JCRCUpcoming Events
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?
The JCRC is proud to sponsor two films at the Virtual Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival: The Tattooed Torah and Sister/Stranger. Please visit the Film Festival website for more information. The Tattooed Torah is an animated short film, adapted from the beloved children’s book by Marvell Ginsburg that has been a powerful resource for Holocaust education for children. […]
Star Tribune political reporters Brianna Biersbach and Torey Van Oot, and Mesabi Tribune editor Jerry Burnes, will join JCRC's Ethan Roberts and JCA's Carin Mrotz for an inside look at where the election stands in its final days. We will go behind the headlines to explore the shifts and trends shaping the key issues and […]
On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood when a lone gunman entered the building and opened fire. He killed eleven people and injured six more in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. The story made international headlines for […]
The November pogrom is known by Holocaust scholars as one of the most analyzed events in Nazi Germany. Descriptions of Kristallnacht usually emphasize the attacks on synagogues and Jewish shops, sometimes schools and other Jewish institutions, yet rarely the destructions of private homes. Based on contemporary administrative reports and letters as well as postwar survivor […]
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, generational, economic or in other areas, we find our communities, institutions, families and society fracturing. Together, we can improve. We can build communities where sources […]
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. Mark will discuss the challenges facing Jewish communities globally and the initiatives about which he is most passionate, including Holocaust education and aid to Holocaust […]
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 Yale University. She is a member of the Yale Trauma Study Group, an adjunct professor at Columbia University and Yeshiva University, and the co-convener of […]
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 of Tears is a ten-part miniseries depicting the Yom Kippur War through the eyes of young combatants. It tells four emotional and highly personal stories […]
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 Franzen, and Sen. Karin Housley will discuss their expectations for the 2021 legislative session and answer questions about the JCRC's priorities. We will also honor […]
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.
