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Apr 23, 2025

Norman Braman Way: A Philanthropic Leader is Honored With a Street in Miami Beach

Earlier this week, the City of Miami Beach Commission voted to rename a portion of 17th Street in honor of Norman Braman, an outstanding community leader. Seventeenth Street, between Washington Avenue and Alton Road, will now be known as Norman Braman Way. Braman’s philanthropic leadership has made an indelible impact, advancing a number of important causes, chief among them preserving the memory of the Holocaust and advancing Holocaust education. Braman is the Founding Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach and served in many leadership roles in the Jewish community, including as a Past President of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Braman has also been a generous and passionate advocate for cancer care and a patron of the arts. He is credited with bringing Art Basel to Miami Beach and building the Institute of Contemporary Art in the Design District. The owner of Braman Motors, Braman moved to Miami in 1969 from Philadelphia. Jewish Miami sends a heartfelt Mazal Tov and thank you to Norman Braman on this recognition and for his years of support and activism on behalf of our community.

Healing a Traumatized Nation and its People

Healing a Traumatized Nation and its People

Since the barbaric attacks of October 7, providing mental health services and rebuilding individual, communal and national resilience have been priorities.

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Bringing Israelis Together

Bringing Israelis Together

Demonstrating the power of connection, Federation’s longtime partnership city of Yerucham recently hosted a visit from residents of Kibbutz Or HaNer, a community on the Gaza border hit hard on October 7.

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Subscribe to PJ Library for Free Books


With a free subscription to PJ Library, children from birth to eight years old receive Jewish storybooks and activities that spark conversations around Judaism and inspire the whole family to celebrate what they love about Jewish life.

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Nominate an Outstanding Teen

Nominate an Outstanding Teen

Do you know an extraordinary Jewish teen who is a true changemaker? Each year, the Helen Diller Family Foundation awards 15 Jewish teens with $36,000 in recognition of their exceptional leadership and engagement in service projects that embody the value of tikkun olam (repairing the world).

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