by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Dec 1, 2025 | JCRC
Dear friends, JCRC is entering an exciting time of connecting with the broader community and making a difference in all of Washtenaw County and beyond. We have solidified our Black Jewish Coalition with a wonderful bus tour of the history of the Underground Railroad...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Dec 1, 2025 | JCRC
In every JCRC newsletter issue, we’ll spotlight one of our coalition partners.This time, we’re excited to feature Reverend Carnel Richardson, Pastor from the Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church at Ypsilanti and a founding member of our Black-Jewish Coalition. Q: What...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Aug 22, 2025 | JCRC
By Asher Lopatin With the help of community leaders from the Black and Jewish communities, and with the inspiration of the Black-Jewish coalitions in Washtenaw County from the 1990s, a new Washtenaw Black-Jewish Coalition has been formed with twenty charter members...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | May 2, 2025 | JCRC
05/02/2025 For Immediate Release: The Jewish Community Relations Committee of Greater Ann Arbor is deeply concerned by the call for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to be removed as prosecutor from the case against seven individuals accused of trespassing...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Apr 24, 2025 | JCRC
By Rebecca Rich, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor On March 25, 2025, over 80 Black and Jewish people of all ages came together at the JCC of Greater Ann Arbor to celebrate their joint journeys to freedom through the lens of a Passover Seder. The Freedom Seder is...
by Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor | Apr 1, 2025 | JCRC
Rabbi Asher Lopatin: Reflections on my first year as JCRC Director and the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor’s Director of Community Relations To all the members of the Greater Ann Arbor Jewish Community: It has been a fascinating, rewarding, and fulfilling...
