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Gift of Life’s annual One Huge Night Gala recognizes and honors the people that help Gift of Life save lives and accomplish all the remarkable things they do. Many award winners share personal stories that compelled them to get involved in the organization as a donor, recipient, supporter or volunteer. This year's honorees include Marissa Galbut, Dr. Brooke Owens and Liza Samuels.

The highlight of the evening is a first-time meeting between a blood stem cell donor and recipient. The experience of witnessing a stem cell donor meeting the person whose lives they saved is truly magical. This heartwarming meeting has been performed more than 450 times over the years.

In addition, Gift of Life celebrates its accomplishments over the past year and provides a glimpse of the company’s future plans and focus of getting everyone involved in curing blood cancer, inherited immune disorders and other diseases. Gift of Life continues to facilitate the latest medical advances to help save patients in need.

The Gala will be chaired by Mojdeh Khagan Danial, Robin Schwartz Jacobs, Debbie Kalimian and Carla Probus.

Our Maccabi Games are entering another milestone…This year, we will be celebrating the 41st anniversary of our spectacular Games here in Miami.

From its beginnings with 200 athletes who were now calling America their home, the Games have morphed 10 times in numbers to become the largest annual Jewish athletic event of its kind in the United States.

Who would have thought back then that these Games would have continued from generation to generation–from its earliest participants planting the seeds for their children to nurture and grow…and now passing that legacy along for their children’s children to inherit.

For this special anniversary, we turn to you to lend your support as a 41 Annual Maccabi Games sponsor.

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Early voting has started and the general election is less than two weeks away! Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council has developed an Election toolkit to help registered voters in Miami-Dade County access information on how to request a mail-in ballot, vote early or vote on Election Day. It also allows voters to find their voting precinct. The Toolkit is part of a larger civic engagement effort, by JCRC, to engage and inform voters in Miami-Dade County on important election match ups, initiatives and issues that will impact the broader community. This includes the upcoming vote on Referendum 2, in Miami Beach, which the JCRC is urging community members to support by voting “YES.”

Join the International Division for an inspiring night with Dr. Jaime Ghitelman, International Division Chair, and Yosef Shwedel, International Division Campaign Chair.

Thursday, November 3rd at 8pm. Please CLICK HERE to RSVP

Come together with Miami’s Jewish community to commemorate the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass on Sunday, November 6, beginning at 6 p.m., at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach. The Kristallnacht remembrance ceremony is the first event of Holocaust Education Week, November 6-11, an annual series of community events dedicated to teaching about the Shoah. If you cannot attend in person, it also will be livestreamed. The evening will include testimony from Wendy Reiss Rothfield, who will recount how she and her family escaped from Vienna, Austria just before Kristallnacht, along with prayers, musical interludes and presentations by local community leaders. Kristallnacht, considered to be a harbinger of the Holocaust, resulted in the incarceration of 30,000 Jews in concentration camps Please click here for more information on attending in person or watching the livestream on JewishMiami.org/kristallnacht. The Kristallnacht commemoration is organized by the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, a Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

Join us for our Opening Event 5783 Honoring Artist Grace Sherman With the President’s Award & Screening, “Supermarket” a short film by Rhonda Mitrani.

Join us as we honor Grace, learn from Rhonda and raise funds to support our efforts to ensure the well-being of women, children and families in our community, in Florida, across the United States, and around the world.

NCJW Life and Current Annual Member/Advocates are invited to attend with a guest.

Three-year Member/Advocate: $144 Annual Member/Advocate: $54 Emerging Leader (36 years and under): $36

Become a Member Here

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Since 1913, the Anti-Defamation League has led the fight against racism, bigotry, intolerance and antisemitism. For 30 years, the Florida Region of ADL has recognized leaders in the legal community who have fought for civil rights across our state.

Join us as we come together to celebrate individuals who have made outstanding contributions for our Florida community, while exemplifying the principles on which ADL was founded.

When: November 15, 2022 11:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Where: Intercontinental Miami | 100 Chopin Plaza | Miami, FL 33131

Contact: Candice Perilstein at [email protected] ((561) 988-2935)

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JewQ is an international competition of basic Jewish history and Torah concepts for boys and girls in grades 3 through 7. Geared for Jewish children who are not getting a typical Jewish day school education, Chabad Chayil will host a weekly class to make mastering the information fun and easy.

Now entering its fifth year, thousands of students from around the world are becoming experts in Jewish knowledge through JewQ!

Students will have the option of learning the information together with other kids their age at Chabad Chayil each week at their Highland Lakes location or learning the book at home on their own and at their own pace. Each student that averages 70% or higher on the three qualifying tests earns the chance to be a champion—and the champions are the lucky ones invited to the JewQ annual Shabbaton in New York! All champions who score over 70% on all three tests will also qualify to earn a special prize or trip!

The once in a lifetime Shabbaton is full of fun hands-on activities and thrilling adventures. Champions take the final test to earn a JewQ Medal at the International Championship, the highlight of the JewQ experience and Shabbaton weekend. The top two finalists of each city will also get the chance to compete on stage in a live game show performance.

We are very excited for South Florida to be a part of this global and powerful initiative.

In addition to the International Championship, we’ll be celebrating the hard work of our JewQ contestants with a local game show event, scheduled to take place on Sunday, February 5th at a South Florida location TBA. The local event will give the community a chance to see just how much knowledge children have gained about the fundamentals of Judaism, including law, history, core concepts, and more.

JewQ is a project of Merkos 302 at Chabad Headquarters in Brooklyn and Chabad Chayil's Community Hebrew After-School Program (CHAP). To sign a child up for weekly classes or for more information see ChabadChayil.org/JewQ.

To sponsor one or more children or to become a corporate sponsor of this amazing program and event, reach out to [email protected] or call 305-770-1919. For other preschool or afterschool activities visit HebrewSchool.info.

Details JewQ is for children grades 3 through 7. Each grade has specific information for that age. Each child will be given 3 tests during Hebrew School throughout the learning periods to keep them motivated and ascertain their level. Each child must spend at least 35 minutes a week mastering the information.

A celebration of the Miami Beach JCC, marking the ten-year anniversary of this state-of-the-art facility!

When: November 3, 2022 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Where: Miami Beach JCC | 4221 Pine Tree Drive | Miami Beach, FL 33140

Contact: Karen Sepsenwol at [email protected] (305.534.3206)

TICKETS HERE

Join other like-minded young philanthropists in Miami for a meaningful and rejuvenating Shabbat dinner with JNFuture. Come together with new and old friends and learn about the powerful work Jewish National Fund-USA is doing for the land and people of Israel.

Friday, October 28, 2022 | 7:00 - 10:00 pm (ET)

A full address will be provided closer to the event date.

This event is open to young philanthropists ages 22-40.

Nehama Schwartz, Campaign Executive, JNFuture, South Florida [email protected] • 305.682.0025 x895

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