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Elisabeth Frank Creates Endowment Fund to Honor Daughter

Elisabeth Frank Creates Endowment Fund to Honor Daughter

A German citizen, Elisabeth Frank came to New York in 1960 on a two-year contract for an international firm headquartered in Hamburg, and never left.
Federation Is Now Accepting Grant Applications

Federation Is Now Accepting Grant Applications

Federation is now accepting applications for two 2024 grant opportunities: Jewish Incubator Grants and Women’s Impact Initiative Grants. Each has its own criteria: Jewish Incubator Grants support nonprofits that strengthen Miami’s Jewish community through innovative and impactful programs.
CAJE Partners With Yerucham Education Pioneer MindCET to Create the Teacherprenuer Initiative

CAJE Partners With Yerucham Education Pioneer MindCET to Create the Teacherprenuer Initiative

Discovering how technology can inform teaching was a seminal lesson for two staff members from Federation subsidiary the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE), and five day school teachers who spent a week early in July at MindCET in Yerucham as part of the CAJE-MindCET Teacherpreneur Initiative.
Join MJFF for Summer Movies Under the Stars

Join MJFF for Summer Movies Under the Stars

Spend your summer with the Miami Jewish Film Festival (MJFF) at the third annual Summer Movies Under the Stars film series, which brings classics, family favorites and exciting blockbusters to screens across the city every Thursday beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Learn How to Share Your Grandparents’ Holocaust Survivor Story With 3GMiami

Learn How to Share Your Grandparents’ Holocaust Survivor Story With 3GMiami

Federation is proud to support the work of 3GMiami, Descendants of Holocaust Survivors, a new beneficiary of our Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. The initiative teaches the grandchildren of Survivors (third generation or 3Gs) how to present their grandparents’ testimonies and share how the personal experiences shaped their lives and family history.
Become a Jewish Supplementary School Teacher

Become a Jewish Supplementary School Teacher

The Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) is ready to cultivate a new generation of Jewish educators with its latest initiative The Learning Collective (TLC) — a Jewish Teacher Residency, and you could be part of it!
Israel Emergency Fund

Israel Emergency Fund

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation, through our overseas partner The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Fund for the Victims of Terror, immediately responded to last week's terror attacks in Tel Aviv by distributing emergency financial aid to all of the victims or their families.
Fund for Victims of Terror Aids Israelis After Recent Terror Attacks

Fund for Victims of Terror Aids Israelis After Recent Terror Attacks

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation, through our overseas partner The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Fund for the Victims of Terror, immediately responded to last week's terror attacks in Tel Aviv by distributing emergency financial aid to all of the victims or their families.
Israel Mini Mission Demonstrates Federation Dollars at Work

Israel Mini Mission Demonstrates Federation Dollars at Work

This year’s Israel Mini Mission, hosted by Federation’s Israeli Division, introduced 16 participants to a variety of Federation-funded social service programs, providing a firsthand look at the scope and diversity of our wide-ranging impact in Israel.
Home Hospitality Needed For Miami Shinshinim

Home Hospitality Needed For Miami Shinshinim

Federation is seeking warm and supportive host families for Tali Goldblat and Eden Ofir Hadad, two 18-year-old Israeli shinshinim (emissaries) dedicated to making a difference in Miami's Jewish community.
Onward Israel Visits Yerucham

Onward Israel Visits Yerucham

Last week, 35 Miami college students who are spending the summer interning in Israel through Onward Israel visited Miami’s partnership city of Yerucham. During their trip to the Negev community, the participants explored the city’s history, toured Federation’s grantee Kulna’s art exhibit and heard how virtual reality technology can help people learn at MindCET’s EdTech Innovation Center.
JVC Stays Busy With Summer of Service

JVC Stays Busy With Summer of Service

While South Florida slows down during the summer months, the work of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC) does not stop. Last week, the JVC led a team of 50 campers from Camp J, the summer camp at Alper JCC Miami, on a service field trip to En Familia.
Women’s Amutot Initiative Grantees Work Together to Promote Pre- and Postnuptial Agreements

Women’s Amutot Initiative Grantees Work Together to Promote Pre- and Postnuptial Agreements

Federation’s Women Amutot Initiative grantees are offering a series of “signing events” in and around Jerusalem to help eliminate the stigma surrounding prenuptial and postnuptial agreements in Israel. The project, spearheaded by two Israeli nonprofits that offer legal services to women, Mavoi Satum and the Center for Women’s Justice (CWJ), and is being supported by the Women's Amutot Initiative.
Miamians Explore Israel With Taglit Birthright

Miamians Explore Israel With Taglit Birthright

“Visiting different communities in Israel opened up an entirely new world for me regarding the struggles and practices of Jewish people in other parts of the world,” said Taglit-Birthright Israel participant Sam Rynor.
JCRC Recognized for Miami-Dade County Board of Education 


JCRC Recognized for Miami-Dade County Board of Education 


Teens Advocating Together, an ongoing partnership between Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and the NAACP, was recognized for its impact by the Miami-Dade County School Board earlier this month.
Educating Children During the Ukraine War

Educating Children During the Ukraine War

As the war rages on between Russia and Ukraine, Federation’s overseas partners are providing vital services to those who cannot leave the country, and that includes educational support for school-aged children in Ukraine.
Federation Prioritizes Israeli Food Insecurity

Federation Prioritizes Israeli Food Insecurity

“Thanks to Leket Israel, many families who don’t have the ability to put food in their refrigerators can prepare meals or peel a fruit or send their child to school with dignity,” said Netanela, a single mom and client of Israel’s national food bank.
Apply Now to be a Diller Teen Fellow


Apply Now to be a Diller Teen Fellow


Diller Teen Fellows, a pluralistic and immersive leadership program that invites a select group of Jewish teens to step up, lead their communities and repair the world, is now accepting applications for their next cohort that will take place during the academic year 2023-2024.
Volunteer to Help Your Community During Hurricane Season

Volunteer to Help Your Community During Hurricane Season

June 1 marked the beginning of hurricane season and Federation’s Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC) is here to help in case a storm threatens. You can join the 2023 JVC Emergency Response Team (JVERT) to support our community if a disaster strikes.
Shlichim Bring Israel and Jewish Heritage to Campers Across North America

Shlichim Bring Israel and Jewish Heritage to Campers Across North America

More than 1,500 young Israeli shlichim (emissaries) are working in Jewish overnight camps across North America this summer as part of the Summer Shlichut Project, a program of Federation overseas partner The Jewish Agency for Israel.
Creating Community in Times of Crisis

Creating Community in Times of Crisis

As missiles rained down and everyone took shelter, Federation did what it does best: organized a swift response, located resources and brought people together.

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Helping Israelis Under Iranian Fire

Helping Israelis Under Iranian Fire

Through your support of the Israel Emergency Fund (IEF), an additional $10 million is now helping Israelis whose needs have increased dramatically since the start of the Israel-Iran war.

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Meet Shelly Brodie: New Chair of The Foundation

Meet Shelly Brodie: New Chair of The Foundation

Longtime Federation Board member, Forever Pacesetter and highly involved volunteer Shelly Brodie will become the new Chair of The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, effective July 1.

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Lending a (Small) Hand: Kids Helping Kids

Lending a (Small) Hand: Kids Helping Kids

Preschoolers at the Herman & Miriam Tauber Academy raised $800 to help children in Federation’s partner city of Yerucham buy necessary school supplies.

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