JCRC Statements, Comments, and Articles

Public Statement, March 24, 2017

Yesterday, an 18-year-old man, with dual Israel-U.S. citizenship, was arrested in Israel as the primary suspect for the majority of bomb threats called and e-mailed into Jewish Community Centers and other Jewish institutions in 40 U.S. states and 4 Canadian provinces. The Jewish Community Fe…

Testimony of William Daroff, Sr. VP for Public Policy JFNA

Testimony of

William Daroff
Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Director of the Washington Office
The Jewish Federations of North America

Before the

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
U.S. H…

JCRC Column: ‘If You See Something, Say Something’

If You See Something, Say Something

The community security portfolio of the Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Committee has grown drastically in the past year-and-a-half. This development began after the arrests of local white supremacists who planned to attack Synagogues and Black …

JCFR & JCRC Statement on U.S. Abstention at U.N.

The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond (JCFR) and its Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC) condemn the failure of the United States to veto Friday’s anti-Israel United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.


We are deeply disappointed the U.S. failed to veto the one-sided r…

JCFR/JCRC Condemn Continuing Atrocities in Syria and Call for Help

The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond (JCFR) and its Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC) join the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) in strongly condemning the atrocities currently underway in Syria, including the most recent executions of innocent civilians in Aleppo.

T…