Do you know an outstanding Jewish teen leader who is a true changemaker? Each year, the Helen Diller Family Foundation awards 15 Jewish teens with $36,000 in recognition of their exceptional leadership and engagement in service projects that embody the value of tikkun olam (repairing the world).
As 2021 comes to an end, it is a perfect time to review your philanthropic goals. You can make an impact today by donating to the Annual Campaign or by perpetuating your giving through legacy planning.
Mazal Tov to the Miami-Yerucham partnership as it celebrates its Bar Mitzvah year. To mark the partnership between Federation’s Miami Jewish community and Yerucham in Israel, residents from both communities have created a B'nai Mitzvah booklet highlighting stories from the partnership.
The Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach received overwhelming approval to build a new Learning Center. The local referendum was approved by nearly 80 percent of participating voters.
The bots are back! After pausing programming due to COVID-19, the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) Miami Jewish Day School Robotics Program is now operating in a safe and educational way.
Giving back makes the holiday season more meaningful. Join Federation’s Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC) for the 13th Annual Everything but the Turkey on Sunday, November 21 in North Dade at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30 Avenue, Aventura or in South Dade at Temple Bet Shira at 7500 SW 120 Street.
This Chanukah, give your child the Gift of Israel, a Federation program that enables you to save for their future Jewish educational experience in Israel.
Last week, the Miami Herald highlighted Federation's work in its annual Giving Section, a special supplement that recognizes local organizations working to support vulnerable populations in South Florida and giving back to the community.
Holocaust Education Week begins Sunday, November 7 with Kristallnacht: “The Night of Broken Glass,” a virtual community commemoration that honors one of the most tragic days in Jewish history widely regarded as the spark that ignited the Holocaust.
While the latest statistics thankfully show COVID-19 cases dropping, individuals and families in our community continue to face food insecurity as a result of the economic fallout from the pandemic.
With the alarming rise of antisemitism throughout the US and abroad, this year’s Holocaust Education Week, beginning Sunday, November 7 through Friday November 12, offers critical learning tools for our community.
Physical attacks, emotional abuse, isolation, verbal rage, threats and intimidation — these are the signs of domestic violence, which can impact anyone, regardless of religion, age, gender, education or economic status.
Come together with our community as we mark one of the most tragic days in Jewish history at Kristallnacht: A Virtual Commemoration on Sunday, November 7 at 6 p.m.
Twenty-four nonprofits will receive a total of more than $350,000 in grants from Federation’s Women’s Amutot Initiative (WAI) to advance social, economic, religious and political equality for Israeli women.
Your Federation dollars support the Israel Trauma Coalition’s (ITC) Resilient School Program addressing the educational crisis in Northern Israel. ITC is introducing a sustainable resilience-building initiative to provide children with structure, a sense of safety and a pathway to healing.
This year’s Festival will present 139 films from 20 countries — including 105 features and 34 shorts — featuring 15 world premieres, 19 international premieres, 13 North American premieres, and 3 US premieres.
Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s Volunteer Center and Jewish Community Relations Council during an intergenerational, interfaith day of hands-on volunteering that will strengthen connection, compassion and justice in Miami.
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.