Jewish Miami Remembers October 7 | October 7, 2024

Close to 1,400 friends of Israel gathered at Temple Beth Sholom on Monday for Miami Remembers October 7 to memorialize the deadliest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust. Community cantors performed prayers and songs and Holocaust Survivors lit yahrzeit candles for the 17 communities decimated by Hamas massacres on October 7. 
 

March for Israel in Washington D.C. | November 14, 2023

More than 290,000 ardent supporters from across the country — including 1,100 from Miami — rallied at the March for Israel on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. at the largest pro-Israel gathering in US history. “Be There, Be Heard,” proclaimed March organizers the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, who initiated the event as “an opportunity for all Americans to come together in solidarity with the people of Israel to demonstrate our commitment to America’s most important ally” in the region. The record-breaking turnout was supplemented by 250,000 livestream viewers. For almost three and a half hours, a sea of Jews and allies flooded the breadth of the National Mall with impassioned words and songs. The focus was combatting antisemitism, eradicating global terrorism, supporting those fighting and those impacted by the war in Israel and demanding that Hamas immediately and unconditionally release all 240 hostages held in Gaza.
 

Israel Solidarity Rally | October 10, 2023

In response to the attacks Hamas launched against Israel on Saturday, October 7, more than 3,000 people came together at the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach on Tuesday, October 10 to stand in solidarity with the people of Israel and to denounce terrorism. Presented by the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, its Jewish Community Relations Council, the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami and 62 other community organizations, the inspiring program included elected officials and clergy. Among them were Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Florida Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and City of Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber.