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Mar 12, 2025

Sylvia Tuman Scholarship Program Can Help Fund Your Higher Education

Attention, college and graduate students! The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation wants to help fund your continuing education through the Sylvia Tuman Scholarship Program. A limited number of scholarships are available to Jewish undergraduate and graduate students in need of financial assistance. To be eligible, students must be enrolled or accepted in an accredited undergraduate or graduate degree program at a college or university in Miami-Dade or Broward counties, with preference given to institutions of higher learning in Miami-Dade County. Since the program’s inception in 2016, more than $180,000 in financial assistance has been awarded. Click here for more information and to apply before the May 31 deadline. For questions, please contact Maayan Nafshi at [email protected] or 786.866.8498.

Your Donation Makes a Difference

Your Donation Makes a Difference

Your generosity enables us to fight antisemitism, secure our community's Jewish institutions, assist our Israeli family and engage the next generation of Jewish leaders.

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4th Annual Standing Strong Against Antisemitism Press Conference

4th Annual Standing Strong Against Antisemitism Press Conference

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and mayors from 13 municipalities, along with leaders from the ADL, AJC and the Israeli Consulate, forcefully condemned the global rise in antisemitism and stood in solidarity with Israel.

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Laura Lavie’s Inspired Legacy Gift

Laura Lavie’s Inspired Legacy Gift

As an estate-planning attorney who helps her clients learn the importance of making a difference through charitable giving, it was a natural next step for Laura Lavie to create her own legacy through The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.

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IDF Widows and Children Receive Psychiatric Care

IDF Widows and Children Receive Psychiatric Care

Federation partner IDF Widows & Orphans Organization (IDFWO) provides emergency psychiatric treatment through specialized programming.

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