“On another day, Dick Heiman might have been swinging his club on the golf course.

But on this exceptionally chilly San Francisco morning, Heiman queued up in the cavernous Bill Graham Civic Auditorium to help homeless men and women navigate Project Homeless Connect, a daylong, one-stop shop that links the needy to myriad nonprofit medical and social service providers.”

Read more:
Practicing ‘value of human dignity’ with S.F.'s homeless, JWeekly



KTVU.com: Dozens of Palestine supporters protested the fighting in Gaza and the U.S. support of Israel.

Listen:
Middle East Program Associate, Danny Fleischer, discussing the situation in
Israel and Gaza


October 14, 2012
JCRC Celebration Honoring Rabbi Doug Kahn's 30th Anniversary: Thank you to the over 400 members of our community who made the event such a huge success!

We thank all our generous supporters and sponsors for their generous support. Please click here to see the full list of supporters and sponsors as recognized in the J Weekly.


Wednesday, Jun 8, 2011 , 2011
Debate on Circumcision Ban Measure - with Abby Porth

Wed, Sep 28, 2011, 2011
Palestinian Art Exhibit Canceled at Oakland Children's Art Museum - with Doug Kahn

Friday, May 6, 2011
On Hamas, Israel and the Goldstone Report
April 26, 2011
Circumcision ban could make ballot in SF

February 16, 2011
Learn more about the JCRC's 2011 Behind the Scenes Gala honorees.

Reverend Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial Church received The Courageous Leadership Award for his lifetime championing of justice, and racial and civic harmony.

Al Baum received The Rita Semel Jewish-Civic Leadership Award for his tireless commitment to the LGBT community and civil rights.

Nancy and Larry Goldberg received The Honorable Tom Lantos Memorial Humanitarian Award for individually and collectively championing critically important causes ranging from safeguarding Israel's security to ending human trafficking.

Yitzhak Santis received The JCRC Advocate Award for his passionate advocacy work at JCRC for 21 years and for leading our community's Israel education, advocacy and counter-BDS efforts.

February 16, 2011
JCRC honored Reverend Cecil Williams of Glide Memorial Church, Nancy and Larry Goldberg, Al Baum, and Yitzhak Santis at the 2011 JCRC Behind the Scenes Gala.
December 12, 2010
JCRC kicks off the Year of Civil Discourse Opening Program at Brandeis Hillel Day School and Beth Israel Judea
October 20, 2010
JCRC hosts the Second Annual Jewish Community Reception with San Francisco Federal, State, and Local Elected Officials and Candidates for Public Office
June 17, 2010
Official San Francisco Condemnation of Israel Referred for Committee Consideration
June 15, 2010
Watch the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Hearing on a Resolution Condemning Israel
November, 2009
The Bay Area Jewish Coalition for Literacy (JCL) is an affiliate of the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy. JCL aims to help reverse the trend of illiteracy across the country by mobilizing thousands of volunteer reading tutors, organizing book drives, and developing advocacy for public education.

June 28, 2009
JCRC Participates in Jews March for Pride
December, 2008
LA and SF JCRC Legislators Mission to Israel
November 19, 2008
Natalie Berg works to pursue a just society and secure Jewish future. Pursuing justice was instilled in her from the time she was a child.

October 28, 2008
The JCRC honored several unsung heroes in the community at our Behind the Scenes Gala.

October 8, 2008
A Few of JCRC's Unsung Heroes
...to be honored at the Behind the Scenes JCRC Gala and Auction

For More info on the Gala...

September 22, 2008
Press Conference Against Ahmadinejad's Visit to UN

August 2008
Amos Guiora visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Constitutional Limits on Coercive Interrogation." This event took place on August 18, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series and was sponsored by JCRC and Consulate General of Israel in SF.

May 2008
Lecture: "Towards a Zionist Art Movement"
Alan Kaufman presented the following lecture at JCRC's Israeli @ 60 Educational Symposium
Listen to the Lecture (2.7 mp3 file)
Read the lecture (50 kb pdf file)

November 2007
Dr. Gal Luft is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) a Washington based think tank focused on energy security and co-founder of the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmental, labor and religious groups promoting ways to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. He specializes in strategy, geopolitics, terrorism, Middle East and energy security. This event took place as part of the Authors@Google series and was sponsored by JCRC.