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The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation again participated in the annual Canfield Fair. The booth focused on Israel and attracted a high volume of visitors, said Nic Bush, Federation development & community relations manager. The booth included facts about and pictures of Israel and highlighted offerings by the more»

At a moment marked by unprecedented levels of antisemitism, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Executive Director of Community Relations/Government Affairs Bonnie Deutsch Burdman joined hundreds of other advocates around the country in Washington, D.C. for the Jewish Federations of North America’s Washington Conference to urge the nation’s more»

As part of its 29th Annual Community Holocaust Commemoration for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance), the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation held a Student Holocaust Writing, Art, and Multi-Media contest. Students in grades seven to 12 were invited to submit an original piece of poetry, narrative composition, art, more»

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) held its annual Holocaust commemoration programs for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) April 28 and May 1. The 29th Annual Community Holocaust Commemoration event was in the Rotunda of the Mahoning County Courthouse. The annual Shoah Memorial Ceremony was at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown. Yom more»

In April, Lisa Long, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation financial resource development director, and Nancy Burnett, Jewish Community Relations Council advisory board chair, traveled to Poland to help aid relief efforts following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They took more than 600 pounds of supplies, as well as nearly $6,000 donated by community more»

The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is partnering with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society to digitize numerous analog audio and video recordings of Holocaust Survivor testimonies contained in the Dr. Saul Friedman Collection housed at the Jewish Community Center’s Schwartz Library & Holocaust more»

JCRC collected coats and hats for asylum seekers. Pictured from left are Bonnie Deutsch Burdman, Federation executive director of community relations/ government affairs; Nic Bush, Federation development & community relations manager; and Melissa Bateman, Federation director of community engagement. The Jewish Community Relations Council of the more»

The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is inviting students in grades 7–12 in Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties and Western Pennsylvania, to enter its annual Holocaust writing, art, and multimedia contest, a project held in conjunction with Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day). To be more»