JCRC News and Press
City’s ties with Israel reinforced on Independence Day
Posted on April 29, 2013 under Israel
The Jewish Advocate, Ian Thal
Yom Ha’atzmaut commemoration becomes a moment to honor bombing victim.
The blue and red lights flashed on several state police vehicles parked at the side of the road on Hammond Pond Parkway in Chestnut Hill, just beyomd the driveway to Congregation Mishkan Tefila, only a day after the Boston Marathon bombings.
Four officers from IDF meet with local non-Jewish students
Posted on April 22, 2013 under Haifa Social Justice
The Jewish Advocate, Ian Thal
Ten students at the Academy of the Pacific Rim, a public charter school in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, recently had the opportunity to meet four officers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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Their teacher, Daniel Weintraub, a special education teacher and faculty advisor for the Model U.N. and the Human Rights Club, had traveled to Haifa in January as part of the Boston-Haifa Learning Exchange program run by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. The exchange brought a group of Boston-based activists working in social-justice issues to visit Israel. A similar group of Haifa-based activists will visit Boston.
Boston’s ‘week of terror’ evokes Israel for Jews
Posted on April 22, 2013 under JCRC General
The Times of Israel, Matt Lebovic
BOSTON — Hundreds of Jews, Christians and Muslims packed a hall in St. Mark’s Catholic Church Sunday night, “in prayer and solidarity” following a week of terror on the city’s streets.
“So they were Muslims,” wrote Georgi Vogel Rosen, a member of Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council, in an open letter. “[That] doesn’t change the fact that the Saudi student who was injured in the blast and tackled to the ground by a vigilante had nothing to do with the bombing...
For Boston’s faithful, solace comes with a dose of solidarity
Posted on April 22, 2013 under JCRC General
The Times of Israel, Haviv Rettig Gur
From families welcoming in stranded runners to a synagogue giving its space to a homeless church, a sense of community has pervaded ‘after these arduous days.’
...“It’s been a very long week. It’s hard to believe it’s only been six days.” said Jeremy Burton, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston...
Jewish leaders express shock and condolences after Boston Marathon attack
Posted on April 16, 2013 under JCRC General
JNS.org, Jewish News Service
While the aftermath of the terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon continues to unfold, Jewish leaders in Boston and Israel have expressed shock and sympathy for the victims.
Jeremy Burton, executive director of the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), told JNS.org, “I’m very shocked; it’s a horrible moment for our community. It’s a tragedy for the entire Boston community. It hit all of us together in a city that we love on a special day like Patriot’s Day.”
CJP/JCRC Joint Statement of Sympathy to Victims of Explosions at Boston Marathon
Posted on April 15, 2013 under JCRC General
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Combined Jewish Philanthropies and Jewish Community Relations Council express our sincere sympathy to the families and friends of the victims of this tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Greater Boston community, courageous runners, family, friends and those visiting from the United States and abroad.
Our Statement on the conclusion of President Obama’s visit to Israel
Posted on March 22, 2013 under Israel
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JCRC of Greater Boston’s Executive Director, Jeremy Burton, made the following statement today:
As President Obama completes his historic visit to Israel, we extend our gratitude to him for demonstrating in both words and actions a deep commitment to the unbreakable bonds of the U.S.-Israel partnership and the shared values that underlie the two nations.
Teens join the global community
Posted on March 15, 2013 under Dnepropetrovsk Kehillah Project
The Jewish Advocate, Alexandra Lapkin
Havayah program unites students of three nations
Jewish life in Dnepropetrovsk is undergoing a revival that has been transforming the Ukrainian city in the last decade and a half...The reconstruction of the synagogue in 1999 was the beginning of the rapid rebuilding of Jewish life. Boston’s Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) Dnepropetrovsk Kehillah Project significantly contributed to the process by establishing an assisted living facility, specialized clinics, and organizations that promote Jewish life.
JCRC & CJP Extend Congratulations on Election of Pope Francis
Posted on March 15, 2013 under JCRC General
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The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC) and Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) congratulate Cardinal Sean O’Malley and the Archdiocese of Boston and its faithful on the election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina as Pope Francis.
JCRC of Greater Boston Condemns Turkish Leaders’ Hate Comments
Posted on March 1, 2013 under JCRC General
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JCRC President Bill Gabovitch and Executive Director Jeremy Burton released the following statement today:
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC) today condemned comments earlier this week by Turkish Prime Minister Recap Erdogan calling Zionism a ‘crime against humanity.’
