2023-2024 JCRC BOARD MEMBERS
JCRC EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Jon Parritz
President
Jacy Rubin Grais
First Vice President
Rhona Shwaid
Second Vice President
Jason Divine
Treasurer
Aklilu Dunlap
Secretary
Judy Cook
Immediate Past President
BOARD MEMBERS
Gregory Arenson
Bob Aronson
Shai Avny
Gary Baron
Rabbi Zalman Bendet
Julie Burton
Valeria Chazin
Michael Cohen
Richard Cohen
Brian Cook
Jeff Davidman
Judah Druck
Rabbi Ryan Dulkin
Jack Fiterman
John Goldfine
Julie Idelkope
Todd Johnson
Mort Kane
Phyllis Karasov
Robert Karon
Amy Kaufman
Susie Kaufman
Wendy Khabie
Elizabeth Lamin
Shirly Tramer Lerman
Elyse Levine Less
Mayor Stephanie Brod Levine
Judie Liszt
Sally Lorberbaum
Gil Mann
Joseph Peilte
Renee Popkin
Stephen Rosenthal
Russ Rubin
Bob Rubinyi
Jim Shaw
Alan Silver
Debbie Stillman
Howard B. Tarkow
Amy Walstien
Robin Washington
Rabbi Michelle Werner
Holocaust Educators Cohort
Holocaust Educators Cohort
Join our Holocaust Educator Cohort (Grades 6-12) to access our primary source packets that help students understand how and why the Holocaust happened.
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The Power of Place: 2025 JCRC European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators
The Power of Place: 2025 JCRC European Summer Institute for Holocaust Educators
June, 2025 Power of Place
For Holocaust educators: experiential learning tour through Europe
Now accepting applications for Summer 2025
Transfer of Memory
Transfer of Memory
Transfer of Memory is an exhibition of portraits and accompanying stories of Minnesota Holocaust Survivors
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One Day Trip to Washington D.C. (USHMM)
Holocaust Education Speakers Bureau
Holocaust Education Speakers Bureau
Connect a Holocaust survivor or descendant to your group.
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Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award
The Leo Weiss Courage to Teach Award
The JCRC honors a teacher or school whose passion, dedication, and excellence elevates the teachings of the lessons of the Holocaust in Minnesota and beyond.
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Witnesses to the Holocaust
Minnesota Holocaust Films
National History Day in Minnesota
National History Day in Minnesota
2025 Theme: Rights and Responsibilities in History Each year, the National History Day office chooses a theme to help students direct their research. Students must make a connection between the […]
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Light from the Yellow Star
Light from the Yellow Star
Dr. Robert Fisch’s book, Light from The Yellow Star: Lessons of Love From the Holocaust, teaches middle and high school students about the Holocaust.
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