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Sep 18, 2024

Leket Shifts Focus to Helping Farmers After October 7

Answering the needs of Israel’s farmers and hungry families who have been hit particularly hard since October 7, Leket is now focusing on propping up the country’s agricultural industry and distributing more food to those in need. Since its founding in 2003, the Federation-funded Leket has concentrated on “rescuing” crops and prepared food from industrial kitchens that would have been destroyed or thrown away and distributing the items through about 270 partner organizations to Israeli families in need. However, since October 7, Leket has shifted to organizing and dispatching more than 70,000 volunteers to help Israeli farmers plant, prune and harvest crops. Rather than receiving the crops as donations — the traditional model — Leket is buying them from the farmers directly, thereby boosting their incomes. The organization has also set up mobile fruit and vegetable carts in hotels to provide produce free of charge to displaced families.

Join the Attorneys’ Division Mission to Israel

Join the Attorneys’ Division Mission to Israel

Attorneys, judges and other legal professionals from the Miami area are invited to join the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Attorneys’ Division for a unique and memorable mission to Israel designed especially for them.

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Yerucham Delegation Visits Jewish Miami

Yerucham Delegation Visits Jewish Miami

Federation welcomed a delegation from the award-winning Yerucham Science Center who came to share fun with science and technology at the three Miami-Dade JCCs.

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Inclusivity for the Very Youngest Israelis

Inclusivity for the Very Youngest Israelis

Federation-funded Beit Issie Shapiro is marking another milestone in disability inclusion with the opening of its Beit Raz campus, welcoming Israeli children from infants to age 3 with and without disabilities.

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Seeking Holocaust Survivor Childhood Songs

Seeking Holocaust Survivor Childhood Songs

The Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach is seeking audio and video recordings of Holocaust Survivors singing songs from their childhood.

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