For over half a century, the Jewish Community Relations Council has played an important role by bringing public policy issues to the government’s attention and taking action on behalf of the metro Detroit Jewish community.  

 

Council’s Board of Directors and its committees develop and officially adopt policy statements relevant to our mission and goals.  The Board uses a rigorous, inclusive process that allows for all voices to be heard and does not guarantee that any particular viewpoint will prevail. 

 

Council’s staff works to advance the issues outlined by these policies – reaching out and motivating Jews and non-Jews alike to action, convening delegations of community leaders to meet with government officials, and offering ourselves as a resource and sounding board to all government officials.

 

Israeli Consul General Baruch Binah and Council Executive Director Robert Cohen brief U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg on Israel's security needs.

  

Links to:
• Immigration reform
• Stem cell research
• Social services funding
• Church-state separation
• Homeland security and civil liberties
• Anti-Semitism
• Darfur