community relations council
Our values:
Kehillah (gathering together), Tzedek Tirdof (pursuing justice), Re'ut (mutual respect)
Our mission:
The Community Relations Council seeks to teach and apply Jewish values to work toward a more just society and a strong, vibrant Jewish community.
What we do:
• Build consensus within the organized Jewish community to articulate a shared vision or agreed upon action.
• Collaborate with government, ethnic, faith and community entities on our focus areas and consensus issues.
Our focus areas:
Immigration
Confronting Poverty
Government Relations
Holocaust Education
Israel
Interfaith Relations
Environment
Our Leadership
Contact JCRC
For more information on JCRC activities, or to volunteer, contact Diane Fisher at (408) 357-7504 or diane@jvalley.org.
JCRC
c/o Jewish Federation of Silicon Valley
14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos, CA, 95032
recent events
Community Freedom Seder, March 31, 2013
Video provided by Steve Herrera
Candidates Reception, 10/18
The Shinnyo-en Buddhist Foundation graciously invited teens from diverse faiths to participate in the annual Lantern Floating Ceremony in Waikiki. Kara Samuels from Congregation Shir Hadash, was selected as the Jewish teen joining the Santa Clara County Teen Interfaith Leadership Council, led by JCRC Director Diane Fisher and Deacon Steve Herrera. Thousands of people remember their ancestors and lost loved ones through personalized lanterns that are floated en masse into the ocean in an emotional ceremony framed by music and dance from native Hawaiian and Japanese traditions.
Interfaith Economic Justice Seder, 4/6/12
Rich Gordon House Party, 3/25/12
Hunger Banquet (Fighting Poverty With Faith event),11/6/11
California State Holocaust Remembrance, 5/4/2011
Toward Women's Economic Equality: A Freedom Seder for All, 4/3/2011
Avi Melamed Lecture, 3/30/2011
Community Immigration Education Forum, 1/16/2011
Prof. David Passig, 1/9/2011
Immigration Study with Rev. Rebecca Kuiken and Rabbi Shelly Lewis, 10/3/2010
t: (408) 358-3033
Suite 200, 14855 Oka Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032
f: (408) 356-0733
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