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Feb 2, 2021

February Focuses on Advocating for Inclusion of People With Disabilities

JDAIM

February is Jewish Disability Advocacy Month (JDAM) and Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (JDAIM). This worldwide effort advocates for people with disabilities and mental health conditions to be active participants in Jewish life. Federation is proud to help local organizations raise disability awareness, remove barriers to opportunity and celebrate diversity in our community. This month’s activities offer a range of COVID-19-safe programming including informative panels, techniques to create an inclusive virtual seder and much more. For more information and to RSVP, click here. Additionally, Federation program Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance offers a user-friendly website — the first of its kind in Miami — linking individuals with disabilities and their families to services, support and resources year-round.

Yerucham Duo Visits Miami

Yerucham Duo Visits Miami

This week, Jewish Miami welcomed Ariel Pollack Star and Betty Ben Shimon, two entrepreneurs and educators from our partnership city of Yerucham, Israel, who led workshops and lectures throughout Miami for members of our Young Leadership Division, South Dade branch, Diller Teen Fellows.

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Helping Evacuees Finally Return Home

Helping Evacuees Finally Return Home

More than a year and a half after October 7, tens of thousands of evacuees are starting to return to their communities in northern Israel with the help of Federation funding.

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Sunday, April 27: Yom HaShoah Observance

Sunday, April 27: Yom HaShoah Observance

Join your Jewish community at Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach to commemorate Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — and revisit the lessons of history through the testimony of Survivors.

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Embracing Elderly Immigrants

Embracing Elderly Immigrants

Federation is helping elderly olim (recent immigrants to Israel) impacted by the Ukraine War find support in their new home through an innovative program that pairs them with local college students.

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