Initiatives & Funding Combatting Antisemitism & Antizionism
Advocacy
- Working federally to increase funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program
- Pursuing state funding for educational programs for the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
- Advocating against Corporate Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (examples: AirBnB, Ben & Jerry’s/Unilever, Morningstar/Sustainalytics)
- Pursuing state funding for Jewish communal security
- Advocating for statewide Holocaust education standards
- Local antisemitism initiatives, as appropriate (example: Miami Shores Menorah lighting)
- Action alerts, as appropriate (example: Iron Dome funding)
- Letters and op-eds in the Miami Herald, and other media outreach as appropriate
- Working hand in glove with the Office of Community Security, and liaising with law enforcement as appropriate (example: Goyim Defense League presentation to Miami Dade law enforcement)
- Support of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism
Intergroup Relationships
- Teens Advocating Together (NAACP partnership)
- Black & Jewish Art Collaborative
- Miami-Dade County Community Relations Board participation
- Marching in Miami Beach Pride Parade
- J-Serve (teens volunteering)
Education
- March of the Living
- Fuente Latina-sponsored media trainings
- Institute for Curricular Studies Miami-Dade County Teacher Training for educators
- Israel 101 and 102 seminars for young Jewish leaders
- Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach Ambassadors Program for high school students
- Young Lion of Judah – pairing B’nai Mitzvah students with Holocaust Survivors
- Open Dor Media – Israel education video and seminars
- CAJE Melton & More – education
- Diller Teen Fellows – teen leadership with Israel at center
- Miami Jewish Film Festival – films about antisemitism and Israel
- Israel Campus Fellows at FIU, FAU, UF
- Community shaliach and shinshinim
- ADL-Hillel Campus Antisemitism Survey
- Education Workshops: Preparing High School Students for Antisemitism on College Campuses
Security
- Liaison with law enforcement and ADL on antisemitic incidents and community protection
- Nonprofit Security Grant Program community outreach: helping local institutions apply for and secure grant funding for security initiative
- Training for Jewish organizations on security preparedness and situational awareness
Programs
- Federation rallies to stand up for Israel and fight antisemitism
- Forums and events on BDS and left- and rightwing antisemitism
- Partnership films with Miami Jewish Film Festival
- Bringing to Miami speakers from national organizations for various Federation divisions (International, South Dade, Women's Philanthropy, Young Leadership Division)
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
- Daily virtual and/or in-person programs for school and adult groups including Survivor testimony, film on the development of antisemitism and a tour of the Memorial serving 100,000 individuals
- Creation of original series of lesson plans for classroom teachers about antisemitism and the Holocaust
- Communitywide programs for Kristallnacht, Yom HaShoah and Holocaust Education Week, which include lesson plans for teachers
- Five-Part Series on Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism
- Creation and distribution of 10 books with testimony and eyewitness explanations of individual Survivors
Funding Educational Agencies
- Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education (including the Miami Jewish Film Festival, March of the Living, etc.)
- Fuente Latina
- Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
- Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU
- Sue & Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami
- Florida Hillels (Central Florida Hillel, Hillel at FIU, Hillel at FSU, Hillel of Broward and Palm Beach, Hillels of the Florida Suncoast, UF Hillel, UM Hillel)
Organizations That Received a Federation Incubator Grant This Year
- 3G Miami - Speaker trainings for grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors in Miami, building a network of teachers for classroom speaking opportunities
- National Council of Jewish Women Kendall Chapter - "Building Bridges - Joining Hands" was created to remove the barriers that separate us and lead to racial and religious prejudice
- Anti-bias curriculum connecting students of diverse cultures and religions through Zoom technology
- NCSY/JSU - Hate Ends Now - Holocaust education initiative taking visitors inside an exhibit housed in a replica of a cattle car used to transport Jews to concentration camps
- StandWithUs – Israel Advocacy
National Agencies
- The Jewish Federations of North America – Washington Office – advocating for $500M in Non-Profit Security Grant funding; assisting with state security funding; advocating for Iron Dome funding for Israel
- JFNA Israel Action Network – anti-BDS work with progressive Christian churches; corporate BDS effort
- JFNA & Secure Community Network – Live Secure and intelligence sharing
- 70 Faces Media
- American Jewish Committee
- Anti-Defamation League
- Hillel International
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- NCSEJ: National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry
- Project Interchange, an Institute of the American Jewish Committee
