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1944
Jewish Community Council Founded
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1948
With the founding of Israel, JCRC’s “Join Israel Committee” works to mobilize community support for the emerging Jewish state.
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1952
JCRC and other Jewish organizations lobby the United States Congress to prevent restrictive McCarran-Walter immigration law.
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1954
JCRC testifies in D.C. support of the Ives Humphrey Fair Employment Bill to prohibit discrimination in employment.
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1969
JCRC works with the Archdiocese of Boston to form the Catholic-Jewish Committee in order to deepen the understanding between Catholics and Jews.
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1973
Dedication of the Statue of Job at Brandeis University, a monument to the Six Million. Survivors and their families gather here for Yizkor each year.
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1973
JCRC coordinates community-wide observance of the Holocaust in recognition of the thirtieth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and annual community observances thereafter.
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1979
JCRC holds an interfaith ceremony to mark the signing of the Camp David Peace Accord between Israel and Egypt.
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1995
Dedication of the New England Holocaust Memorial
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1996
JCRC convenes a committee on domestic violence, which coordinates an interfatih, multicultural training conference for 150 clergy and lay leaders, “Put a Light on It.”
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1987
JCRC helps organize thousands from Boston’s Jewish and non-Jewish community to participate in historic “Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews” , the largest ever Jewish mobilization in Washington, DC.
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1997
Foundation of Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GBJCL)
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1998
JCRC’s Inaugural Legislative Reception
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2004
JCRC fights to protect marriage equality, after Council votes overwhelmingly to endorse position.
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2005
Foundation of TELEM Volunteer program for Jewish teens
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2008
Foundation of ReachOut! Volunteer program for Jewish young adults
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2016
JCRC helps effect passage of the landmark Transgender Public Accommodations Bill, Pay Equity legislation and a city ballot measure that will generate millions of dollars every year for affordable housing.
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2018
JCRC organizes the Jewish community to support the passage of a sweeping Criminal Justice Reform bill.
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2019
JCRC remains proudly committed to defending Jewish interests and values by naming and combating anti-Semitism wherever it occurs; by advocating for Israel; and by ensuring adequate resources for the agencies providing vital services to our community, all while continuing to expand our mission, innovate, and pursue an expansive and ambitious agenda.
