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Jul 16, 2020

Community Effort Provides Kosher Breakfast and Lunch for Miami Schoolchildren

Teach Florida, a coalition of Jewish day schools, in partnership with the Florida Department of Agriculture, is providing an entire week’s supply of kosher breakfast and lunch for children ages 1-18 every week at various locations throughout South Florida. Miami’s two pick-up sites, the Kosher Ko-Op and Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes (YTCTE), are proud Federation partner agencies. While the program is available to all families with no restrictions on eligibility or income, registration is required. The deadline for next week's distribution — Tuesday at the Kosher Ko-Op and Wednesday at YTCTE — is today at 3pm. Click here to register for next week and visit the same link each to week to register for upcoming distributions. To date, nearly 44,000 meals have been provided to some 3,000 children.

Federation Allocates Emergency Grant

Federation Allocates Emergency Grant

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation is helping Israelis affected by the current conflict with Iran with an emergency grant to the Fund for Victims of Terror (FVOT).

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JCRC's Critical Work Makes a Difference

JCRC's Critical Work Makes a Difference

Republican leadership in Miami-Dade moved quickly to engage with Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) following local news reports that the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party engaged in viscerally antisemitic and racist rhetoric in a group chat.

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Ofer Lichtig: Federation on the Ground in Israel

Ofer Lichtig: Federation on the Ground in Israel

“The effectiveness of Federation support in the current war in Israel is actually a product of October 7,” noted Ofer Lichtig, Greater Miami Jewish Federation Representative in Israel.

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Federation Helps Upgrade Yerucham Emergency Operations Center

Federation Helps Upgrade Yerucham Emergency Operations Center

Yerucham’s recently renovated Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is already being put the test as Israelis brace themselves against Iranian missiles, and thanks to Federation funding, our partner city is now better able to monitor and respond to crises.

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