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Michael B. Oren

FORMER ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES

Michael B. Oren served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013. He currently holds the Abba Eban Chair in International Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, and is Ambassador-in-Residence at the Atlantic Council.

Educated at Princeton and Columbia, Ambassador Oren has been a visiting professor at Yale, Harvard and Georgetown, and was a Distinguished Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem. An expert in Middle East History, Ambassador Oren’s last two books, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East from 1776 to the Present and Six Days of War, were New York Times bestsellers.

Born in the United States, Ambassador Oren made aliyah and enlisted as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, seeing action in the Lebanon War. As an officer, Ambassador Oren served as a liaison to the U.S. Sixth Fleet during the Gulf War and an IDF Spokesman during the Second Lebanon War and Operation Cast Lead.

Ambassador Oren and his wife, Sally, have three children.

Statement on Antisemitic Shooting in Washington, DC

Statement on Antisemitic Shooting in Washington, DC

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation, its Jewish Community Relations Council and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami are shocked and devastated by the antisemitic murders of two Israeli Embassy employees.

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Exploring the Needs of Israeli Women

Exploring the Needs of Israeli Women

During a recent Israel Study Trip, leaders from the Greater Miami Jewish Federation learned how Israeli women’s needs have increased dramatically since October 7 and how Federation-funded programs are continually working to support and empower them.

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Never Too Young to Make an Impact

Never Too Young to Make an Impact

It’s natural to assume that creating an endowment for the Jewish community is an act of generosity only accessible to older, more established individuals. But at 33 years old, Pearleen Lederman is demonstrating the alternative with her commitment to The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

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Shavuot Torah Study

Shavuot Torah Study

Join Jewish Miami on Sunday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Climbing Mount Sinai: A Morning of Spiritual Preparation for Shavuot Eve.

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