JCRC Member Organizations
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), a department of Jewish United Fund
(JUF), serves as the central convening body for 40+ Jewish organizations engaged in public
affairs across Chicagoland. Through JCRC, JUF brings together a diverse network of Jewish
communal organizations to strengthen collaboration, coordinate advocacy, and mobilize
around issues that impact the Jewish people, Israel, and the broader community. JCRC is a
member of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) and the National Coalition
Supporting Eurasian Jewry (NCSEJ).
- Agudath Israel
- American Conference of Cantors
- American Jewish Committee (AJC)
- Anti-Defamation League
- BBYO
- Chicago Association of Reform Rabbis (CARR)
- Chicago Board of Rabbis
- Chicago Rabbinical Council
- Friends of the IDF
- Hecktman Family JCCs of Chicago
- Hillels of Illinois
- Hinda Institute
- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Jewish United Fund
- Jewish Labor Committee
- Jewish Women’s Foundation
- Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago
- Jewish National Fund
- Kol Zimrah Jewish Community Singers of Greater Chicago
- MERCAZ USA
- National Council of Jewish Women
- ORT America, Chicago & Suburban Chicago Regions
- Rabbinical Assembly
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC) Illinois
- Repair the World
- Simon Wiesenthal Center
- Stand With Us
- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism – Central District
- Women’s Philanthropy, JUF
- Young Leaders Division, JUF
- Zionist Organization of America
JCRC Affiliate Participating Organizations:
- Israel Bonds
- No Shame on U
- SIP (Support, Invest, Promote) Chicago
- Chicago Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ChARJE)
- National Council of Jewish Women, North Shore
- Sheerit Hapleitah of Metropolitan Chicago