Linda Scherzer

Director, Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ

Linda Scherzer is Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, NJ.  Since 2016 she has overseen the department's work in government affairs and public policy; Israel engagement, combating antisemitism, forging alliances with the interfaith and African American communities and helping build a strong and healthy civic society.

Linda was the founding director of “Write On For Israel/NY” (now, Teen Israel Leadership Council); a program to prepare high school students for Jewish leadership on their future college campuses.

She is a former Mideast correspondent for CNN and 
Israel Television with extensive experience covering the Arab Israeli conflict.  
During her years with CNN, Linda covered the first Palestinian uprising, the Gulf War and Oslo process.  

She is the recipient of five Associated Press Broadcasting Awards and along with her colleagues at CNN, received a Cable Ace Award for distinguished coverage of the Gulf War.