2009 AnnuAl RepoRt - Jewish Community Relations Council ...

“
I wAs honoRed to shARe In the Yom hAshoAh seRvIce
At Beth-el. It wAs extRemelY movIng, even to the
poInt of teARs. thIs seRvIce Is A tReAsuRe foR All of us.
whetheR we ARe Jews oR not, whetheR we ARe RelAted
to vIctIms oR suRvIvoRs oR not.
the seRvIce Asks thRee ImpoRtAnt questIons foR me:
how cAn such A thIng hAppen? how do You suRvIve
such An expeRIence? And how cAn we stop It fRom
hAppenIng, even wIth less hoRRIfIc consequences,
oveR And oveR AgAIn In humAn hIstoRY?
”
–The Rev. Grant Abbott,
Executive Director of the
St. Paul Area Council of Churches
“
the Yom hAshoAh commemoRAtIon At Beth el
sYnAgogue wAs A poweRful And movIng RememBRAnce
occAsIon, As AlwAYs. As A chRIstIAn mInIsteR And
colleAgue of the JcRc I cAme to mouRn, to gIve
wItness, to AffIRm lIfe, to stAnd In solIdARItY wIth
the JewIsh communItY, And
”
to JoIn In sAYIng, ‘neveR AgAIn!’
–The Rev. Dr. Gary Reierson,
President of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
The Jewish Community Relations Council
Of Minnesota and the Dakotas
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Minneapolis, MN 55403
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JCRC STAFF 2008–2009
Steve Hunegs, Executive Director
Susan Lieberman, Director of Development
Jacob Millner, Director of Public Affairs
Ethan Roberts, Director of the Twin Cities Jewish
Community Government Affairs Program
Seth Skora, Director of Justice Squared
Ruth Solom, Office Manager
Anthony Sussman, Director of Communications
and Community Security
Laura Zelle, Director of Tolerance Minnesota
Special Thanks to Susan Lieberman, Anthony Sussman
and Emir Beganovic for their hard work on this report.
Yom HaShoah Commemoration 2009
Local Holocaust survivors gather at Beth El Synagogue in
St. Louis Park to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.
PaRt-tiMe staff
Emir Beganovic, Annual Event and
Annual Report Coordinator
Holly Brod Farber, Director of the JCRC Speakers Bureau
Claire Buchwald, Tolerance Minnesota and
Holocaust Education
Cheree Cannon, Assistant to the Executive Director
Cara Fish, Justice Squared Program Coordinator
Susie Greenberg, Tolerance Minnesota
Color Project Coordinator
suMMeR inteRns
Sam Lane and Josh Parish