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Apr 28, 2023

Go Ahead and Disagree with Me - I'm Listening!

by Jewish Community Relations Council

If you're like me, you were rocked by some political bombshells this week. In the space of mere hours, both Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon were fired from their respective roles at Fox News and CNN. Reflecting—actually, more like venting—about his removal, Carlson observed of the political…

Apr 14, 2023

Lessons Learned from the Seder Plate

by Jewish Community Relations Council

Passover is over, and I, for one, am happy to be reunited with chametz. Still, I have a twinge of sadness that the seder is behind us for another year. The seder contains one of my favorite ritual items, the seder plate.

Yes, the humble seder plate. I’m fascinated by it. Effectively, it�…

Apr 4, 2023

This Passover, We Cannot Pass Over Hate

by Danielle V. Minson

Dear friends,

As our community celebrates Passover, we are thinking about ways to become more free. As Jews living in the United States, many freedoms are afforded to us. But are we fully free when antisemitism proliferates and our own children experience it? Can we have full freedom when …

Mar 31, 2023

The 🟦 Explained and How to be an Ally Against Antisemitism

by Jewish Community Relations Council

There’s a good chance you’ve already seen this–🟦–symbol on TV, social media, or elsewhere in the past few days. Maybe you saw an ad like this. I even got a sponsored post about it on TikTok yesterday morning.

If you haven’t seen the 🟦 yet, here’s the short explanation: it …

Mar 17, 2023

Defining the Hate to Help Fight Back

by Jewish Community Relations Council

On Wednesday, Cincinnati’s City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution recognizing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. This is a big win and only came about due to efforts by JCRC, AJC, and council member Mark Jeffreys who introduced …