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Matisyahu Festival of Light Chanukah Concert
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/13/2024 @ 10:18 AM
Sunday, December 29, 6:30 PM at the Miami Beach Bandshell
Join the Miami Beach JCC and your Jewish community for Matisyahu in performance as part of his annual Chanukah concert series The Festival of Light. Known for his spirited hit One Day, his music is a mix of reggae, hip-hop, alt rock and boldly inventive pop. Matisyahu's spirituality has evolved in parallel with his music and his Jewish heritage remains a central theme throughout his life and his music.
Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave, Miami Beach Program is rain or shine.
Federation 10% Discount Code: GMJF
Building Bridges/Construyendo Puentes: Holocaust History and the Spanish-Speaking World
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/11/2024 @ 12:09 PM
Monday, September 23, 7-9 PM
Learn how the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is building bridges between Holocaust history and the Spanish-speaking world through its content in English and Spanish, and its collections from Latin America. Holocaust Survivor Dr. Miriam Klein-Kassenoff will also speak about how these resources and collections have impacted education in the greater Miami area. In addition, Christina E. Chavarría, Program Manager, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, will also participate in the program.
Presented by the United State Memorial Holocaust Museum and the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Miami Beach JCC, 4221 Pinetree Drive, Miami Beach
Online Event: From Inquisition to Genocide: The Untold Story of Sefarad & the Holocaust
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/05/2024 @ 09:50 AM
Sunday, September 22, 1 - 2:30 PM
It's been 79 years since the end of the Holocaust, or Nazi Germany’s systematic and state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews. Traditional Holocaust awareness has long focused on Ashkenazi Jewry, or Jews in Central and Eastern Europe. By numbers, they bore the brunt of the genocide. Yet, Sefardic Jewry was also profoundly devastated. In a time of antisemitism unprecedented since the Shoah, join Jewish Heritage Alliance (JHA) for a meaningful overview of a largely unknown chapter in the annals of the Holocaust.
Presenter Dr. Isaac Amon, JHA Director of Academic Research and an attorney and counselor at law, often speaks on the law, international criminal justice and Jewish memory, including antisemitism, the Inquisition and the Holocaust.
Volunteer at JCS’s Milk & Honey Rosh Hashanah Basket Prep
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/05/2024 @ 09:37 AM
Sunday, September 22, 9 AM
North Dade & South Dade Locations
Volunteer at JCS Milk & Honey 2024, an annual Jewish Community Services of South Florida event, to deliver Rosh Hashanah food and personal hygiene baskets to over 400 homebound seniors and Holocaust Survivors, bringing joy as sweet as milk and honey to all involved.
All client deliveries are first come, first served, and clients expect deliveries between 9 AM-noon. All guests must be individually registered, including accompanied children.
New World Symphony: The Diary of Anne Frank
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/04/2024 @ 04:45 PM
Saturday October 5 & Sunday, October 6
Stéphane Denève conducts Michael Tilson Thomas' From the Diary of Anne Frank.
Michael Tilson Thomas:
"The work is a melodrama in the form of symphonic variations. It was written for Audrey Hepburn. Audrey had grown up in occupied Holland; she was exactly the same age as Anne Frank and identified strongly with her. While some of the words concern tragic events, so many of them reflect the youthful, optimistic, inquisitive, and compassionate spirit of their author. Above all, we wanted these qualities to come through in the piece, and so I have derived the themes … from turns of phrases in traditional Jewish music, especially the hymn to life, Kaddish."
BeWell Webinar: Parenting Anxious Kids
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/04/2024 @ 04:05 PM
Tuesday, September 10, 8-9:30 PM
Join the Greater Miami Jewish Federation BeWell Initiative in partnership with The Wellness Institute for their fall series of virtual webinars. Parenting Anxious Kids: Empowering Your Child With Essential Skills to Manage Anxiety will be presented by Regine Galanti, PhD, author of Parenting Anxious Kids and President-Elect of the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Zoom link will be sent upon registration.
MJFF Screening: We Will Dance Again With Filmmaker Yariv Mozer
Posted by Lauren Gold on 09/04/2024 @ 03:25 PM
Saturday, September 21, 8:30 PM
The Miami Jewish Film Festival commemorates the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel with a complimentary community-wide screening of We Will Dance Again, offering a harrowing retelling of the tragedy that struck the Supernova Music Festival. Through the eyes of survivors, this film reconstructs the event, capturing the innocence and beauty of youth forever scarred by the tragedy. We Will Dance Again is being positioned as a contender for the Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature Film.
Award-winning Israeli filmmaker Yariv Mozer (Ben Gurion Epilogue, The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes) will join us for a post-screening discussion
Temple Beth Sholom, 4144 Chase Avenue, Miami Beach
High Holiday Welcome Program 5785
Posted by Lauren Gold on 08/29/2024 @ 08:29 AM
Free High Holiday seats for unaffiliated individuals and families are available online through Wednesday, September 25.
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami, along with participating Miami-Dade County synagogues, are offering a limited number of seats at no charge for services in Miami-area synagogues. Our High Holiday Welcome Program offers unaffiliated individuals and families in Miami-Dade County free seats to holiday services
If you have not yet made plans to attend Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services, we encourage you to join a synagogue and connect with your Jewish community. If that’s not possible at this time, You may also call 305.373.SEAT from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (4 p.m. on Fridays) through Wednesday, September 25. All denominations are welcome. This program is made possible through donations to the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign.
Advance registration is required.
The 23rd Annual Sunset Over Miami
Posted by Lauren Gold on 08/29/2024 @ 08:11 AM
Wednesday, September 25, 7 PM
The Greater Miami Jewish Federation Real Estate Division invites you to a networking cocktail reception. The Moore Miami, 4040 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami
For event and sponsorship information, please contact Katherine Steinvortz at [email protected] or 786.866.8426.
"Radiant Awakening" Wellness, Breakfast & Networking
Posted by Lauren Gold on 08/28/2024 @ 06:37 PM
Wednesday, September 18, 9:30 AM
The Ultimate Self-Love Yoga and Wellness Experience, Power Breakfast, Networking and Panel Discussion With Professionals
Join Lauren Caracas, MD, Oncologist; Paoloa Rossi, MD, MSED, Director Clinical Program, Lifestyle Medicine and Oncology; Susan Gail Farkas, OMD, Nutrition Specialist; and Wally Marquez, Yoga Alliance. Admission: $36. For more information, contact Miriam Zirdok at [email protected].
Michael-Ann Russell JCC, 18900 NE 25th Avenue, North Miami Beach