Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Join your Miami community as we bear witness to the tragedy of the Holocaust on the Pre-Mission to Poland, April 17-19, 2023.
Calling all teen leaders! The Stephen Muss Impact Fellowship has extended the deadline for applications for its 2022 Miami cohort to Friday, February 25.
Spread the joy of reading this month through Refer-a-Friend, the PJ Library program that encourages a love of books, Judaic traditions and storytelling.
The smiles are sure to be bright and the laughter loud this summer as Federation's three Jewish community centers (JCC) prepare to welcome hundreds of campers for much-needed fun and friendship.
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and its Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) mourn the death of Congresswoman Carrie Meek. The daughter of a sharecropper and granddaughter of slaves, she fought passionately against discrimination and inequality for all communities and was a staunch advocate for refugees and immigrants, in particular Miami’s Haitian community. She also spoke out against the unequal treatment of Afro-Cubans by Cuba’s communist government and marched in Freedom Sunday on Dec. 6, 1987, when 200,000 people protested in Washington, DC in support of Soviet Jewry.
Exodus 22:24 decrees, “Thou shalt not exact interest from the needy among you.” This Shabbat, Parashat Mishpatim reminds us that giving an interest-free loan is considered an even greater mitzvah than giving charity.
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.