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Tax-smart Ways to Maximize Your Charitable Giving

Tax-smart Ways to Maximize Your Charitable Giving

Year-end is a great time to review your tax-planning strategies and how they fit into your philanthropic goals. The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation can help you with tax-smart ways to maximize your charitable giving.
Share the Holiday Spirit Through Volunteer Events

Share the Holiday Spirit Through Volunteer Events

Share the holiday spirit with those in need by participating in Federation Jewish Volunteer Center’s 12th Annual Jewish Community Volunteer Days.
Pantry Packers Fight Food Insecurity in Israel

Pantry Packers Fight Food Insecurity in Israel

Your Federation donation is providing hungry families in Israel with food through Colel Chabad, a tzedakah network that helps vulnerable Jews in need, regardless of age, gender, background or degree of religious observance.
Summer Camp Scholarship Applications Now Available

Summer Camp Scholarship Applications Now Available

Need-based scholarship applications are now being accepted for summer 2020 sessions at Jewish overnight summer camps.
Diller Fellows Participate in Shabbaton

Diller Fellows Participate in Shabbaton

Miami Diller Teen Fellows Cohort 7 recently experienced their first Shabbaton, where they explored their Jewish identity, shared commonalities and came together as a group.
Volunteer to Bake Someone’s Life Better

Volunteer to Bake Someone’s Life Better

Get in the Thanksgiving spirit by joining Federation and the Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC) at the 11th Annual Everything but the Turkey.
Thank You, Miami!

Thank You, Miami!

Because of your overwhelming generosity, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation ended Give MIami Day raising nearly $670,000.
Participate in Give Miami Day

Participate in Give Miami Day

Boost the impact of your donation to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation by contributing on Give Miami Day on Thursday, November 21.
Federation New Israeli Division Strengthens Jewish Community

Federation New Israeli Division Strengthens Jewish Community

Are you an Israeli American living in Miami looking for ways to get involved in the community?
Participate in #Giving Tuesday to Support the Jewish Community

Participate in #Giving Tuesday to Support the Jewish Community

Carry forward your Thanksgiving spirit by participating in #GivingTuesday. Fueled by the power of social media and collaboration, the national movement takes place on Tuesday, December 3 and reminds us of the importance of giving.
Join Our Community to Commemorate Kristallnacht

Join Our Community to Commemorate Kristallnacht

This Sunday at 6 p.m., stand united with your Miami community to commemorate the 81st Anniversary of Kristallnacht at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach.
Federation Community Members Returned from a Medical Mission to Israel

Federation Community Members Returned from a Medical Mission to Israel

Federation community members returned this week from a medical mission to Israel, where they traveled and experienced the country through a medical lens and witnessed firsthand the nation's technological advances.
Mazal Tov Salomé Benitah for Making Federation Part of Your Bat Mitzvah

Mazal Tov Salomé Benitah for Making Federation Part of Your Bat Mitzvah

Salomé Benitah celebrated her Bat Mitzvah by using a tech-savvy way to give back to the Jewish community.
The Women’s Event is Less Than Two Weeks Away

The Women’s Event is Less Than Two Weeks Away

The Women’s Event is less than one week away and Women’s Philanthropy leadership — Elise Udelson, Ilene Kossman and Tammy Woldenberg — has a personal message about the day of inspiration, friendship and community.
The Jewish Agency for Israel Tackles the Next Decade

The Jewish Agency for Israel Tackles the Next Decade

The Jewish Agency for Israel, our overseas partner, recently announced the launch of its new strategic plan for the next decade.
The Women’s Event is Less Than Two Weeks Away

The Women’s Event is Less Than Two Weeks Away

Due to an overwhelming response, The Women's Event, which will take place on Thursday, November 14, is almost sold out.
Safeguarding Women in Israel

Safeguarding Women in Israel

With support from Federation Women’s Amutot Initiative, Tahel - the Crisis Center for Religious Women, produced two educational videos focusing on how to prevent sexual abuse in religious/ultra-Orthodox communities in Israel.
Learn the Ins and Outs of Interviewing at JWorks Miami Upcoming Workshop

Learn the Ins and Outs of Interviewing at JWorks Miami Upcoming Workshop

Attention job-seekers! JWorks Miami, a partnership between Federation and Jewish Community Services (JCS) of South Florida, invites you to attend its Interviewing Skills Workshop on Thursday, November 21, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Federation, 4200 Biscayne Boulevard.
College Students Celebrate the Holidays at Hillel

College Students Celebrate the Holidays at Hillel

Jewish students at Florida International University (FIU) and the University of Miami (UM) enjoyed opportunities to celebrate the holidays in meaningful ways through Federation-supported campus Hillels.
Register Now: 88th Annual Meeting

Register Now: 88th Annual Meeting

Toast outgoing Chair of the Board Lily Serviansky at Federation’s 88th Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 3 at 5:30 p.m. at Jungle Island.

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Coordinating Volunteers in Israel

Coordinating Volunteers in Israel

With Federation support, the Israeli Volunteering Council (IVC) is using breakthrough digital technology to organize hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help Israelis in need.

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Lions of Judah Come Together With Pride

Lions of Judah Come Together With Pride

Nearly 200 women from across Miami have joined the Lion of Judah sisterhood in the past two years, sharing the pride of supporting Jewish needs at the highest levels of philanthropy.

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Israel on Trial

Israel on Trial

The New York Times bestseller Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law, by the Honorable Roy K. Altman, is making waves for its rigorous examination of the perpetual Israel-Gaza debate.

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