Who We
Are JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL
JCRC Bay Area is the largest collective voice of the Jewish community across Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma 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 Senior Leadership
Board of Directors
Executive committee
Members of the Board
Past Presidents
Natalie Berg z”l
Edward Bransten z”l
Ruvim Braude
Judith Chapman z”l
Reynold Colvin z”l
Andrew Colvin
Cheryl Feiner
Jesse Feldman z”l
Rosalind Franklin
Joyce Friedman
Michael Futterman
Jerilyn Gelt
Daniel Goldberg z”l
Lawrence Goldberg z”l
Tanette Goldberg z”l
Daniel Grossman
Michael A. Jacobs
Richard Kaplan z”l
Sam Ladar z”l
Herbert Leland z”l
Marian Lippman z”l
Ephraim Margolin z”l
Jefferson Peyser z”l
Paul Resnick
Martin Rosenblatt z”l
Judge Milton Sapiro z”l
Marty Schenker
Mark Schickman
Theodore Seton z”l
Hadara Stanton
Jesse Steinhart z”l
David Steirman
Sandy Svetcov z”l
Justice Matthew Trobriner z”l
Judge Lenore Underwood z”l
Matthew Weinberg z”l
Jennifer Wolfe
Judge Albert Wollenberg z”l
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