JCRC Statement On IDF Killing Yahya Sinwar
Today’s elimination of Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7th atrocities and undisputed leader of Hamas, should make clear that the war is over, Hamas lost, and it is […]
JCRC, Minnesota Hillel Statement On Student Meeting With
University of Minnesota appears incapable of connecting antisemitism on campus with pro-Hamas encampment After appeasing protesters and granting them an audience with the Regents, why is addressing anti-Jewish messaging and […]
JCRC Urges Israeli Government to Slow Judicial Overhaul, Seek National Consensus on Reforms
Surrounded by a region of autocracies and failed states, democracy in Israel has survived and thrived through the most profound challenges possible, including the ongoing scourge of terrorism and unrelenting […]
JCRC Relieved Ceasefire Reached Between Israel and Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “JCRC is relieved a ceasefire was reached between Israel and […]
Three Landmark Supreme Court Decisions And The Challenge To America’s Jewish Community
Reflections on three landmark Supreme Court decisions from leaders of the JCRC and Minnesota Rabbinical Association
JCRC Applauds President Joe Biden for his trip to Israel
JCRC Appreciates the President’s Strong Commitment to Israeli Security and Regional Cooperation, as well as his Rejection of Anti-Israel Voices Within the Democratic Party.
JCRC Implores the President to Denounce White Supremacism
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “The president’s refusal to condemn white supremacism at last night’s […]
JCRC is Disgusted by Ongoing Comparisons of Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Spread to Nazi Persecution
Steve Hunegs, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas (JCRC), issued the following statement: “Last week, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas […]
JCRC Condemns Ongoing Comparisons to Nazis, and the Misuse of the Holocaust, to Measures being Taken to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19
Update — July 27: “The post shared by the Republican Party of Wabasha County MN is appalling. As we stated over the weekend, to compare public health measures to Nazi […]
100 Years Later: JCRC Commemorates Centennial of Duluth Lynching
The memorial in downtown Duluth calls us to remember the murder of those three young black men, reflect on our nation’s ongoing struggle with racism and white supremacy, and to speak out against injustice.