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Come together for community in support of our Annual Campaign. Hear from world leaders and enjoy a special performance by Matisyahu at our most popular fundraising event of the year.

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March 10, 2021 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Since 1913, the Anti-Defamation League has led the fight against racism, bigotry, intolerance and antisemitism. For 30 years, the Florida Region of ADL has recognized leaders in the legal community who have fought for civil rights across our state.

Join us, as we come together virtually for the first time, to celebrate individuals who have made outstanding contributions for our Florida community, while exemplifying the principles on which ADL was founded.

Registration required: adl.org/FLJurisprudence2021

Register for Fuel For Truth's Winter 2021 Online Boot Camp class! Our intensive program for young professionals covers the modern history of Israel, the major issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and best practices for effectively discussing these topics in the real world.

Boot Camp is on March 2, 2021 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM and runs consecutive Tuesday evenings through March 16.

Visit https://fuelfortruth.org/bootcamp/ to learn more and register.

Justin Ellis at [email protected]

Attention, college and graduate students! Apply now to receive a grant from the Sylvia Tuman Scholarship Program, administered by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

The Sylvia Tuman Scholarship Program provides a limited number of scholarships for Jewish students who require financial assistance to further their education. Students must be enrolled or accepted into an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program at a college or university located in Miami-Dade or Broward counties.

Preference is given to institutions in Miami-Dade County.

Application deadline: June 1, 2021.

Click here for more information and to apply.

An additional resource available for your consideration is an interest-free loan from the Hebrew Free Loan Association, a subsidiary of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. For more information, please visit https://jewishmiami.org/hfla/ or call 305-692-7555.

To ensure the health and safety of volunteers and community members, we must adhere to the COVID-19 CDC guidelines. Masks are required. Please remain in your car and open the trunk when it’s your turn in line. Volunteers will place food in your trunk. (If you are able, please print and place this on your dashboard.)

Thursday, March 4 9-11 a.m.

First come, first served while supplies last
Please do not arrive before 9 a.m.
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Stanley C. Myers Building
4200 Biscayne Boulevard

We thank the following donors who have helped our community fulfill the mitzvah of bringing food to the hungry during this time of great financial distress, when so many individuals and families are experiencing food insecurity:

Himan Brown Charitable Trust
The Fain Family Foundation
Yleana and Yoram Izhak
Katz/Squires Family-Valerie, Michael, Danielle and Scott
The Richard and Karen LeFrak Charitable Foundation
Janice and Alan Lipton
Jill Braufman and Daniel L. Nir
Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst
Saul Schottenstein Scrip Program
Jacqueline Simkin
Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation
(We are also grateful to those contributors who have asked to remain anonymous.)

Farm Share, Inc. is an equal opportunity provider.

Come together with your friends and family from your home to make phone calls in support of the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. Select a time and virtual room below to join a group and make a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable in Miami, in Israel and across the world. Now, more than ever, we need your help.

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This year, we’ve transformed our annual Good Deeds Day into a week-long celebration of service! Choose from eight different virtual programs to help your community through hands-on, COVID-safe service projects.

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation thanks the Ted Arison Family Foundation for inspiring us and making Good Deeds Day possible in Miami and around the world.

Hosted By: The Jewish Community Project of Lower Manhattan (JCP)

Time: 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST

Cost: Free

The Talmud teaches: “one must become intoxicated with wine on Purim until one does not know how to distinguish between Haman (the story’s villain) and Mordechai (the hero).” While we’ll likely not fulfill this particular commandment, we hope you’ll join the JCP community, NYC wine producer Bruce Schneider, and Yarden brand manager Cody Stephenson to learn about and sample some delicious wines!

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by Rabbi Moishe Kievman

Chabad Chayil

As the community begins to rebound from the pandemic, Purim—a holiday that includes a custom of dressing up and wearing masks—will be celebrated locally with covid-safe versions of the traditional observances.

Billed as the most joyous date on the Jewish calendar, the daylong holiday commemorates the nullification in 356 B.C.E. of a Persian decree calling for the extermination of the Jewish people throughout the Persian Empire as told in the biblical Book of Esther.

In addition to the mitzvot of the holiday, a traditional custom is dressing up in costumes and masks, to recall that the miracle of Purim was disguised in natural events. While mask-wearing is encouraged annually at the celebration, at this year's Purim celebration it will have extra meaning.

The festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. It begins this year after sundown of Thursday, Feb 25th and ends at nightfall on Friday, Feb 26th, going right into Shabbat. The holiday commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in Ancient Persia from Haman's plot "to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, in a single day."

I encourage you to contact your local Chabad or synagogue to see what they’re doing to celebrate. You’re of course welcome to join us, free of charge, at our annual Purim Party!

Chabad’s original spins on this age-old holiday has helped bring the spirit of Purim to South Florida year after year. Some of their past Purim themes have included Purim in Outer Space, Purim in Candyland, Purim in the Park & Purim at the Stadium. This year, “Purim Outdoors” is Chabad Chayil's creative twist to the community celebration of Purim. The covid-safe festivities will be held outside Chabad Chayil, at 2601 NE 211 Ter, on Thursday evening, Feb 25, starting at 6:44 pm. It will feature live music with Pardes - a Hollywood based Kosher Rock Band, a lavish BBQ dinner and the whole Megillah! It will also feature a Kangoo Shoes professional trainer so that participants can then dance the night away, in a socially distanced, yet fun way!

The celebration will include opportunities to observe the four mitzvot of Purim, including hearing the Megillah—the Purim story as written in the Book of Esther; exchanging gifts of food; giving charity to the needy; and enjoying a festive holiday meal.

In the spirit of Purim, participants are encouraged to come in costume—and required to wear a mask!

The event is a community-wide program, and all are welcome to join, regardless of affiliation or background. Children will enjoy making their own Mishloach Manot and playing music games, while adults party the night on. There is no charge for anyone to join, though donations always help us bring quality programs to the community.

For party details, Megillah reading times or to learn more about the holiday & the complete Purim story, or to help sponsor food for the poor or this community event call (305) 770-1919 or visit ChabadChayil.org/Purim

About the author:

Rabbi Kievman together with his wife are the ambassadors of The Rebbe to Highland Lakes, FL. They are the founders of CHAP - an afterschool program for Jewish children in Public Schools and direct Chabad Chayil. He’s the rabbi at The Family Shul and can be reached at (305) 770-1919 or [email protected]

Hosted By: The Wandering Chew

From the very start of the pandemic, food trends have taken over our newsfeeds. From sourdough starter to shallot pasta to the Tik Tok tortilla hack, we haven’t been able to resist testing out all the quarantine food trends over the past year.

For this workshop, we’re taking inspiration from some of these trends and turned our favorite quarantine recipes into out-of-the-box hamantaschen flavours! Join us as we bake Banana Chocolate Hamantaschen and Dalgona Coffee Hamantaschen. We’ll also share our tips for making the perfect hamantaschen every time!

After we’ve baked our hamantaschen, Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion of YidLife Crisis will join us for a Purim shpiel.

The event is pay-what-you-can, with a suggested amount of $18.

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