The History of the LA Community Relations Committee
Community relations is an art form. And when it comes to the public affairs agenda of the Jewish community, communications management requires a mastery of intrigue and information. Nowhere was that mastery more evident than the Los Angeles Community Relations Committee (CRC) from 1934–2007, where I served as director from 1985-1995.
Originally established as the B’nai B’rith Committee by attorney Leon Lewis in 1933, the CRC set out to protect Jews and advance the interests of the Jewish community. Following World War II, the CRC began operating as a department of the Jewish Federation until 2007, when it was disbanded.