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Volunteer at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach

Volunteer at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach

The Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, is now accepting applications for its Fall 2023 Docent Training Program. Docents play an important role in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive today.
Women’s Amutot Initiative Sponsors Hackathon Competition

Women’s Amutot Initiative Sponsors Hackathon Competition

The Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) Women’s Hackathon, sponsored in part by Federation’s Women’s Amutot Initiative, was a noted success, garnering considerable attention in Jewish media.
Discover Israel With Your Partner During Honeymoon Miami Israel

Discover Israel With Your Partner During Honeymoon Miami Israel

Imagine traveling through Israel with your partner and experiencing ancient Jewish traditions and history together.
Diller Teen Fellows Immerse Themselves in the Negev During Community Week

Diller Teen Fellows Immerse Themselves in the Negev During Community Week

“The time we spent in Yerucham was extremely special and impactful,” cited Miami Diller Teen Fellow Sara Edelstein who, along with 19 others in her cohort, visited the Federation partner city during the Diller Teen Fellowship summer Israel trip, which took place July 2-24.
MBJCC Takes Gold at Maccabi Games

MBJCC Takes Gold at Maccabi Games

Team Miami Beach, representing the Miami Beach Jewish Community Center (MBJCC), a Greater Miami Jewish Federation partner agency, scored a gold medal in soccer at the 2023 JCC Maccabi Games in Israel, which took place July 5-25.
Join a Synagogue in Time to Celebrate 5784

Join a Synagogue in Time to Celebrate 5784

Have you ever considered joining a synagogue? Are you looking for a spiritual connection for the Jewish New Year? There is no better way to experience the richness of the High Holidays than among a congregation of your friends and neighbors.
JFNA Releases Statement on Israeli Judicial Reform Process

JFNA Releases Statement on Israeli Judicial Reform Process

In response to the Knesset’s vote earlier this week on the Reasonableness Law, Jewish Federations of North America issued the following statement.
Tech-Career Honored with Presidential Award for Volunteerism

Tech-Career Honored with Presidential Award for Volunteerism

Federation grant recipient Tech-Career, a technological training center that prepares Ethiopian Israelis for employment in Israel’s burgeoning high tech sector, was honored with Israel’s prestigious 2023 Presidential Award for Volunteerism.
Register Now for Early Childhood Education Programs at Miami’s Three JCCs

Register Now for Early Childhood Education Programs at Miami’s Three JCCs

The beginning of the 2023-2024 school year is only a few weeks away. Have you thought about how your youngest scholars will be spending their days?
Beit Dan JCC Becomes DanLand!

Beit Dan JCC Becomes DanLand!

Move over Disney World — DanLand is here! Volunteers from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) volunteer center in Kharkiv, Ukraine, created an amusement park for Beit Dan JCC families.
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.
Super Sunday a Super Success

Super Sunday a Super Success

Thanks to the generosity of 500 dedicated volunteers and more than 950 donors, this year’s Super Sunday and Good Deeds Day was a super success! Together, more than $1 million was raised for the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign, supporting critical needs in Miami, in Israel and around the world.

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Israeli Midwives Go Above and Beyond

Israeli Midwives Go Above and Beyond

Through the By Your Side program, funded in part by the Jewish Federations of North America and its national Israel Emergency Campaign, pregnant women whose partners have been called to war — or worse, fell in battle — are receiving care and guidance free of charge from midwives throughout the country.

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No Interest College Loans

No Interest College Loans

JELF (Jewish Educational Loan Fund), a Federation partner agency, provides 0 percent interest dollar loans for Jewish undergrad, graduate and vocational students who demonstrate need.

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Campers2Gether Helps Israeli Teens

Campers2Gether Helps Israeli Teens

Campers2Gether, a new initiative led by Federation partner The Jewish Agency for Israel, will provide 1,500 Israeli teens from communities impacted by the war with a much-needed summer respite and a chance to experience the support of Jewish communities around the world.

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