EVENTS

JCRC promotes unity through interfaith relations! On Sunday November 3, Cantor Ross Wolman and Rabbi Emily Langowitz joined local clergy and singers from various faith communities, sharing heartfelt messages of gratitude and unity at the Queen Creek Interfaith...

The JCRC is a proud Board Member of the Arizona Faith Network, and a proud sponsor of AFN's Interfaith Prayer Vigil for a peaceful election. Register here.

On Sunday, the JCRC had the honor of sponsoring the AZ Jews for Pride contingent at the Phoenix Pride Parade! It was an incredible opportunity to stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community and show our commitment to justice, inclusion, and equality for all. As...

On Friday, June 21st, JCRC's Paul Rockower and Amanda Garcia supported ONE Community at the Point of Pride summit. We celebrated diversity, equity, and inclusion while learning how to be active allies. We learned various strategies for exercising our power as allies...

On Sunday, June 23rd, JCRC brought the Jewish community out to help the  Arizona Faith Network for an afternoon of community service. Volunteers filled hundreds of bags to be handed out to those in need of heat relief. Each heat relief bag included bottled water,...

The JCRC's Executive Director Paul Rockower was honored to take part in the Department of Justice/U.S. Attorney's Office United Against Hate event on February 21, alongside representatives from ADL AZ, ASU Hillel, FBI Phoenix Division, Phoenix/Scottsdale PD, Phoenix...

The JCRC was honored to partner with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Greater Phoenix to host a special Lunar New Year dinner to connect Jewish and Chinese Community leadership. On hand for the Jewish community were representatives from JCRC, ADL Arizona (not...

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix board members and distinguished guests demonstrated unity at the JNF Breakfast for Israel!  Grateful to share insights and conversations with dedicated individuals like AZ State Treasurer Kimberly Yee, State...

The JCRC was proud to spearhead a tour of the Maricopa County Tabulation & Elections Center, in partnership with A More Perfect Union. We are grateful for our partners at the Board of Rabbis of Greater Phoenix, National Council of Jewish Women Arizona, Maricopa...

The JCRC was proud to sign on to the ONECommunity UNITY Pledge, and were proud to take part in the campaign: Leading Valley Jewish Groups Gather to Sign the UNITY Pledge Our ‘Open for Worship’ coalition continues to grow. We are so honored to be with these Jewish...

JCRC ExecDir Paul Rockower took part in a panel discussion for the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury organizations for their Inclusion Week around the MLK holiday. He joined Valley of the Sun leaders to discuss what they do every day to make Phoenix a more equitable...

In December 2022, the Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort was honored to speak on panels at the International Lions of Judah Conference in Scottsdale. The Black-Jewish Cohort spoke about the initiative to create proximity between the Black and Jewish communities, and the trip...

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix was a proud sponsor of AZ Jews for Pride at the Phoenix Pride Parade. We were proud to march today with one of the biggest contingents, AZ Jews for Pride, at the Pride Parade. The Phoenix Jewish Community...

Following the brutal murder of George Floyd, the JCRC created the Phoenix Black-Jewish Cohort to build lines of communication between young Jewish and African-American leadership in the greater Phoenix area.  That effort was launched by facilitation grant by Vitalyst...

On Sunday May 1, 2022, JCRC Executive Director Paul Rockower was honored with an invitation to address the Hopi Tribe's Gathering of the Clans event at Steele Indian School Park.  The event included dignitaries from other tribes, including the Apache, Navajo and Zuni...

The JCRC was proud to have helped spearhead the visit for both Jewish community professionals and Board of Rabbis to tour the LDS Mesa Temple for its rededication. This visit was a great example of interfaith outreach, community bridge-building and communal...

The JCRC was proud to partner with the Jewish News to host representatives Special Agent Dan Johnson, SSA Kyle Roberts  of the FBI and the Department of Justice's William Voit to discuss the fight against extremism.  In light of recent antisemitic incidents across...

The JCRC was pleased to partner with the Jewish News to present Arizona State University's Jewish Community Population Survey in an online presentation of Arizona State University's 2019 survey of Maricopa County's Jewish population -- the first comprehensive study of...

