JCRCUpcoming Events
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas is running a letter-writing contest based on Yossi Klein Halevi’s book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor: With an Extensive Epilogue […]
Join us at 10 a.m., Friday, November 20, 2020 for a virtual lecture featuring Eboo Patel. Collectively, we face a moment of divisions in our society. Whether religious, political, racial, […]
Mark Wilf serves as chair of Jewish Federations of North America and is the President/Owner of the Minnesota Vikings. How is Mark approaching the challenges each organization is facing today. […]
Featuring Dr. Irit Felsen Thursday and Friday, December 3 and 4 Free and Open to the Public Dr. Felsen, herself a child of Survivors, studied in Israel, Germany and at […]
Screenwriter and author Rob Leshem is the creator of Valley of Tears, a new HBO Max series shaking Israeli society and now reaching American audiences. Inspired by true events, Valley […]
The JCRC invites you to celebrate Hanukkah by lighting hanukkiyot in your homes and participating in a conversation with Minnesota's legislative leaders. Speaker Melissa Hortman, Rep. Tony Albright, Sen. Melisa […]
TEST Following the December arrival of hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants to Israel, what is the status of the thousands of Ethiopians waiting to make aliya? How does Israel help combat locust swarms and wildfires in Ethiopia? What makes Senegal the Start-up Nation of Africa and how has the Jewish state supported its innovation ecosystem?
Dr. Micah Goodman, author of Catch-67 and a leading voice in Judaism, Zionism, the Bible, and the challenges and opportunities facing Israel and contemporary world Jewry, launched the iEngage program with this community conversation. iEngage: Jewish Values and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, a program of the Sholom Hartman Institute, explores one of the most divisive issues affecting the Jewish people today.
Following the paper trail of this antisemitic conspiracy theory across Europe, from England to Italy to Poland, from the twelfth to the twentieth century, Magda Teter shows how the blood libel became rooted in European imagination and why this myth persists today.
Spend an evening with bestselling authors Evan and Oscie Thomas.
Their talk will be followed by personal reflections from two of Justice O'Connor's former judicial clerks: Ivan K. Fong, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 3M; and Lisa Kern Griffin, Candace M. Carroll and Leonard B. Simon Professor of Law, Duke University.
A pressing and critical conversation hosted by Shir Tikvah Congregation exploring the path from Charlottesville to the Capitol; how this movement of violent white supremacists and other far-right extremists has grown; and, most importantly, how we bring these individuals and hate groups to account.
Join the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition to examine Justice for Minnesotans of color and those who are unsheltered in the context of the COVID-19 vaccine. Then prepare to meet with your legislators to work for justice.
