JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS
12 NORTH 12TH STREET STE 480, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55403 www.minndakjcrc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE ORGANIZATION IS A NON-PROFIT WHOSE MISSION AS THE VOICE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS TO PROTECT JEWISH INTERESTS AND PROMOTE JEWISH IDEALS THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS.

TOLERANCE MINNESOTA & HOLOCAUST EDUCATION - The JCRCs 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 60 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 decendants 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, and 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 Echoes and Reflections 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 cultrual relations, trauma services for caregivers of Holocaust survivors, and racial covenant housing codes.

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 signature program areas of fighting anti-Semitism and prejudice, fostering understanding about Israel, providing Holocaust education, as well as promoting tolerance and social justice. For example, each year the JCRC provides nearly 550 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 biennial delegation to Israel brings 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 component 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 - 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. During the 2019 legislative session, the JCRC advocated for bipartisan legislation to supplement the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program. This achievement was modeled after legislation in 2017 which enabled four Minnesota non-profits, which demonstrated they are at a heightened risk of violent extremism, to increase their security through capital improvements. The $450,000 in one-time funding approved in 2019 will be allocated in 2020 and 2021. Additionally, beginning with the 2019 legislative session and culminating in December 2019, JGAP took the lead in recruiting, planning for, and executing on our third bipartisan and bicameral delegation of Minnesota state legislators, as well as an interfaith group of community leaders, for a ten-day trip to Israel. This trip was our most bipartisan and bicameral to date.

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