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JRC’s COVID Safety Protocols

JRC COVID Safety Protocols

All protocols will be continuously reviewed and may be adjusted based on community risk levels, epidemiological data, and other relevant factors.

  • Masks are optional for all services and programming unless otherwise noted
  • We strongly encourage everyone to be vaccinated and to get the most recent COVID booster for which they are eligible
  • We remind you to please stay home if you are feeling unwell
  • We support all who wish to continue masking at JRC; our health advisory recommends a well-fitted N95 mask. Extra masks will be available at JRC
  • Masks will be required at specific events when JRC has granted an accommodation to a member who has requested masking for all participants due to a health safety consideration

Requesting an Accommodation
Part of creating an accessible facility is that we respond to the needs of our members as often as we can. Accommodations that can be requested include requiring that all in the room mask for a specific event, captioning, ASL interpretation, use of an assistive listening device, access to a quiet space for breaks, and other features that make JRC accessible to people with disabilities. To request an accommodation for a specific event, please contact JRC’s Executive Director, Micky Baer, at mbaer@jrctogether.org or at 847-409-1432 at least one week prior to the event. Requests will remain confidential. We will endeavor to communicate any mask updates for specific events in our Wednesday newsletter, but for the most up-to-date information, please refer to the JRC calendar.

Multi-Access Commitment
Throughout the pandemic, we have been guided by our closely held values of inclusivity, accessibility, creativity, and belonging. We continue our commitment to make services and programs multi-access whenever possible. You can find Zoom and Facebook Live links in the JRC calendar.

Decision Making
We thank the members of JRC’s COVID Task Force and Community Health Advisory, for wrestling with these tremendously complex and difficult decisions.

COVID Task Force
Micky Baer, Cantor Howard Friedland, Elliot Frolichstein-Appel, Reese Gratch, Emily Harris, Lauren Reeves, Hannah Shearn, Rabbi Rachel Weiss

JRC COVID Community Health Advisory
Michael Bloom, Sam Dorevitch, Rebecca Lapat, Elias Murciano, Sara Polonsky, Eleanor Smith, Ed Smolevitz, Rhonda Stein

If you have concerns or questions about JRC’s COVID Safety Protocols, please reach out to Executive Director, Micky Baer, or to Director of Education, Lauren Reeves if they are specific to Kehillah.