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Rabbi Frederick ‘Fred’ Klein, MPhil, B.C.C

Rabbi Frederick ‘Fred’ KleinMPhil, B.C.C., a board certified chaplain, is Director of Mishkan Miami: The Jewish Connection for Spiritual Support, a program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and serves as Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami.  In this capacity he overseas Jewish pastoral care support for Miami’s Jewish Community, trains volunteers in friendly visiting and bikkur cholim, consults with area synagogues in creating caring community, and organizes conferences on spirituality, illness and aging.  As director of the interdenominational Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami, he provides local spiritual leadership with a voice in communal affairs.  Rabbi Klein also is engaged in teaching Torah to Jews of all backgrounds. He serves as the in-house rabbi for the Jewish Federation of Miami.  Rabbi Klein is a Miami native and graduated magna cum laude from Brown University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in religious studies. While in rabbinical school at Yeshiva University, he received an MA in Bible at Revel, and later earned an MPhil in Jewish history from Columbia University.  During rabbinical school, Rabbi Klein was awarded the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, and has received numerous awards for his work with aging populations and community work.

Kibbutznik Find Healing With Surf Therapy

Kibbutznik Find Healing With Surf Therapy

With the help of Federation funding, Kibbutz Or HaNer recently launched three new surf therapy groups supporting women from families of reservists, men ages 35-55 and adults 55-and-over.

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Do You Want to Be a Diller Teen Fellow?

Do You Want to Be a Diller Teen Fellow?

Diller Teen Fellows, a pluralistic and immersive leadership program for rising Jewish 10th and 11th graders is now accepting applications for their next cohort that will take place during the academic year 2025-2026.

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Eighth Annual Robotics Festival

Eighth Annual Robotics Festival

Scheck Hillel Community School, one of 10 Federation-funded Jewish day schools, hosted the 8th Annual CAJE Jewish Day School Robotics Festival this May.

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Helping Holocaust Survivors

Helping Holocaust Survivors

At 109 years old, Malka “Mollie” Horwitz is Miami-Dade County’s oldest known living Holocaust Survivor, and for the past 11 years has been able to live in dignity, thanks to the Federation-funded Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program operated by our partner Jewish Community Services of South Florida (JCS).

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