JCRCUpcoming Events
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 […]
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 […]
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 plated dinner evening with Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Archbishop Bernard Hebda in celebration of the living document that serves as a touchstone for interfaith engagement today. […]
Monday, June 30, 7 PM via Zoom - Iran and the Jews: History and Hope
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 […]
"Two Truths in One Heart, Two Peoples in One Land" We will welcome Roots leadership, Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger (Co-Founder and Director of International Relations) and Khaled Abu Awwad (Palestinian Co-Director) […]
