Baltimore Jewish Council (BJC)

The Baltimore Jewish Council is the political and community relations arm of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore and its agencies. The BJC is located in the heart of the Baltimore Jewish community on Park Heights Avenue. It was founded in 1939 primarily to assist European Jewry and to combat antisemitism on a global and local basis. The Council represents Jewish organizations and congregations in the Greater Baltimore area and throughout Maryland on social, political and humanitarian issues affecting Jews locally, nationally and worldwide.

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The Baltimore Jewish Council constitutes 50 member organizations and synagogues and is composed of commissions, committees, and tasks forces.

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