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Israel Emergency Fund Allocation Report

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has always been a strong supporter of collective action, including the allocation of resources through our JFNA national system. The majority of our Israel and Overseas allocation supports core funding of longtime, trusted overseas partners. A smaller percentage supports our partnership with the city of Yerucham in the Negev desert, women’s issues in Israel, the Ethiopian-Israeli community, emergency medical response, religious diversity, food insecurity, special needs in Israel, as well as other work in countries outside of Israel in the FSU and Latin America.
 
Federation has taken the same approach for the distribution of Israel Emergency Funds. We contribute our fair share to the efforts identified by the national Federation system and also fund initiatives that are important to our community. To help guide the process of allocating IEF dollars, an Israel Emergency Allocations Subcommittee has been charged with making funding recommendations for approval by the Israel and Overseas Committee and the Federation Board of Directors.
 
Since October 7, Yerucham has mobilized to take in hundreds of families displaced from the Gaza Envelope. With a number of army bases in the region, they are also caring for IDF active-duty and reserve soldiers. The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is providing direct allocations through the Israel Emergency Fund to the following initiatives:

Click here for details on Federation elective IEF allocations.


JFNA UPDATES

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation Israel Emergency Fund supports the work of our partners in Israel through the collective efforts of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Below are the latest updates about our work.

Click here for details on JFNA's allocations thus far.

October 31, 2024 - October 7 War, Day 391 

Jewish Federations are having unprecedented impact across every sector of Israeli society. See these just updated, curated summaries that give insight into specific areas of Federations’ emergency allocations:
In addition, here are short overview documents
highlighting the impact of Federations’ emergency
allocations through specific grantees:

The North

  • Hundreds of Hezbollah rockets, drones, and other projectiles continue to be fired on Israeli cities and population centers each day, sending millions of Israeli citizens running for shelters. Earlier today, five people were killed and one seriously injured when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an agricultural area close to the northern border. One of the victims was an Israeli farmer; the other four were foreign nationals who were working with him.
  • A short while later, two people were killed when a Hezbollah rocket hit near Kiryat Atta outside of Haifa.
  • White House Envoy Amos Hochstein is scheduled to arrive in Israel today amid numerous media reports of a possible draft agreement on a ceasefire in Lebanon.

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