“It was a call from within — simply help people,” shares Evgenia Kasap, a call center coordinator for Federation’s overseas partner the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).
“Creating Meaning in Times of Uncertainty” is the timely topic that will be explored at the 26th Annual Ministering to the Elderly Conference on Wednesday, June 8 at Miami Jewish Health.
Jewish day school students across Miami recently celebrated Federation Week, exploring the Jewish values of tzedakah (charity), gemilut chasadim (kindness) and tikkun olam (repairing the world), pillars around which Federation’s work is based.
“I'm sitting here in the office, but really I'm there. I'm in the war,” recounts Olga Lomkin, an operator at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) call center in Israel where they are focused on one thing: saving lives in Ukraine.
Meet Cecilia (Ceci) Edelberg, a Diller Teen Miami alum whose experience as a Diller Teen Fellow impacted her long after the culmination of the program.
Visitors to the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach and the surrounding area will be reminded of the many contributions of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel, z”l, now that a Miami Beach street has been renamed for him.
The Miami-Yerucham Partnership's Kulna Israeli Sephardic Music Fest regaled Miami audiences with concerts for Yom Ha’Atzmaut in locations across Miami-Dade County.
Direct from Yerucham, Israel’s Kulna School for Traditional and Creative Arts and Music will present a week-long festival of Mizrahi music, May 1-5, celebrating Sephardic Jewry.
Join members of our community, Holocaust Survivors and special guest speakers this Sunday, May 1 for an in-person Yom HaShoah observance at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach.
For nearly 20 years, Hibuki, a frowning stuffed puppy with extra-long, made-for-snuggling limbs, has brought comfort to more than 100,000 Israeli children traumatized by war, rocket explosions and terrorist attacks.
A street adjacent to the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach will be renamed Elie Wiesel Way in memory of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust Survivor.
Seventy-seven years after the end of the Holocaust, our community will come together on Sunday, May 1 for a Yom HaShoah observance program at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach.
For the second year in a row, Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), together with community partners organized the Jewish community to march in the Miami Beach Pride Parade.
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation, its Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami (RAGM) are saddened and outraged by the continuation of terror attacks in Israel.
This past Wednesday, approximately 200 participants attended Shine a Light on Antisemitism and Racism: A Black & Jewish Art Collaboration, organized by Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC).
Clients of Jewish Community Services Kosher Food Bank will have some extra assistance to help ensure their Passover celebrations can include a special touch of their choice, thanks to the ongoing generosity of the Saul Schottenstein Foundation.
The worst humanitarian crisis since World War II continues as millions of Ukrainians flee from Russia’s horrific aggression. Those left behind are struggling to survive as basic necessities become scarce.
Just one day after the recent ceasefire with Iran, 110 olim (new immigrants) from France arrived in Israel, and with the help of Federation partner The Jewish Agency for Israel, they continue to come, eager to start a new life in their new home.
Federation is helping bridge the gap of Ethiopian Israelis employed in Israel’s tech sector by funding Tech-Career, a comprehensive training program established in 2002 by and for Ethiopian Israelis.
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.