Jewish Community Relations Council Minnesota & The Dakotas

At the JCRC, we are innovating new strategies for executing our missions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to lead our community by building relationships with our partners to fight antisemitism and bigotry, provide Holocaust and Israel-related education, advocate for civil rights, and safeguard our community as we collectively navigate this crisis. 

The JCRC continues to:

• Serve as the central public affairs voice of the Jewish community to elected officials, the media, government agencies, and other religious, ethnic and cultural groups;
• Represent the Jewish community's interests on significant legislative, social justice, and public policy issues in a non-partisan manner;
• Promote and facilitates the security of the Jewish community and Jewish institutions, and assists community members dealing with discrimination;
• Educate and mobilize the Jewish community for Israel advocacy;
• Encourage and facilitate open dialogue and consensus among the Jewish community's diverse religious, political and social perspectives;
• Provide Holocaust education and diversity programming;
• Remember the victims and honors the survivors of the Holocaust;
• Sponsor community and educational forums; and
• Partner with local and national non-profit, interfaith, and Jewish coalitions.