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Aug 22, 2018

Federation Encourages Medical Students to Pursue Education in the Negev

Federation continues to strengthen Israel’s Negev region by encouraging medical students to pursue educational opportunities in the area. Through the Choosing Tomorrow Medical Student Initiative, established by our overseas partner, The Jewish Agency for Israel, exemplary students in their fourth through sixth years of medical school receive educational scholarships and social entrepreneurship training each year. Designed to address the shortage of qualified medical personnel in Israel’s northern and southern peripheries, the students are expected to devote a set amount of hours to the local medical community. Combining elements of vocational advancement, alongside social and communal components, the innovative program recruits some of Israel's most promising future doctors and harnesses their energies toward transforming the physical health and wellbeing of the regional residents.

When the program began in the Negev six years ago, the local hospital in Be’er Sheva was ranked 17th in the country among medical students and was suffering from a severe shortage of qualified personnel. Originally established to help address the crippling heathcare crisis in Southern Israel, the program now serves as a successful and professional model for achieving sustainable change. Today, that same hospital is ranked 4th and has more intern applicants than available positions.

To learn more about Federation’s work in the Negev, including our Miami-Yerucham Partnership, click here.

Jewish Miami Offers Kever Avot

Jewish Miami Offers Kever Avot

Offered at a variety of cemeteries and virtually on Zoom, participants will join together in memory and prayer and light a yahrzeit candle for those who brought light into this world. Following the short program, you can visit the graves of loved ones with relevant materials provided.

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Limited Number of High Holidays Services Seats Available

Limited Number of High Holidays Services Seats Available

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation and the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami are once again partnering with local synagogues to make High Holiday services accessible to all.

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All Are Welcome to Worship in Jewish Miami

All Are Welcome to Worship in Jewish Miami

As we approach the High Holidays, it’s important to remember that all people — those with disabilities and those without — want to participate in community prayer. That is why Federation’s Miami Jewish Abilities Alliance (MJAA) is sharing valuable resources to elevate worship and celebrate Judaism.

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Women’s Philanthropy Installs New Board

Women’s Philanthropy Installs New Board

Hundreds of people from across Jewish Miami gathered recently at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens to thank the outgoing Federation Women’s Philanthropy Board of Directors for their outstanding service and to install new leadership for the coming year.

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