We are proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Jill Avrin as JCRC’s first Director of Campus Affairs
We are proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Jill Avrin as JCRC’s first Director of Campus Affairs
May 14, 2025 – The Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC) is proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Jill Avrin as the organization’s first Director of Campus Affairs. This new position is a direct response to the intensifying challenges facing Jewish students, faculty, and staff on college campuses across the country—including right here in Minnesota.
Read More‘A space where you don’t have to shrink who you are’
‘A space where you don’t have to shrink who you are’
By Sally Abrams, Holly Brod Farber and Naomi Breazeale | May 14, 2025 – A sampling of the projects showcased by JCRC’s Youth Fellows at the Gallery Walk on May 4, the culmination of seven months of learning and growth for twenty two Jewish high school juniors and seniors from across the Twin Cities.
Read MoreJCRC sends letter to Israeli Consul General after Minnesotan attacked by Israeli Extremists in South Hebron Hills
JCRC sends letter to Israeli Consul General after Minnesotan attacked by Israeli Extremists in South Hebron Hills
May 1, 2025 – On March 24, 2025, Jenna, a member of the St. Paul Jewish community, was violently attacked in the South Hebron Hills. In response, JCRC has sent a letter to Consul General Yinam Cohen, the highest-ranking Israeli diplomat in our region.
Read MoreJared Shogren named this year’s recipient of the Leo Weiss Courage To Teach Award
Jared Shogren named this year’s recipient of the Leo Weiss Courage To Teach Award
Jared Shogren, middle school History teacher at Orono Middle School has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award. This award, given out by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, ...
Read MoreFor the dead and the living, we must bear witness
For the dead and the living, we must bear witness
Washington DC, April 8, 2025 – As I sat in the hall of remembrance I thought of the generosity of what had brought me to this place and the juxtaposition of that generosity in the face of the horrors of the holocaust.
Read MoreJCRC applauds U of M’s partnership with its Jewish community
JCRC applauds U of M’s partnership with its Jewish community
University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham sent a letter Monday to faculty, students and staff underscoring her commitment to preventing antisemitism.
Read MoreAdvocacy 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?”
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