Posts by Jewish Community Relations Council

JCRC Statement on Attack in Jersey City

The violent rampage that began in a Jersey City, New Jersey cemetery and continued at a kosher supermarket claimed the lives of JCPD Detective Joseph Seals and three other civilians in the supermarket, at least two of whom were members of the local Hasidic Jewish community. 

We now know …

[Enquirer] Opinion: Immigration Crisis a Local Issue, Too

Julie Leftwich, Executive Director of the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center, participated in a JCPA mission to the border; she shares her experience in an opinion piece published in the Cincinnati Enquirer. [Photo: The Enquirer/Sam Greene]
 

To break through the politicized and polarized…

One Year Later, Why Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting is a Warning Sign For All

One year after the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Federation CEO Shep Englander and I submitted an op-ed to The Cincinnati Enquirer as a reminder of our shared responsibility to combat antisemitism and hate in all its forms. It was published in the Sunday, October 27 O…

Festival of Faiths Envisions Cincinnati as a ‘Beloved Community’

The JCRC participated in the 2019 Festival of Faiths, a celebration of interfaith understanding and collaboration now in its second year.
 

Years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. envisioned a “Beloved Community”—an all-inclusive community where love and trust trump hatred and fear…

Finding Our Balance after a Distressing Year

Each New Year, we reflect on the year we completed, take stock and consider how we will rise up to meet new challenges. This year, those challenges look very different.

Last September, for the first time in American history, Jews were gunned down in their house of worship in Pittsburgh. The…

New Rapid Response Network Will Support Local Immigrants and Refugees

In response to the growing needs of immigrants and refugees in the Greater Cincinnati area, the JCRC is supporting a new rapid response initiative, led by the Immigrant and Refugee Law Center, which would mobilize quickly to support local families affected by the immigration crisis.
 

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