More than 1,200 concerned members of Miami’s Jewish community came together on Sunday, January 16 to become educated and empowered at a Community Summit on Combating the Campaign to Delegitimize Israel.
Whether you're concerned about Israel and the Middle East, vulnerable communities, anti-Semitism, domestic policy, civil liberties — or all of these topics — the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation helps you make an impact on what matters to you.
In the last decade, there has been an intensification of a well-funded, organized worldwide campaign to delegitimize Israel. It questions Israel’s right to defend itself and challenges the very notion of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
For a country the size of approximately 7.7 million and only six decades old, Israel has had many remarkable achievements. Learn about those accomplishments here.
Share what you have learned at the Community Summit in your personal advocacy efforts. Know the facts, educate and engage, frame discussions, monitor the media, build relationships and organize efforts.
Be part of Jewish Miami’s response to help hurricane victims. Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a catastrophic storm on Florida’s Gulf Coast, causing widespread flooding and extensive damage across the state. People urgently need assistance.
Close to 1,400 friends of Israel gathered at Temple Beth Sholom on Monday for Miami Remembers October 7, where guests memorialized the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust.
The majority of the initiatives focus on Miami’s Partnership community of Yerucham and other needs in the Negev, assisting vulnerable populations and those who experienced or witnessed gender-based violence.
Earlier this month, in advance of Rosh Hashanah, clients of JCS Kosher Food Bank received grocery gift cards along with their regular food packages, thanks to the Saul Schottenstein Foundation.
The Mission of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation is to mobilize human and financial resources to care for those in need, strengthen Jewish life and advance the unity, values and shared purpose of the Jewish people in Miami, in Israel and around the world.