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Jun 25, 2025

Local Preschoolers Hold Bake Sale to Support Yerucham First Graders

Preschoolers at the Herman & Miriam Tauber Academy raised $800 to help children in Federation’s partner city of Yerucham buy necessary school supplies. Every year at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center preschool, graduating classes engage in a mitzvah (good deed) project. After spending this year learning about Israel and preparing to celebrate Yom Ha’Atzamut (Israel Independence Day), the Alyim (Leaves) class chose to have a bake sale with cakes, cookies and candies to benefit Yerucham families who have students entering first grade. The preschoolers also made greeting cards for their Israeli counterparts that will be delivered this summer. The funds raised will be transferred to Israel through Federation and applied to the purchase of gift cards for use at local stores. This will enable Yerucham parents to engage in a precious rite of passage: taking their children shopping for their first backpack and other school essentials to begin their education. Click here to learn more about our Yerucham partnership.

2025 Federation Grant Applications Open

2025 Federation Grant Applications Open

Applications are now being accepted by Federation for three 2025 grant opportunities: Women’s Impact Initiative Grants, Jewish Incubator Grants and the new Israel Engagement & Education Grants.

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Helping Israeli Students in Distress

Helping Israeli Students in Distress

With the start of a new academic year, Federation is helping Israeli teens who have been traumatized and displaced since October 7 find solace and support in a safe, supervised school environment.

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Miami Diller Fellows Visit Chicago

Miami Diller Fellows Visit Chicago

What was originally intended to be a transformative summer journey to Israel became something entirely different, but still very meaningful, for CAJE’s Diller Teen Fellows when they traveled to Chicago instead.

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Learning Together to Help Others in Ukraine

Learning Together to Help Others in Ukraine

For more than three-and-a-half years, homecare workers in Ukraine have been providing life-saving support for tens of thousands of the country’s vulnerable Jews — the elderly, children, newly impoverished, internally displaced and more.

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