About Us | What We Do
JCRC ACTIVITIES
As the public affairs voice of the Detroit Jewish community, JCRC uses a consensus-building process to identify issues, articulate positions, and develop strategies, programs and approaches to advance the Jewish community’s collective goals. JCRC’s programs and activities include:
• Supporting the U.S.- Israel relationship and the Middle East peace process.
• Promoting Jewish values and participation in the public arena, including
advocacy on domestic issues of social justice.
• Advocating to preserve and expand federal government funding of local
social service agencies.
• Facilitating positive city-suburban relations and regional development
and cooperation.
• Advocating for religious liberties and church/state separation.
• Strengthening inter-cultural, religious, ethnic and race relations.
ISRAEL ADVOCACY
JCRC promotes support for
Israel including:  • Educating both the Jewish and
non-Jewish communities about
Israel – its quest for peace
and security, its role in the
Middle East and importance to
the world.
• Encouraging Congress and the
White House to sustain a strong
U.S.- Israel relationship.
• Supporting the growing
alliances between Israel and
the Detroit community at
large, including the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan
 | | Yossi Olmert, Middle East expert and brother-in-law of the prime minister of Israel, at a Council-organized news conference. | | |
MEDIA RELATIONS
JCRC serves as the news media’s key link to the Detroit Jewish community. The media turn to JCRC first when seeking a Jewish perspective on issues and events of concern in the Middle East and in our own community. The foundation of JCRC ’s effectiveness has been earned from decades of relationship-building with reporters and editors at local news outlets. As a result, JCRC provides a clear, articulate voice for Detroit Jewry, demanding evenhanded coverage of Israel and the issues that matter most to our community.
 | | JCRC joined representatives of ADL and American Jewish Committee to meet with U.S. Representative John Dingell to discuss Israel's security situation. | | |
COMMUNITY ACTIVISM
JCRC brings together Jews throughout the metro area, creating opportunities for unity through action. Engaging members of the Jewish community as public policy advocates and volunteers, JCRC:
• Advocates on the priority issues of Jewish Detroit.
• Advances those issues through coalitions with other organizations that
share our concerns.
• Builds bridges between the Jewish and other religious and ethnic
communities to prevent conflict and promote cooperation.
• Provides opportunities for hands-on social action.
"Building a community of activists" is JCRC's strategy for engaging Jewish and non-Jewish community members, leaders, organizations and institutions in the work of tikkun olam - repairing the world. JCRC maintains a direct on-going connection to public officials at the federal, state and local level. JCRC also promotes grassroots advocacy on key Jewish community concerns, mobilizing Jews and non-Jews to action on significant public issues, often through JCRC's efforts to build or join broad-based coalitions.
 JCRC promotes activism also by providing Jewish community members with meaningful volunteering opportunities, such as Bookstock - the Jewish community's huge used book and media sale, the Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy, and - in partnership with the Jewish Federation - Mitzvah Day.
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