witnesses passes, new technologies, including AI-powered interactive testimony, are transforming how we preserve, access, and engage with survivor stories. In this lecture, Dr. Todd Presner will trace the history of preserving survivor testimony from earlier technologies to today's AI-driven […]
