Meet Ann Arbor’s JCRC
The Jewish Community Relations Committee exists to:
- Foster and build collaborative relationships with other faith, ethnic, and cultural communities.
- Be visible and present in the greater community during times of crisis and on vital social issues.
- Be intentionally and actively involved in key issues impacting the Jewish community and the community at large.
- Educate on relevant local and global issues.
Want to get involved?
Part of community relations is finding ways to relate in and with ‘community’, committees and commissions through the County, city of Ann Arbor, city of Ypsilanti, township boards and the state of Michigan. In engaging in this part of civic life we are and will continue to be part of its foundation and its fabric.
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Interested in Learning More?
Contact JCRC@jewishannarbor.org for more information.
Latest JCRC News
December 2025 JCRC Newsletter: Letter From Asher Lopatin
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...
Meet JCRC’s Coalition Partners
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...
Washtenaw County Launches New Black-Jewish Coalition
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...