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By Andrew Adler Community Editor “We all share the same pain and we all have the same enemy,” Niloofar Sabzevari said of the country of her birth and the object of the current war in the Middle East. She was speaking, of course, about … Read More
By Trent Spoolstra JCRC Director A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of joining other Jewish Community Relations Directors from across the country in the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Taste of Civil Rights tour of Atlanta. I’d spent many hours driving … Read More
By Trent Spoolstra JCRC Director Like many individuals this past October 9, I was pleasantly surprised to learn of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and relieved to see footage of the living hostages finally returning home. I join … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It is no exaggeration to say that American Jews have seldom, if ever, been more ideologically polarized than they are today – especially when the subject is Israel. “We’re probably at the most fraught time … Read More
By Luis David Fuentes Guest Columnist Very far from the sweltering city of Miami- the epicenter of the Cuban community in the U.S.- another vibrant community of exiles has emerged recently in Louisville, Kentucky. During the last two decades, … Read More
By Trent Spoolstra JCRC Director For 2025, June 1 at sundown through June 3 at sunset marked Shavuot, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot has a special meaning for Jews by choice, … Read More
By Bill Altman JCRC Chair Recent actions by the U.S. government—such as the deportation of student protesters and threats to withhold university funding—have prompted Jewish Americans to confront a difficult question: How can we respond to the alarming rise of … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor It was a question at once inevitable and unanswerable: How could one people hate another people so virulently, so murderously, to produce what became to be called the Holocaust? “I think the main reason was … Read More
By Trent Spoolstra March will mark six months since I took the helm as director of the Jewish Community Relations Council. During that time, I have given media interviews, attended Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly, presented to various … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor At the Jewish Community Relations Council, the watchword these days is “nimble.” Under new chairman Bill Altman and new(ish) director Trent Spoolstra, JCRC is significantly reconfiguring how it carries out its mission. As the principal … Read More