Jewish Community Relations Council

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  • The Impact of our ShinShinim

    The ShinShinim program is a gap year opportunity for Israeli high school graduates to bring Israel education to Jewish communities around the world. Our community was lucky to have two ShinShinim this past year. Hear about their experience and impact.

  • Raab/Goodwin Liberator Testimonies

  • Welcome ShinShinim Zohar and Gil!

    ShinShinim are Israeli high school graduates who choose to defer their military Service for a year of service abroad to immerse us in Israeli culture! They create and facilitate programming throughout our local Synagogues, schools, and other Jewish organizations.

  • JCRC In the News - 2022-2023

  • The Impact of BookMates

    BookMates is an interfaith literacy program of the JCRC of Southern NJ that provides services to elementary schools that receive title-one funding throughout Southern New Jersey. The mission of BookMates is to provide a nurturing, one-to-one literacy experience for children, encouraging them to l...

  • BookMates Volunteer Appreciation 2023

    Celebrating another successful school year of BookMates! To learn more, visit www.jcrcsnj.org/bookmates.

  • 2023 Yom Hashoah Community Commemoration

    Honoring and remembering local Holocaust survivors and the 6 million Jews and millions of other victims of the Holocaust. Local Holocaust survivor Nella Glick shares her story of survival during the Holocaust.

  • 54th Annual Middle East Institute

    The Middle East Institute is a JCRC of SNJ annual event designed to educate the community and foster understanding about current topics relevant to Israel and the Middle East through experts with varying perspectives and backgrounds.

    Keynote Speaker: Pastor Dumisani Washington
    JCRC Israel Advo...

  • United Nations Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

    The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

  • Raab/Goodwin Generations After Brunch 2022

    The Raab/Goodwin Center's Annual Generations After (Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors) Brunch featured Author and Film Producer, Anna Salton Eisen, as she discussed her book, her father's memoir, and her forthcoming documentary film, "In My Father's Words," which details her fathe...

  • Kristallnacht Community Wide Observance 2022

    As part of the Katz JCC Festival of Arts, Books, and Culture, the Community-Wide Kristallnacht Observance screened the film "Three Minutes - A Lengthening." The film traces the story of three minutes of home movie footage found by Glenn Kurtz, filmed by his Grandfather David Kurtz in 1938, the on...

  • 2022 Raab/Goodwin March of Remembrance

  • A Look at the 2022 Elections

    Israeli Ambassadors Ella Rosenthal and Lia Backfien in conversation with local students Alex Milman and Kyle Lehrfeld as they discuss the most pressing concerns for the next generation of Israeli and American voters.

  • Community Remote Shaliach Gil Brav

    Community Remote Shaliach Gil Brav spoke to members of Congregation Beth Tikvah as part of their Sendrow Series.

  • Teens Advocating Together

    High school students from JCRC's Teens Advocating Together program present to the Camden County Superintendents.

  • 2022 Yom Hashoah Community Commemoration

    Honoring and remembering local Holocaust survivors and the 6 million Jews and 5 million other victims of the Holocaust.

    Hear from Abraham Foxman, a Survivor of the Holocaust as a hidden child. He is world-renowned leader in the fight against antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination. Mr. Foxman ...

  • Israel's Challenges for 2022 - Dr. Eric Mandel

    Dr. Mandel is the Director of MEPIN (Middle East Political Information Network). He regularly briefs members of Congress and their foreign policy aides. He is the Senior Security Editor for the Jerusalem Report / Jerusalem Post, and is a regular contributor to The Hill.

    He has been published in ...

  • 53rd Annual Middle East Institute: Keynote Speaker David Friedman

    JCRC’s Middle East Institute was held on Sunday, February 13 at Congregation Beth El. Keynote Speaker, David Friedman, former United States Ambassador to Israel, shared the story behind his hard-won, once-in-a-generation achievement of the Abraham Accords, which forged a path toward stabilizing o...

  • 53rd Annual Middle East Institute

    JCRC’s Middle East Institute was held on Sunday, February 13 at Congregation Beth El. Keynote Speaker, David Friedman, former United States Ambassador to Israel, shared the story behind his hard-won, once-in-a-generation achievement of the Abraham Accords, which forged a path toward stabilizing o...

  • 2022 International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    “Footsteps of My Father” uncovers an act of extraordinary courage by Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, a devout Christian from Tennessee who risked his own life to save the lives of 200 Jewish G.I.s when they were prisoners of the Germans in WWII. This act of bravery would have been forgotten and l...

  • Community Conversation about Hate

    After an antisemitic incident at a local school, leaders from the community came together to share their thoughts on how we as a community can educate and use understanding and compassion to treat everyone equally and with respect.

    Moderator: Dr. Justin Smith,
    Superintendent of the Evesham Sc...

  • Raab/Goodwin Generations After Brunch 2021

    The Raab/Goodwin Center's Annual Generations After (Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors) Brunch featured author, Mel Laytner. Mel's new book "What They Didn't Burn," details his journey of researching his Survivor father's story and, in the process, uncovering a different man than ...

  • 9th Annual March of Remembrance

    For information on the Raab/Goodwin Center, visit www.raabgoodwin.org.