Jewish Community Relations Council: Minnesota and the Dakotas

08/21/2026

For weeks, JCRC urged Minnesotans to make their voices heard in the primary election, and have every reason to believe that our community participated at rates far above the statewide average, even as Minnesotans set a new record for participation in a state primary.

View election results here: https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/20260811

08/20/2026

For almost 30 years, Owatonna Middle School social studies teacher Scott Noet has helped students understand history. This summer, Noet went beyond the classroom to visit some of history’s darkest […]

08/17/2026

As our fiscal year comes to a close on August 31, we are proud to share a few highlights from the past year of strengthening Jewish life across Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Your support makes this work possible and allows JCRC to continue protecting our community, educating future generations, and advocating for Jewish life throughout our region. Help us turn this page on a strong financial note: https://minndakjcrc.org/donate

08/13/2026

ABC 33/40 in Birmingham, Alabama offers news, sports, and weather reporting for the surrounding communities including Tuscaloosa, Anniston, Cullman, Gadsden, Talladega, Sylacauga, Carbon Hill, Jasper, Hoover, Bessemer, Vestavia Hills, Alabaster, Trussville and Homewood.

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

Pre and post surveys of last year's cohort made it clear that the JCRC Youth Fellowship successfully and substantially improved students’ perceived understanding of each of the fellowship’s core concepts with the growth in Collective Narrative standing out.

These remarkable results are evidence of just how important this Fellowship is for the teens, for our organization, and for the Jewish community.

We are now accepting applications for the 2026-27 cohort, so please help spread the word!

https://minndakjcrc.org/what-we-do/youth-fellowship-for-jewish-identity-and-leadership/

08/11/2026

Today is the day. Minnesota’s primary is not a warm-up. Particularly in districts that strongly favor one party, today's election results may effectively determine who will hold the seat after November.

Finish researching the candidates on issues of importance to the Jewish community, and vote today in the party primary that needs your voice.

Find your polling place on the Minnesota Secretary of State's website: https://www.sos.mn.gov/elections-voting/how-elections-work/primary-election/

08/10/2026

Subscribe now to get this month's JCRC newsletter! Gesher highlights our impacts and keeps you informed on the challenges and opportunities before us.

Join us as we build bridges between and beyond the Jewish people.

Gesher (Bridge in Hebrew) is a great way to stay informed on all the ways JCRC is building bridges.

08/05/2026

JCRC is grateful for the support from our community which allows us to continue strengthening Jewish life across Minnesota and the Dakotas. As our fiscal year comes to a close on August 31, we are proud to share a few highlights from the past year.

Your support makes this work possible and allows JCRC to continue protecting our community, educating future generations, and advocating for Jewish life throughout our region. Help JCRC close our fiscal year on a strong financial note: https://minndakjcrc.org/donate

08/03/2026

As Primary Election Day in Minnesota nears, we are re-reading this essay by David Bernstein. He argues that the political contest in America today is not merely between Left and Right: at this time of profound political realignment, the increasingly organized and aggressive ideological fringes are eroding the political center altogether.

But, he writes, there is still a road map for how Jews in America can lead in rebuilding a middle-ground politics.

The political contest in America today is not merely between Left and Right. The United States is going through a profound political realig...