Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Inc.

JCRC-NY maintains a dialogue between the Jewish community and governmental officials at the city, state and federal levels.
It hosts discussions between Jewish communal leadership and key elected and appointed officials.
It hosts an annual – Congressional Breakfast.
It represents the widely diverse New York Jewish community to law enforcement officials regarding racial tensions, bias crimes, Torah thefts and terrorist threats.
It advocates on local to national issues and legislation which affect the Jewish community.
It promotes voter education and encourages participation in the Jewish community.

NYC is home to residents who: have come from more from 100 nations around the globe, speak over 150 languages, and nearly 40% were born outside the United States. This demographic diversity is one of the City’s greatest strengths, but often it can be the source of its toughest challenges, including competition for limited resources, hate crimes, and uncivil debate fueled by stereotypes and misperceptions about the “other.” It is important that there be a civil network for communities to thrive where all stakeholders understand each other and work together. The Center creates and assists the growth of community-based initiatives and runs leadership training programs in the complex world of New York’s diversity.

JCRC-LI serves as the central coordinating body and resource organization for the Jewish community across Long Island. It operates as a nexus between community-based organizations, religious institutions, elected and public officials and the private sector, and works to open the lines of communication between these entities.

JCRC-NY provides information, resources on all the current security issues and matters for Jewish Organizations in the metro area. It works with the various police forces in the area and provides seminars and webinars on the federal Homeland Security Grants for nonprofit organizations.

JCRC-NY produces the Parade which focuses on celebrating the vibrant and diverse country of Israel. The Parade features over 40,000 marchers from many organizations. Hundreds of thousands enthusiastic spectators watch American and Israeli community leaders and dignitaries, entertainers, artists, musicians, dancers, celebrities, floats and marching bands.

JCRC-NY’s Missions to Israel program, which has been on-going for over two decades, has included among its participants over 500 elected and appointed public officials, ethnic and faith leaders, human services agency professionals, business and union leaders and journalists.

The Missions’ itineraries provide participants with first-hand knowledge and experiences of the complex reality of the State of Israel. The participants are able to then convey to other New Yorkers the challenges Israel faces as it seeks to achieve a lasting peace with its neighbors.

This program promotes discussions about Israel among college and university faculty in the New York metropolitan area. Since its inception, the program has engaged over 500 NYC faculty members in its various activities, creating a network of individuals willing to be part of these important discussions. Through our Academic Panels/Roundtables with Israeli and Palestinian speakers, Crash Courses on Israel Studies, and Academic Study Tours to Israel, this program brings discussions about Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the campuses, taking into account the many complexities of the subject.