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Jul 1, 2024

JVC Mitzvah Mondays at Alper JCC Miami

Now in its fifth year, Mitzvah Monday, run by Federation’s Jewish Volunteer Center (JVC), is teaching children at Alper JCC Miami’s summer camp to give back through hands-on activities involving tikkun olam (repairing the world). Each Monday, the JVC engages more than 300 Camp J Miami campers in community service projects. The first this summer was creating bags to be packed with food for people experiencing food insecurity. Other Mitzvah Monday tasks include prepping mac and cheese kits for the Community Fridge Initiative, supporting thousands with free, healthy food, and stuffing backpacks with school supplies for the Salvation Army’s Apple Tree Program, benefitting students in need. In addition, JVC offers two service trips for older campers and CITs, the first to Virginia Beach to contribute to the cleanup of Key Biscayne and the second to the Salvation Army to deliver backpacks and help serve lunch to their clients. Both the JVC and Alper JCC are recipients of the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. For more information on Mitzvah Monday or to learn how you can become a JVC volunteer, contact JVC Director Lori Tabachnikoff at [email protected] or 786.866.8380.

Jewish Miami Offers Kever Avot

Jewish Miami Offers Kever Avot

Offered at a variety of cemeteries and virtually on Zoom, participants will join together in memory and prayer and light a yahrzeit candle for those who brought light into this world. Following the short program, you can visit the graves of loved ones with relevant materials provided.

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Limited Number of High Holidays Services Seats Available

Limited Number of High Holidays Services Seats Available

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami are once again partnering with local synagogues to make High Holiday services accessible to all.

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All Are Welcome to Worship in Jewish Miami

All Are Welcome to Worship in Jewish Miami

As we approach the High Holidays, it’s important to remember that all people — those with disabilities and those without — want to participate in community prayer. That is why Federation’s Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance (MJAA) is sharing valuable resources to elevate worship and celebrate Judaism.

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Women’s Philanthropy Installs New Board

Women’s Philanthropy Installs New Board

Hundreds of people from across Jewish Miami gathered recently at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens to thank the outgoing Federation Women’s Philanthropy Board of Directors for their outstanding service and to install new leadership for the coming year.

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