The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is the public affairs arm of the Jewish community. The JCRC is comprised of representatives of all the Jewish communal organizations and at large members. It fosters positive relations with the wider community as well as keeping up to date and educating the Jewish and non-Jewish public on issues of concern to the Jewish community. JCRC is the local voice on behalf of Israel and speak out against anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination and bigotry.
The JCRC helps organize workshops on teaching the Holocaust in schools and events pertaining to issues in the Middle East.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Elliot Chodoff - Political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terrorism, "Middle East Update: Security Issues, Shifting Alliances, and the America-Israel Strategic Partnership" on Monday, July 25, 5:45 p.m. light refreshments, 6 p.m. program, Federation Office, Red Cross Building, 1st Floor, Room 120, Springfield, IL. RSVP by July 18, 2016 to (217)-787-7223 ext. 18 or rsvp@shalomspringfield.org .
- Amy-Jill Levine - "Agreeing to Disagree: How Jews and Christians Read the Bible Differently" on Thursday, August 25, 2016 beginning 7 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church (533 S. Walnut). RSVP for the lecture by Wednesday, August 17, 2016 to (217)-787-7223 ext. 18 or rsvp@shalomspringfield.org .
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Elliot Chodoff is a political and military analyst specializing in the Middle East conflict and the global war on terror. His articles have appeared in the Washington Times, National Post of Canada, In the National Interest, and Front Page Magazine. Elliot is the founding and managing editor of MidEast: On Target, an e-journal and newsletter. Elliot is a major in the IDF reserves and is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Population for the Northern Region of Israel in Home Front Command. In that capacity, he served on active duty in the North during the Lebanon War of 2006. In 2004, he was a member of the rescue team in the aftermath of the bombing of the Taba Hilton. He was selected for the IDF Home Front Command Outstanding Officer award in April 2006. Elliot received a BA with honors in Sociology as well as a BS in Biological Sciences from SUNY at Stony Brook and an MA in Sociology from the University of Chicago. He is currently writing a PhD dissertation in International Relations at the University of Haifa. His specialties include military, political, and organizational sociology, international terrorism, military strategy and tactics, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
http://overseas.haifa.ac.il/index.php/2014-03-10-14-00-22/2014-03-10-14-00-23/faculty/96-elliot-chodoff
Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, and Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences. Holding the B.A. from Smith College, the M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and honorary doctorates from Christian Theological Seminary, Drury University, the University of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, and the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies. Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperOne), the edited collection,The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton), and the thirteen-volume edited series, Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum). With Marc Brettler of Brandeis University, she edited the Jewish Annotated New Testament (Oxford). She has written, with her Vanderbilt colleague Douglas Knight, The Meaning of the Bible: What The Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach us (HarperOne); with Warren Carter of Brite Divinity School, she published in 2013 The New Testament: Methods and Meanings (Abingdon). Her most recent book is Short Stories by Jesus: the Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (HarperOne). She has recorded "Introduction to the Old Testament," "Great Figures of the Old Testament," and "Great Figures of the New Testament" for the Teaching Company. In 2011, Professor Levine became Affiliated Professor at the Woolf Institute: Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations at Cambridge, UK. A self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt," Professor Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies.
http://divinity.vanderbilt.edu/people/bio/amy-jill-levine
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