Seventy eight years ago, the M.S. St. Louis set sail from Germany carrying 937 passengers, most of them Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution. Turned away from the Cuban, United States, and Canadian borders, the ship was forced to return...
National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis Section (NCJW), along with Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and Jews United for Justice (JUJ), will present ROAR, a Jewish leadership training for Resistance, Organizing, Action and Resilience. The...
The Jewish Community Relations Council, Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis and Meet Me Saint Louis, will present a unique discussion on the invention of love, and Adam and Eve, featuring New York Times columnist and bestselling author Bruce Feiler,...
The Jewish Federation of St. Louis, the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center each released statements last week expressing concern about President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order temporarily restricting...
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) is accepting proposals for micro-grants to fund programs that “illuminate the discourse around Israel in our modern world,” according to a...
Do not let U.N. Security Council resolution divide our communityThe Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis believes in the power of people to come together to influence change in our region. Our capacity to make an impact is based on our ability...
On Dec. 23, I was in the kitchen helping to prepare dinner, absentmindedly listening to the 6 o’clock news. A segment about the passage of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2334 condemning settlement expansion and terrorism came on. As a pro-Israel...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published January 18, 2017
The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis has received criticism from some people involved with the organization for its lack of opposition to U.S. actions on the U.N. Security Council Resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Members of the...
Last week, the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) sent out an email communication regarding the U.S. abstention on U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 passed on Dec. 23. I would have expected our JCRC to strongly denounce the resolution...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 28, 2016
A very foggy Christmas Day didn’t deter participants in the annual Jewish-Muslim Day of Community Service as both communities marked the sixth year of the event.“I think people really feel a need in these challenging times to show support from the...
There are tons of articles describing how omnipresent Christmas festivities can cause or exacerbate depression among Christians. But the phenomenon, known as the holiday blues, also affects Jews.It’s irrelevant that Christmas — the centerpiece of...
On Christmas Day, the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) through its Milford and Lee Bohm Social Justice Center will host the sixth annual St. Louis area-wide “Jewish and Muslim Day...
