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Mar 22, 2023

JFNA Successfully Advocates for Ukrainian Refugees to Remain in US

As a direct result of the Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) advocacy on behalf of Ukrainian refugees whose immigration parole is expiring, the Biden Administration announced last week that those who entered the US at the Mexican border may remain here for another year. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, many of the more than 20,000 Ukrainians who arrived at the US-Mexico border to request asylum lacked a visa and were granted humanitarian parole, a temporary immigration status. Ukrainian refugee Oksana Stakhnevych, who was pregnant at the time, arrived in the US with her husband and two children in April 2022. “Nobody … really knew what to do next,” she noted. Having volunteered at a Jewish community organization in Ukraine, Stakhnevych was directed by her contacts there to the local Federation in Richmond and its Jewish Family Services. Both organizations, which helped settle the Stakhnevych family in Richmond, are part of a network of 18 Jewish nonprofits across the country, including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, that have received a Ukrainian Resettlement Grant from a JFNA initiative to support local communities assisting refugees.

National Antisemitism Strategy

National Antisemitism Strategy

The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is offering a special webinar today, Friday, June 2, at 1 p.m. to learn about the White House’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.

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Ministering to the Elderly Conference

Ministering to the Elderly Conference

It’s not too late to plan to attend the 27th Annual Ministering to the Elderly Conference, taking place on Thursday, June 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the campus of Miami Jewish Health.

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Litigating the Surfside Tragedy

Litigating the Surfside Tragedy

Some of Miami’s best and brightest legal minds will come together on Monday, June 12 at 6 p.m. at Bilzin Sumberg for Litigating Through Tragedy: The Surfside Settlement Negotiation.

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Birthright Visits Yerucham

Birthright Visits Yerucham

Creating people-to-people relationships is a major goal of the Miami-Yerucham Partnership, and that mission was advanced on Jerusalem Day, May 16, when 90 participants from University of Miami and Florida International University Taglit-Birthright Israel trips joined with Israeli youngsters for a day of enriching activities.

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