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May 28, 2024

Federation Allocates Next Round of Israel Emergency Fund Grants

As the Israel-Hamas war approaches its eighth month, Federation is continuing to provide financial support to meet a variety of needs on the ground in Israel. Thanks to hundreds of generous donors from our community and beyond, our Israel Emergency Fund (IEF) has raised nearly $30 million. While the majority of donations were earmarked for the national response organized by the Jewish Federations of North America, 15 percent of our local IEF is being distributed by our Israel Emergency Allocations Committee directly to communities we know and love in Israel. In our partnership city of Yerucham, your generous donations have assisted evacuees with housing, nutritional support and emotional and psychological intervention, provided internally displaced schoolchildren with educational material and social activities and offered emergency trauma-support for at-risk youth and their mentors. We're also prioritizing assistance to organizations treating women and girls who have experienced gender-based violence through offering individual and group counseling for survivors of sexual abuse and their families, probono legal consultation and gender-equity advocacy in local and international arenas. With the additional $318,000 that was disbursed, bringing the total Israel Emergency Funds allocated thus far to more than $22.5 million. For a complete list of our locally allocated funds, click here.

Jewish Miami Offers Kever Avot

Jewish Miami Offers Kever Avot

Offered at a variety of cemeteries and virtually on Zoom, participants will join together in memory and prayer and light a yahrzeit candle for those who brought light into this world. Following the short program, you can visit the graves of loved ones with relevant materials provided.

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Limited Number of High Holidays Services Seats Available

Limited Number of High Holidays Services Seats Available

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami are once again partnering with local synagogues to make High Holiday services accessible to all.

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All Are Welcome to Worship in Jewish Miami

All Are Welcome to Worship in Jewish Miami

As we approach the High Holidays, it’s important to remember that all people — those with disabilities and those without — want to participate in community prayer. That is why Federation’s Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance (MJAA) is sharing valuable resources to elevate worship and celebrate Judaism.

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Women’s Philanthropy Installs New Board

Women’s Philanthropy Installs New Board

Hundreds of people from across Jewish Miami gathered recently at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens to thank the outgoing Federation Women’s Philanthropy Board of Directors for their outstanding service and to install new leadership for the coming year.

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