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The Main Event

Fourteen Past Presidents and Board Chairs join Ariel Bentata and Lily Serviansky on stage to present Federation President & CEO Jacob Solomon with the 2024 Friend of Israel Humanitarian Award

Jacob Solomon

Chair of the Board Ariel Bentata

David and Lily Serviansky, General Campaign Chair

His Excellency Michael Herzog, Israeli Ambassador to the US, in conversation with Glenna Milberg, Emmy-Award-winning journalist and host of WPLG’s This Week in South Florida

Keynote speaker His Excellency Reuven Rivlin, the 10th President of Israel

Robert Danial and Major Gifts Chair Mojdeh Khaghan Danial

Israel Defense Forces Special in Uniform Band performed a medley of songs including Hatikvah.

Ronny Udelson, Ora Merin, Ariel Bentata, Lily Serviansky, Women’s Philanthropy President Elise Udelson

Alan and Janice Lipton with Jacob Solomon

Maxine Schwartz, Ray Ellen Yarkin and Barbara Black Goldfarb

Bob Berrin and Linda Schechter

Hannah Solomon, Dr. Mindy Hersh and Zachary Solomon

Brian and Marsha Bilzin

Ezra and Tati Katz with Michael and Carolynn Friedman

Clarita Kassin and Adriana Halac

President and CEO Jacob Solomon with His Excellency Reuven Rivlin, the 10th President of Israel

Jacob Solomon with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava

Michael and Raquel Sheck, Elise Scheck Bonwitt and Adrienne and Jeffrey Scheck

Steven Foldes, Howard Socol, Nadine Foldes and Ruth Shere

Kent Savage and Sheree Savar

Jacob Solomon and Bobby Gilbert

Rosy and Yosef Shwedel

Jacob Solomon with Vicki Agron and Joel Friedman

Morris Futernick, Nick Futernick, Zander Futernick, Raphael Futernick and Daniel Davis

Approximately 1,400 guests attended The Main Event

2026 Women’s Amutot Initiative Grantees

2026 Women’s Amutot Initiative Grantees

Twenty-four nonprofits will receive a total of more than $350,000 in grants from Federation’s Women’s Amutot Initiative (WAI) to advance social, economic, religious and political equality for Israeli women.

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Supporting Resilience in Northern Israeli Schools

Supporting Resilience in Northern Israeli Schools

Your Federation dollars support the Israel Trauma Coalition’s (ITC) Resilient School Program addressing the educational crisis in Northern Israel. ITC is introducing a sustainable resilience-building initiative to provide children with structure, a sense of safety and a pathway to healing.

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MJFF Is Back: January 14-29

MJFF Is Back: January 14-29

This year’s Festival will present 139 films from 20 countries — including 105 features and 34 shorts — featuring 15 world premieres, 19 international premieres, 13 North American premieres, and 3 US premieres.

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Volunteer on MLK Day

Volunteer on MLK Day

Honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s Volunteer Center and Jewish Community Relations Council during an intergenerational, interfaith day of hands-on volunteering that will strengthen connection, compassion and justice in Miami.

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