News From the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Join your community to celebrate Israel’s 70th birthday at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Main Event on Monday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Miami Downtown.

Federation's Board of Directors recently approved a Diversity and Inclusion Statement to make an affirmative expression of its commitment to an inclusive and diverse community, one in which all are welcome.

Holocaust survivors, immigrants and elderly individuals eligible for housing assistance in Israel will soon have a new place to call home. Your donations to the Annual Federation Campaign help support this effort.

Your donations to the Annual Federation Campaign help subsidize the cost of kosher food for families struggling financially in Miami. The Helping Hands Food Ko-Op, a Federation partner agency, operates as an online grocery store and sells perishable kosher food products at deeply discounted prices.

Join the Greater Miami Jewish Federation to celebrate Israel and its 70th birthday at The Main Event on Monday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Miami Downtown.

Join the Greater Miami Jewish Federation to celebrate Israel and its 70th birthday at The Main Event on Monday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Miami Downtown.

Federation is proud to announce that the Board of Directors recently passed a Diversity and Inclusion Statement. The 2014 Federation Demographic Study revealed that Miami-Dade County is one of the most diverse Jewish communties in the United States.

Your support of the Annual Federation/UJA Campaign is helping revitalize and strengthen Hungary’s Jewish community. Through its Mozaik Hub, our overseas partner, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, offers support to emerging grassroots initiatives working to advance Jewish life in that former Soviet Union country.

In less than three months, more than 800 members of our community will travel to Israel for a transformative journey on Federation’s Israel at 70 Mission.

The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and its Professional Advisors Council will help educate our community on the recently passed Tax Cuts and Job Acts of 2017 on Wednesday, January 17 at 7:30 a.m.

Your donations to Federation’s Annual Campaign help support the Active Jewish Teens Network (AJT), an inclusive peer group across eastern Europe that enables teens to explore and engage in their Jewish community and form their Jewish identities.

For 16 years, your support of Federation’s Annual Campaign has helped fund programs through the Women’s Amutot Initiative. This year’s grants will help 23 Israeli nonprofits that work to protect women against violence, foster female leadership development and encourage social and economic empowerment.

Miami’s partnership city of Yerucham is in the spotlight, thanks to the Miami Jewish Film Festival’s inaugural City to City Program. On Tuesday, January 23 at 8:30 p.m. at the Miami Beach Jewish Community Center, six short movies created by Yerucham filmmakers will showcase the broad range of talent coming out of the Negev Desert.

For the third year in a row, Federation has allocated $50,000 in Women’s Impact Initiative (WII) grants to organizations that inspire and empower Jewish women and girls and improve our local community with programs in Miami that pursue social, economic, religious and political equality.

Gather with your community to celebrate Israel at The Main Event on Monday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Hilton Miami Downtown. Chaired by Nadine and Steve Foldes, The Main Event is one of Federation’s largest fundraising events of the year.

The Honorable Stanford Blake and Burton Young, Esq. will be recognized at the 34th Annual Judicial Reception on Monday, January 22, at 5:30 p.m., organized by Federation Attorneys’ Division.

Calling all teen leaders! Do you have what it takes to be a Stephen Muss Impact Fellow? The Stephen Muss Impact Fellowship prepares a select group of high school students to take their place as future Jewish change-makers.

Last week, more than 350 volunteers joined forces to give back to our community for Federation’s Jewish Volunteer Center’s (JVC) 10th Annual Community Days of Service, held on December 25 and 25.