JCRCUpcoming Events
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 […]
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 […]
A Panel Presentation (45 minutes) with Mount Zion members David Kristal, co-founder of Emissary; Laura Zelle, director of Emissary; and JCRC’s Steve Hunegs (Executive Director) and Sami Rahamim (Director of […]
Thursday, December 18 - Come celebrate Hanukkah with JCRC. Enjoy festive food, candlelighting and warm community.
At this critical and uncertain time, please join us for a panel discussion with local experts on the legal and community impact of Operation Metro Surge.
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 […]
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 […]
NEW DATE & CAMPUS VENUE: Sunday, March 1, 2:00-3:30 PM at the University of St. Thomas, Anderson Student Center 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55105 USA Presented by the […]
Make sense of this pivotal moment—what brought us here, and where we might go.
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 […]
