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Jun 2, 2022

Ariel Bentata Named Chair Of Board At The Annual Meeting

Last night, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation elected Ariel Bentata as the Chair of the Board of Directors and Lily Serviansky as Board Vice Chair and General Campaign Chair during our 84th Annual Meeting. Beginning July 1, Ariel will succeed Isaac K. “Ike” Fisher, who has served as Board Chair for the past two years. Annual Meeting participants also elected a full slate of Officers and Board of Directors members for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Ariel most recently served as Federation’s Board Vice Chair and General Campaign Chair. He received our prestigious Stanley C. Myers Presidents’ Leadership Award in 2011. He also has served as Federation’s International Division leader and took on key leadership roles in our 2012 and 2018 Mega Missions to Israel. Lily, a longtime Board of Directors member of Federation, has served as Chair of Major Gifts; Chair of The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation; Chair of Federation subsidiary the Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education; and Vice Chair of Federation's Israel at 70 Mission.

Healing a Traumatized Nation and its People

Healing a Traumatized Nation and its People

Since the barbaric attacks of October 7, providing mental health services and rebuilding individual, communal and national resilience have been priorities.

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Bringing Israelis Together

Bringing Israelis Together

Demonstrating the power of connection, Federation’s longtime partnership city of Yerucham recently hosted a visit from residents of Kibbutz Or HaNer, a community on the Gaza border hit hard on October 7.

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Subscribe to PJ Library for Free Books


With a free subscription to PJ Library, children from birth to eight years old receive Jewish storybooks and activities that spark conversations around Judaism and inspire the whole family to celebrate what they love about Jewish life.

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Nominate an Outstanding Teen

Nominate an Outstanding Teen

Do you know an extraordinary Jewish teen who is a true changemaker? Each year, the Helen Diller Family Foundation awards 15 Jewish teens with $36,000 in recognition of their exceptional leadership and engagement in service projects that embody the value of tikkun olam (repairing the world).

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