JCRCUpcoming Events
https://youtu.be/nF6Wa9OTas8 A Reckoning with Race: The Mapping Prejudice Project The Mapping Prejudice Project is mapping racial covenants in the Twin Cities. Racial covenants are clauses--a couple of lines of text--that were embedded into property deeds to bar people who were not white from buying or even occupying the parcels of land to which they were […]
What are synagogues, government agencies, and social service nonprofits doing to support refugee and asylum-seeking populations in our communities? How can I get involved to offer my time, talent, or funds to make a difference in newcomers’ lives?
Journalist Carey McWilliams wrote a famous article in 1946 called “Minneapolis: The Curious Twin.” It established an enduring impression of Minneapolis as the “capital of antisemitism” in mid-20th-century America. Join historian Laura Weber as she takes a close look at the “Curious Twin.”
Repairing the World: Stories from the Tree of Life documents Pittsburgh’s powerful community response to hate in the aftermath of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Joint Religious Legislative Coalition: Jewish, Protestant, Muslim, and Catholic partners advocating for public policies that promote the common good in Minnesota Our schedule this year will include a virtual issue brief and advocacy training program from 6:30-8:45pm on March 29th over Zoom. We are recommending individuals and District Leaders schedule legislator appointments for the following […]
Celebrating the opening of the exhibit Join us on Sept. 11 at Elmer L. Andersen Library to celebrate the new exhibit Symbolic Significance: Tracing the History of Jewish High Holidays and the First Day of School. Curated by Kate Dietrick, Archivist for the Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, this will be an opportunity for an engaging […]
In 2021-2022 Democrat Bob Rubinyi and Republican Liz Gronert realized that they shared a common concern: The increasing political polarization was having a negative impact on personal relationships and within their congregation, Bet Shalom. Their response was to lead a series of conversations across the partisan line, to support and model constructive dialogue across differences. […]
Please register if you will see the film and attend the discussion. Watch the documentary film OCTOBER 8 in theaters and join us on March 20 for a follow up discussion on the explosion of antisemitism following October 7th, and what is happening on college campuses and beyond. Kosher pizza provided Photo ID required to […]
Nostra Aetate, the “Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions,” was issued by the Second Vatican Council in 1965. Written in the shadow of the Shoah, this brief […]
What have we learned from the past two months of extraordinary federal actions in Minnesota? What are our rights and responsibilities when rule of law is threatened? And where do […]
Make sense of this pivotal moment—what brought us here, and where we might go.
