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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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...

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

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...

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...

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 spoke to members of Congregation Beth Tikvah as part of their Sendrow Series.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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 ...

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