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2024-2025 Impact Highlights
2024-2025 Impact Highlights
JCRC has strengthened our community this year. Help us end this fiscal year strong for our community — we thank you for your support.
Read MoreIn Grief and Solidarity with Minnesota’s Catholic Community
In Grief and Solidarity with Minnesota’s Catholic Community
Aug. 27, 2025 — Joint Statement by JCRC, Minneapolis Jewish Federation, and St. Paul Jewish Federation following the massing shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis.
Read MoreFrom Shock to Strength
From Shock to Strength
By Sophie Homberger | Aug 13, 2025 – As a high school student in Minnesota with a passion for politics and policy, I was thrilled when I was accepted to The George Washington University. I couldn’t wait to become politically active in the DC scene. But little did I know that my peers who also dreamed of activism would organize against me and my community.
Read MoreHonoring the Memory of Erick and Rut Peretz Who Just Wanted to Dance
Honoring the Memory of Erick and Rut Peretz Who Just Wanted to Dance
By Ethan Roberts | August 13, 2025 – I never expected that my photo, taken last May at the Nova Festival Victims Memorial, would be accepted into the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition.
Read MoreOur Voice Mattered
Our Voice Mattered
August 13, 2025 | More than 400 of you responded to our advocacy alert, urging the Governor Walz to keep Jewish representation on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents. Our voices were heard.
Read MoreThe Path Forward
The Path Forward
July, 30 2025 | Because Hamas thrives on suffering, we must work toward a future where all the hostages return home, the anguish of both Israelis and Gazans ends, and this terrible war is finally over.
Read MoreComing Full Circle On Campus
Coming Full Circle On Campus
By Rabbi Jill Avrin | July 10, 2025 – My first experience with antisemitism was as a college student at the University of Minnesota in 2003. I could have never imagined that all these years later, I’d return to campus in a professional capacity to support students who are struggling to navigate the challenges related to being Jewish on campus.
Read MoreThe Power of Place: When Educators Become Witnesses
The Power of Place: When Educators Become Witnesses
Power of Place: 2025 European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators is an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform their understanding of the Holocaust, WWII, antisemitism, and Jewish ...
Read MoreThe Evolution of Humanity
The Evolution of Humanity
This blog was written on Power of Place: 2025 European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators – an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform their understanding of the Holocaust, WWII, ...
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