JCRCUpcoming Events
April 29, 2025 – Join us for a powerful program featuring moving music by Daniel Maguri and Gal Bar-Natan from St. Paul’s Partnership2Gether region of Sovev-Kinneret, along with personal reflections from IDF veterans of Minneapolis’ Partnership2Gether region of Rehovot.
Join us for this special family-friendly community event celebrating Israel Independence Day, featuring an Israeli market, music, crafts, food, bounce houses, and other exciting activities. FREE FAMILY EVENT – REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. *NOTE – All attendees will be required to show confirmation of their registration as well as a photo ID in order to enter the event. DETAILS & REGISTRATION […]
June 8, 2025 – JCRC Annual Event featuring Dr. Mijal Bitton on Jewish identity and community in a changed world
June, 2025 Power of Place
For Holocaust educators: experiential learning tour through Europe
Now accepting applications for Summer 2025
Monday, June 30, 7 PM via Zoom - Iran and the Jews: History and Hope
JCRC Annual Meeting
Featuring Professor, Dr. Jonathan Krasner
Welcoming Rabbi Jill Avrin as JCRC's first Director of Campus Affairs
In conversation on Krasner's new research: Between Home and Homeland: Jewish College Students Confront the Israel-Gaza Conflict and Campus Divides
Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire With his unforgettable and shattering 1958 memoir Night, Elie Wiesel forever changed the way the Holocaust would be written about. A survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teenager, the Romanian-born Wiesel became an international spokesperson and renowned author, eloquently transforming his trauma into literature of the highest and most […]
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 by side for centuries before World War II. The film brings the Polish response to the Holocaust to life through the last living eyewitnesses, revealing […]
Documentary Shorts: Quick Cuts, Deep Roots followed by a POST-SCREENING Q&A with Michael Potter Executive Producer, Tracks and Matt Nadel Director, The Stage is Ours Days Between Rest Grammy-nominated Ugandan Jewish singer Rachel Namadosi reflects on growing up Jewish in Uganda as she goes about her busy day and looks forward to her day of rest, Shabbat. […]
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 Fencer and Golden Globe–nominated My Sailor, My Love—this powerful drama centers on Abraham Stiller, a businessman and philanthropist who risked everything to protect Jews fleeing Nazi persecution. […]
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 in May ’68 from the relative safety of their multigenerational home. When an illustrious guest seeks shelter in their venerated hideout, the family is forced […]
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 the medium. Deeply influenced by his Holocaust-survivor parents and personal tragedies, Spiegelman’s oeuvre boldly confronts themes of trauma, historical memory, and identity with uncompromising honesty. […]
