News From the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Vulnerable Israeli youth ages 12-18 are receiving the attention and support they need to successfully integrate into Israeli society. Four Youth Villages, run by The Jewish Agency for Israel, Federation’s overseas partner, offer a variety of educational, clinical and social work services for those suffering from severe emotional, behavioral and family problems.

Federation continues to support and empower Jewish women and girls in Miami with the fourth cycle of the Women’s Impact Initiative grants. Past grant recipients have created programs focused on women’s health, leadership development, unemployment support, education and more.

Make the year 5779 a time for Jewish renewal for you and your family, and a time to find personal meaning and connection with your community. Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami have compiled a directory of area synagogues to help Miami’s Jewish community find a place to worship.

Excitement is at a fever pitch at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center (MAR-JCC), one of three Federation-supported Miami JCCs, where campers are already enjoying the new 40,000-square-foot Feldenkreis Culture and Education Center

Jewish communities around the world are connecting in new and meaningful ways. A select group of more than 30 graduates of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes Academy of Miami (YCTCE) recently traveled to Israel with their Rabbis and teachers for a unique learning experience.

Federation's Office of Community Security (OCS) is collaborating with our partner agencies to provide strategic guidance to our local institutions.

Federation is now accepting applications for its 2019 Jewish Incubator Grants, which will award nonprofits eager to strengthen Miami’s Jewish community through innovative and impactful programs.

The world of automation has come alive for 40 school-age campers at Miami’s three Federation-supported Jewish community centers (JCCs) through a series of week-long Robotics Camp sessions.

With election season on the horizon, Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is pursuing a multi-pronged approach toward educating our community.

Federation has once again earned a 4-star rating — the highest possible — from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent evaluator of charities. What does this mean to you?

Thanks to your donation to Federation’s Annual Campaign, more than 500 impoverished Jews in Argentina received hunger relief through the Mezonot.

Your donation to Federation’s Annual Campaign helps college students continue their Jewish life and learning on campus through seven Hillels across Florida.

Your donations to Federation’s Annual Campaign are helping Israelis in need receive food and nutritional assistance. Through Leket Israel, food that would otherwise go to waste is rescued and distributed to thousands of vulnerable Israelis.

As part of the Jewish community’s response to help victims of the volcanic eruption, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation has established an Emergency Relief Fund to provide critically needed humanitarian aid to disaster victims and their families.

Your donations to Federation’s Annual Campaign help support religious diversity and inclusion efforts in Israel through the Israel Religious Expression Platform (iRep).

This summer, the three Federation-supported Miami Jewish community centers — Alper, Miami Beach and Michael-Ann Russell — are bringing Israel to Miami with Israeli shlichim (emissaries).

Nearly 20 new international Lions of Judah recently gathered for a learning session with Norma Kipnis Wilson at a private home in Golden Beach.

Mark your calendar: Registration for the 2019 Leo Martin March of the Living (LMMOL), an impactful six-month educational program for teens studying the Holocaust, opens on Monday, July 16, 2018.