As we enter the Chanukah season, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Phoenix reflects on a year marked by both profound challenges and meaningful moments of connection. This is a time to recommit ourselves to being a source of light, resilience, and bridge-building within our community and beyond.

The JCRC of Greater Phoenix works to strengthen relationships across our diverse Jewish community and to build enduring bridges with other faiths and ethnic communities. By fostering dialogue, mutual understanding, and shared action, we advance safety, inclusion, and our collective fight against all forms of hate and prejudice, including antisemitism.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix (JCRC) has welcomed Rabbi Mindie Snyder as Executive Director. Rabbi Snyder brings over thirty years of experience in arts, health and human services to her work with the Jewish community and the community-at-large. She has been a program innovator, organizational executive, consultant to corporations, state, and national agencies.

This years Seder was lead by Rabbi Emily Langowitz, who heads the Women’s Leadership Institute and Temple Solel Cantor Todd Herzog will be there to keep the music flowing.

“We know security remains both a major cost and concern for Jewish community institutions. The Nonprofit Security Grant Program National Security Supplemental program represents a tremendous opportunity

JCRC Board Chair Alan Zeichick, and JCRC Secretary Rabbi Bonnie Sharfman, are quoted

JCRC Board Chair Alan Zeichick Quoted in the AZ Mirror piece

JCRC Board Chair Alan Zeichick recently quoted in an AZ Republic

Read JCRC Board Chair Alan Zeichick’s comments

Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix on Monday condemned remarks by a Republican leader in Maricopa County

Maricopa County GOP official threatens to 'lynch' county recorder

The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Phoenix and the ADL Desert also released a statement saying that they are appalled by these vile comments against Richer, who is Jewish.

Read JCRC ExecDir Paul Rockower’s comments

“Community leaders said antisemitism and Islamophobia were already on the upswing for several years. But the Israel-Hamas war has accelerated antisemitism and Islamophobia by emboldening extremists, members of hate groups and white supremacist groups, they said.