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• Metro
  Division
• Dorothy Seaman Department of Women's Philanthropy
• Anne & Norman Jacobson
  Jewish Community Foundation
• Professional Advisory Committee (PAC)
• Jewish Women's Foundation (JWF)
• Toby Weinman Palchik Center for Jewish Philanthropy (CJP)
• Department of
  Jewish Education
• Jewish Community
  Relations Council (JCRC)
• Department of
  Special Needs
• CLUB 13
  Hope Starts Here
• Country Clubs &
  Cold Coast Residents
• Federation
  Newcomers

Programming Highlights

In addition to our annual events, the Jewish Community Relations Council is responsible for myriad programs that occur throughout the year, as needed.  Here is a selection of our proudest moments of recent years and also some projects on which we continue to work:

• The JCRC hosted a series of non-partisan, interfaith events aimed at helping local voters understand issues in the 2004 elections. 
• The JCRC assembled leaders of 18 Jewish organizations in a show of solidarity for Israel's leadership in the debate over the Gaza withdrawal plan.  The event was covered by all major print and electronic media, including national coverage from the Associated Press. 
• The JCRC sponsored a community-wide program featuring US Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL 19th) and staff of AIPAC to discuss the role of the United States in support of Israel and the next steps and challenges facing the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Government. 
• The JCRC organized and coordinated the local Jewish community's response to the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina.  The JCRC raised emergency funds and provided relief assistance to those affected in the Gulf Coast region. 
• The JCRC participated in the interfaith "Evening of Ethiopian Jewish Culture," at which an ensemble of Jewish Ethiopian dancers performed in a local Episcopal Church. 
• The JCRC continues to work closely with the "Save Darfur Coalition of South Palm Beach," an interfaith coalition of more than 31 community organizations, churches, and synagogues.  In January 2006, the JCRC cosponored a community-wide rally to raise awareness about the preventable human crisis in the Darfur region of western Sudan.  More than 300 people attended the rally, including a number of dignitaries.  Additionally, the JCRC urges participation in the "Million Voices for Darfur" postcard campaign. 
• The JCRC brought the Israeli elections of March 2006 home to Palm Beach County  through its sponsorship of a discussion with the Israeli Consul General, Dr. Yitschak Ben Gad, and politial analyst Micah D. Halpern. 
• The JCRC joined 16 South Florida Jewish organizations at the State House of Representatives for the second annual Tallahassee Jewish Advoacacy Day in late March, 2006.  More than 80 citizen-advocates mobilized to make our voices heard and work together on social justice issues, including securing a record $593,288 in funding for Federation services for seniors, Holocaust survivors, and individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities. 
• The JCRC hosted our state representatives and state senators as they addressed the JCRC, community leaders, agency directors, and members of Jewish agency boards for a "Legislative Wrap Up" to recap the 2006 Legislative Session in Tallahassee. 

If you are interested in finding out more about any of these programs or would like to become invovled with the JCRC, please contact us by phone at (561) 852-3159 or by email at jcrc@bocafed.org.