Jewish Community Relations Council Minnesota & The Dakotas

AS THE VOICE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, TO PROTECT JEWISH INTERESTS & PROMOTE JEWISH IDEALS.

TOLERANCE MINNESOTA & HOLOCAUST EDUCATION - SEE SCHEDULE O.TOLERANCE MINNESOTA & HOLOCAUST EDUCATION - THE JCRC HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHT THE NEED TO EDUCATE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF DISCRIMINATION, INCLUDING ANTISEMITISM, AS POTENTIAL SIGNS OF DEEPER HATRED AND SOCIAL PATHOLOGY. THE STORIES OF MINNESOTA HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS HELP DELIVER THIS EDUCATIONAL MESSAGE. TRANSFER OF MEMORY IS A TRAVELING PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION THAT INCORPORATES LOCAL PROGRAMMING INITIATIVES TO BRING THE STORIES OF MINNESOTA HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO LIFE. THIS EXHIBIT HAS REACHED OVER 100,000 PEOPLE SINCE 2011. IT HAS TRAVELED TO OVER 62 SITES SINCE ITS INCEPTION RECEIVING MORE THAN TWO MILLION MEDIA IMPRESSIONS. THESE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS INCLUDE TELEVISION COVERAGE, RADIO SHOWS, BLOGS, AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, ALL SPEAKING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF AN UNCHECKED METASTASIS OF HATRED.GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE DESCENDANTS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS ARE PART OF OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU AND HAVE FORMED A GROUP CALLED GENERATIONS AFTER MN, WHOSE MISSION IS: TO ENSURE A COMMUNITY FOR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHERE WE CAN SAFEGUARD THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING, REMEMBERING AND SHARING OUR COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES, TEACH PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ABOUT INTOLERANCE AND INDIFFERENCE, AND INSPIRE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND RESPECT. THIS GROUP JOINS OUR OTHER SPEAKERS AND PROVIDES PRESENTATIONS IN SCHOOLS ACROSS MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS EDUCATING AUDIENCES ABOUT PREJUDICE, HATE, AND DISCRIMINATION. OTHER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE: ONGOING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION EDUCATOR SEMINARS; THE ANNUAL TWIN CITIES YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION; THE ANNUAL TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON D.C.; AND COMMUNITY EVENTS WITH TOPICS THAT INCLUDE ANTISEMITISM, CROSS CULTURAL RELATIONS, AND HOLOCAUST HISTORY.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - SEE SCHEDULE O. COMMUNITY RELATIONS - AS THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS VOICE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS CONNECTS THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA WITH THE BROADER NON-JEWISH COMMUNITIES. THIS COMMUNITY RELATIONS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AREAS OF FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM AND PREJUDICE, FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING ABOUT ISRAEL, PROVIDING HOLOCAUST EDUCATION, AS WELL AS PROMOTING TOLERANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. FOR EXAMPLE, EACH YEAR THE JCRC PROVIDES OVER 500 FREE PRESENTATIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND OTHER NON-JEWISH CIVIC GROUPS ON ISRAEL, JUDAISM, SECURITY, ANTISEMITISM, AND THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST. SIMILARLY, THROUGH OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE JCRC PROVIDES AN ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE IN TEACHING THE IMPORTANCE OF TOLERANCE AND REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST. LIKEWISE, OUR DELEGATIONS TO ISRAEL BRING TOGETHER STATE LEGISLATORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM LARGELY OUTSIDE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EDUCATIONAL AND TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY. FINALLY, THE JCRC IS PROUD TO BE THE JEWISH REPRESENTATIVE WITHIN THE JOINT RELIGIOUS LEGISLATIVE COALITION (JRLC) WHERE WE COME TOGETHER WITH OUR CATHOLIC, PROTESTANT, AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

TWIN CITIES JEWISH COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM - SCHEDULE O.TWIN CITIES JEWISH COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM - INITIATED IN 2001, AND GENEROUSLY FUNDED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION AND THE ST. PAUL JEWISH FEDERATION, THE TWIN CITIES JEWISH COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM (JGAP) REPRESENTS THE INTERESTS OF THE TWIN CITIES JEWISH COMMUNITY BEFORE THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, JGAP HAS SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE MINNESOTANS.