[3] The National Community Relations Advisory Council opposed the Rosenberg Committee, believing them to be a Communist group.

During a meeting in Geneva with Jewish-American communal leaders that included the JPCA, Mandela apologized for offending the Jewish-American establishment, expressed appreciation for South African Jews who opposed apartheid, praised certain Israeli leaders, and agreed that the State of Israel had a right to exist.

[5] Following Mandela's death, Rabbi Steve Gutow, President of the JCPA praised him as "came to embody courage in the face of severe injustice.

"[6] In 2021, the DC chapter of the Sunrise Movement called for the removal of the JCPA, the National Council of Jewish Women, and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism from a voting rights coalition due to their Israeli ties and support for Zionism.

After JCPA signed an open letter in the New York Times in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, conservative donors within the federation system boiled over.

[2] As part of the transition, activist Amy Spitalnick, who led a successful lawsuit against the organizers of the Unite the Right rally, was hired as CEO in May 2023.

[citation needed] International issues that the JCPA is concerned with include Israel–United States relations, global antisemitism, the United Nations, the well-being of Jews in endangered areas, genocide, and human rights.

Along with Catholic Charities USA and the National Council of Churches, the JCPA has been a cosponsor of the annual Fighting Poverty with Faith mobilization since 2008.