Jewish Community Relations Committee

By Amy Melnick-Scharf, JCRC Chair, Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and  Basya Gardenstein, JCRC Director, JCFR This year’s legislative session provides us with much to learn...

Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day 2023 - Photo Gallery All photos by Adrienne Winkelmann Epstein

Join Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and its Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC) for Virginia Jewish Advocacy Day on Feb. 8, at 8 a.m. Virginia...

By Basya Gartenstein, Director, JCRC Between Nov. 30 and Dec.1, 60 municipal leaders from Israel, the USA, and Europe gathered with 150 key representatives in...

By Basya Gartenstein Director, Jewish Community Relations Committee, JCFR Shalom Jewish Community of Richmond. The Jewish Community Relations Committee has been formulating plans for the years ahead...

By Basya Gartenstein, Director, Jewish Community Relations Committee, JCFR Shalom, as of August 1, it has been my privilege to serve the Richmond Jewish community...

We are pleased to announce that Basya Gartenstein will join the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond as Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC) director in...

The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond and Richmond Jewish Community Relations Committee congratulate Samuel Asher, Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum,  on being...

My Perspective: Ephraim Seidman, Chair, Israel Education and Advocacy, JCRC A lot of ink has been spilled recently about the “status quo” on the Temple...

The recent controversy over Whoopi Goldberg’s comments regarding Jews and race – along with the Jewish communal reaction – is as much about the...