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Advocacy Alert: Ensuring Jewish Representation on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents
Advocacy Alert: Ensuring Jewish Representation on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents
March 21, 2025 – Join JCRC in advocating for legislators support Jewish finalists Benjie Kaplan and Ellen Goldberg Luger to maintain Jewish representation on the U of M Board of Regents
Read MoreThe Butterfly Effect: My First Time in Israel
The Butterfly Effect: My First Time in Israel
By Nina Afremov | March 13, 2025 – It felt like destiny to finally visit the Holy Land for the first time. When I commemorate my Israeli peers who died, I am reminded of my peers in the USA who call their deaths “resistance.” In Israel, though, we grieve together.
Read MoreHow one parent’s proactive approach helped save a classroom from anti-Israel curriculum
How one parent’s proactive approach helped save a classroom from anti-Israel curriculum
By Sami Rahamim | February 13, 2025 – When a local parent sat down for parent-teacher conferences with her 8th grader’s global studies teacher, she asked a question she had never asked at conferences before: “Will you be teaching about Israel and the Middle East conflict? And if so, could you share the curriculum you plan to use?”
Read MoreWe’re hiring: Director of Campus Affairs
We’re hiring: Director of Campus Affairs
Feb. 13, 2025 – JCRC is hiring a Director of Campus Affairs. Join our team and take part in meaningful work to counter antisemitism on campus by empowering students and fostering critical relationships across Minnesota’s university and college campuses.
Read MoreJCRC welcomes U.S. Department of Education antisemitism investigation at the University of Minnesota, appreciates the University’s pledge to fully cooperate
JCRC welcomes U.S. Department of Education antisemitism investigation at the University of Minnesota, appreciates the University’s pledge to fully cooperate
Feb. 4, 2024 – While JCRC appreciates the steps taken by President Rebecca Cunningham, significant work remains to restore confidence among Jewish students, faculty, and staff.
Read MoreWhen you own your story, no one can take it from you
When you own your story, no one can take it from you
By Naomi Breazeale | January 16, 2025 – When I first stepped onto my college campus in the fall of 2020, I wasn’t anti-Israel, but I also wasn’t sympathetic toward Israel. It would have taken very little to sway me into becoming an anti-Israel activist.
Read MoreJCRC Joint Statement Welcomes Deal to Release Many of the Hostages Cruelly Held in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian Terrorists for over 467 Days
JCRC Joint Statement Welcomes Deal to Release Many of the Hostages Cruelly Held in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian Terrorists for over 467 Days
Jan. 15, 2025 – JCRC, Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and St. Paul Jewish Federation welcome deal to release many of the hostages cruelly held in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists for over 467 Days.
Read MoreJCRC thanks Senators Klobuchar, Cramer, Hoeven, Thune and Rounds for rejecting legislation put forward by Senator Sanders that would block security aid to Israel
JCRC thanks Senators Klobuchar, Cramer, Hoeven, Thune and Rounds for rejecting legislation put forward by Senator Sanders that would block security aid to Israel
Nov. 21, 2024 – JCRC thanks five regional senators, expresses disappointment with Sen. Tina Smith.
Read MoreMy path to JCRC was paved by my family’s survival
My path to JCRC was paved by my family’s survival
By Meira Besikof | November 14, 2024 – At a time when Jewish voices are sometimes silenced, and Holocaust comparisons and distortions occur almost daily, working with teachers who are dedicated to bringing Holocaust speakers to their classrooms has given me hope.
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