Who We
Are JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL
JCRC Bay Area is the largest collective voice of the Jewish community across San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. We advocate for Jews to be able to live their own authentic Jewish lives and believe that by working together with other communities, the full vibrancy and diversity of Jewish identity will be embraced and celebrated. We mobilize Bay Area Jews and our allies to counter antisemitism and rising hate, advance social justice, strengthen civic engagement, and ensure a combined response to critical issues we all face.
We are proud to have represented synagogues, Jewish organizations, and unaffiliated Jewish individuals and families of the Bay Area since 1948. Find out more about our 75-year pursuit of a more just world where all people thrive.
JCRC history
Originally the “Jewish Survey Committee,” JCRC Bay Area started in the 1930s to respond to the growing plight to European Jewry and the need for local advocacy. JCRC was formally established in 1948 to safeguard the conditions under which Jews, individually and commu…
Our Team
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Board of Directors
Executive commitee
Members of the Board
Past Presidents
Ruvim Braude, San Francisco, CA
Andrew Colvin, San Francisco, CA
Cheryl Feiner, San Francisco, CA
Rosalind Franklin, Fairfax, CA
Joyce Friedman, San Francisco, CA
Michael Futterman, Larkspur, CA
Jerilyn Gelt, San Francisco, CA
Daniel Grossman, San Francisco, CA
Michael Jacobs, Tiburon, CA
Richard Kaplan, San Francisco, CA
Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco, CA
Paul Resnick, Mountain View, CA
Marty Schenker, San Francisco, CA
Mark Schickman, Berkeley, CA
Hadara Stanton, San Francisco, CA
David Steirman, Hillsborough, CA
Matthew Weinberg z”l, San Francisco, CA
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