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South Dade Families Give Back by Planting a Community Garden

South Dade Families Give Back by Planting a Community Garden

Jewish Families from South Dade recently earned their green thumbs while bringing the Jewish value of tikkun olam — repairing the world — to life. Partnering with South Dade Gives Back, a program of the Federation Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC) and Health in the Hood, an organization dedicated to providing healthy lifestyle options to disenfranchised communities, volunteers planted a community vegetable garden in an economically challenged neighborhood of Opa Locka.
Applications Available for the Sylvia Tuman Scholarship to Help Pay for Higher Education

Applications Available for the Sylvia Tuman Scholarship to Help Pay for Higher Education

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student seeking assistance to pay for your education? The Sylvia Tuman Scholarship, administered by The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, will be accepting applications beginning March 1.
Programs Builds Connections Between Preschoolers and Seniors

Programs Builds Connections Between Preschoolers and Seniors

Thanks to a Federation Jewish Incubator Grant, preschoolers and seniors at the Alper JCC Miami are developing enduring friendships.
HFLA Provides Interest-Free Loans to Those in Need

HFLA Provides Interest-Free Loans to Those in Need

As we welcome Shabbat, this week’s Torah portion Mishpatim teaches that lending money without interest to those in need is the purest form of aid in Judaism.
Join Us for a Program on the Proposed Peace Plan

Join Us for a Program on the Proposed Peace Plan

Join the Greater Miami Jewish Federation for a timely program, “Is a Two-State Solution Possible? A Briefing on the Newly Proposed Peace Plan and Israeli-Palestinian Relations,” on Tuesday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30th Avenue, Aventura.
Women’s Amutot Initiative Supports Programs in Israel

Women’s Amutot Initiative Supports Programs in Israel

Through the Women's Amutot Initiative, the Federation/UJA Annual Campaign has granted more than $300,000 to organizations focused on gender lens grant making.
Federation Builds a More Diverse and Inclusive Jewish Community

Federation Builds a More Diverse and Inclusive Jewish Community

Federation has awarded a Jewish Incubator Grant to support Miami engagement in A Wider Bridge (AWB), an organization that provides opportunities for LGBTQ individuals in North America to learn about Israel and its LGBTQ community.
JWorks Workshop Offers Help Organizing Your Job Search

JWorks Workshop Offers Help Organizing Your Job Search

Attention job seekers! JWorks Miami, a community employment program provided through Federation and our partner agency Jewish Community Services of South Florida (JCS), invites you to attend its free Organizing Your Job Search workshop on Thursday, February 20.
Moishe House Brickell Gives Young Jewish Adults a Place for Connection

Moishe House Brickell Gives Young Jewish Adults a Place for Connection

Young Jewish adults in the Brickell area have a new place to socialize and connect with their Jewish heritage with the opening of Moishe House Brickell.
Federation Helps Care for Holocaust Survivors

Federation Helps Care for Holocaust Survivors

For the second consecutive year, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation has been awarded a Holocaust Survivor Critical Supports Grant from The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to care for Holocaust Survivors.
Young Jewish Adults Celebrate Shabbat Through OneTable

Young Jewish Adults Celebrate Shabbat Through OneTable

Thanks to support from Federation, OneTable, a national movement that invites people in their 20s and 30s to connect over Shabbat dinner, has launched in Miami.
JCRC Programs Address Growing Threat of Anti-Semitism

JCRC Programs Address Growing Threat of Anti-Semitism

Building upon a meaningful Main Event that brought together more than 1,150 members of our community to stand up against the epidemic of anti-Semitism, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Jewish Community Relations Council is convening two important programs to address this growing threat.
Applications Available for Alexander Muss High School in Israel Impact Fellowship

Applications Available for Alexander Muss High School in Israel Impact Fellowship

Calling all teen leaders: deadline extended to Sunday, February 16 for the Stephen Muss Impact Fellowship.
The Main Event Was a Moving and Meaningful Evening

The Main Event Was a Moving and Meaningful Evening

Monday’s Main Event was a moving and meaningful evening. More than 1,150 people, including members of Miami’s interfaith community, came together on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau to proudly to stand against the epidemic of hate.
Faith Leaders Travel to Tallahassee to Lobby Government Officials

Faith Leaders Travel to Tallahassee to Lobby Government Officials

A delegation of Jewish clergy from Miami, joined by mothers who have lost children to gun violence, recently traveled to Tallahassee to lobby Senator Jeff Brandes and other government leaders for reasonable gun safety laws.
Join Us for a Night to Stand Together at The Main Event

Join Us for a Night to Stand Together at The Main Event

There is still time to register to join your community to stand together, be counted and be the light at The Main Event on Monday, January 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Miami Downtown, 1601 Biscayne Boulevard.
Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month Offers a Range of Programs

Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month Offers a Range of Programs

February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM). This worldwide effort advocates for inclusion of people with disabilities and mental health conditions to be active participants in Jewish life.
Applications Still Available for Jewish Overnight Summer Camp Scholarships

Applications Still Available for Jewish Overnight Summer Camp Scholarships

There is still time to apply for summer 2020 need-based scholarships to Jewish overnight camps. Recognizing that Jewish overnight camp plays an important role in strengthening Jewish identity, Federation is committed to help make these experiences more affordable.
Join Us at The Main Event on Monday

Join Us at The Main Event on Monday

Monday is The Main Event, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s largest community gathering of the year. This is your last chance to register and join more than 1,100 of your community members as we stand together on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau for a moving program that will celebrate the strength of the Jewish people.
Jewish Teenagers Participate in a Day of Service

Jewish Teenagers Participate in a Day of Service

More than 170 Jewish teens from throughout Miami-Dade participated in J-Serve 2020, a day of service and learning on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, hosted by Federation Jewish Volunteer Center and co-sponsored by Federation Jewish Community Relations Council, Repair the World Miami, BBYO and NAACP.
Statement on FlyDubai Failed Hijacking

Statement on FlyDubai Failed Hijacking

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is relieved that the passengers and the crew of the FlyDubai flight bound for Israel are safely home, following an attempt by a terrorist copilot to hijack and crash a plane carrying 174 passengers, mostly Israelis, including four American dual citizens.

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Real Estate Division Presents: Sunset Over Miami

Real Estate Division Presents: Sunset Over Miami

The event on Wednesday, October 14 invites architects, attorneys, brokers, builders, contractors, developers, lenders and professionals affiliated with these trades to a chic cocktail reception in the heart of Miami.

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October 7 Commemorations

October 7 Commemorations

Federation, synagogues, JCCs and other community organizations throughout Jewish Miami will come together to mark the third anniversary of October 7, remember those we lost and honor the courage of the heroes.

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Supporting Pregnant Israeli Women During War

Supporting Pregnant Israeli Women During War

Federation is providing vital support to thousands of pregnant Israeli women whose partners have been unable to be with them during this extraordinary time.

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