The JCRC is proud to partner with the AJC and Jewish Federations of Phoenix and Tucson on this historic event

The JCRC of Greater Phoenix was honored to co-sponsor the recent  American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) Intermountain Chapter’s Immigration Summit, and helped arrange the Arizona Faith Network, of which we sit on the Board, co-sponsor as well.  As the JCRC...

On Wednesday October 7, the JCRC was proud to partner with the Jewish News to host a webinar with AZ Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and All Voting is Local AZ Executive Director Alex Gulotta on how to be pro-active voters this election season, and how to guarantee...

The JCRC board has been challenging boards across the Jewish community in the Valley of the Sun to participate in the #ERLunchChallenge! Our JCRC board recently chipped in $20 per person to provide Chompie’s lunch boxes for frontline hospital workers at Banner...

“The COVID-19 crisis is something that affects all communities in the Valley of the Sun, and only by all of our communities working together will we get through these difficult times,” Rockower said. “The JCRC was pleased to help connect Jewish Family and Children’s...

On April 20, 2020, the JCRC was proud to partner with the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix, the Martin Pear JCC and the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus to host a joint Jewish community blood drive with Vitalant. The blood drive proved to be a great success, and...

The JCRC was honored to host Seth Davis, the Executive Director of IsraAID, for a breakfast briefing with Phoenix-area Latino community leadership and AZ State legislators on IsraAID's incredible humanitarian work--with a focus on its disaster relief efforts in in...

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Sharing the Light concert on Wednesday December 18, it was an AMAZING event. Over a thousand people filled the pews of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church for a concert of Hanukkah and Christmas music. The program helped bring the...

On Wednesday December 4, members of the JCRC Board, as well as representation from the Board of Rabbis and Jewish Community Foundation, visited the IRC Phoenix Welcome Center--which accepts asylum-seekers released from ICE Detention. The visit was an opportunity to...

On Sunday November 17, the JCRC's Executive Director Paul Rockower and ACLU of Arizona's Smart Justice Campaign Coordinator Khalil Rushdan were hosted by a havurah associated with members from Congregation Or Tzion to hold a mini-Smart Justice Cafe. In the mini-Smart...

The Jewish Community Relations Council was honored to host the distinguished former German diplomat Stefan Schlüter for a briefing and discussion on the relationship between Germany and its Jewish community, as well as Germany's connections to Israel and the Jewish...

On Sunday September 8, the JCRC, Arizona Faith Network and ACLU hosted a Smart Justice Cafe for the Jewish community to address the situation of criminal justice reform in Arizona. The program began with JCRC Exec Dir Paul Rockower sharing Dostoevsky's famous remark:...

The JCRC was proud to partner on the event "A Celebration of Spirit," which took place on Sunday June 30 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in front of nearly 500 people. The  "A Celebration of Spirit" concert and program was created in partnership by the Arizona Jewish...

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah on May 2, 2019 the JCRC was proud to co-host the event, "80 Years Later - What Does 'Never Again' Mean?" with the Phoenix Holocaust Association and Bureau of Jewish Education. The program brought together two excellent panelists, Sheila...

On April 1, 2019, the JCRC was pleased to co-host, with the Arizona Israel Technology Alliance, a reception for Eli Beer--the Founder and President of United Hatzalah. United Hatzalah is a pioneer and innovator in the field of emergency medical response, and this...

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix was proud to organize and lead a strong contingent from the greater Phoenix Jewish community to participate in the MLK Walk on Monday January 21, 2019. A fundamental tenet of the JCRC's mission is to connect...

Screening of documentary Strange Fruit followed by facilitated discussion. Strange Fruit is a song performed by many African American musicians, most famously Nina Simone and Billie Holiday, and was written by a Jewish teacher, Abeel Meropol, protesting...

Jewish News Article on the JCRC • View the article below or HERE The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) continues to make progress on its mission to serve as a voice responding to issues affecting the Valley’s Jewish community. After recently being...

Read about the how the Jewish Community Relations Council and other "Valley Jewish Organizations respond to recent violence on eve of Trump visit."