News From the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Repair the World, an organization mobilizing Jews and their communities to pursue a just world, is hiring emerging professionals for their 2023-2025 fellowships!

Do you need help paying for college? Jewish Educational Loan Fund (JELF), a Federation beneficiary, is now accepting applications for interest-free loans for Jewish students pursuing higher education, including graduate, vocational or technical school.

Thank you, Miami, for a fabulous Super Sunday! More than 900 donors pledged over $664,800 to the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign.

Lenora, a 19-year-old woman living with her low-income family in Northern Israel, is seeing her dream of a professional career become a reality, thanks in large measure to Ashalim, a project of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), Federation’s overseas partner.

Help share the joy of Passover with Holocaust Survivors and other older adults in our community by participating in Matzah Mitzvah on Sunday, April 2.

Israel-based World ORT Kadima Mada (WOKM) has launched an initiative to equip young Jews in Ethiopia with training in hi-tech and other skilled industries in preparation for their aliyah (immigration) to Israel.

If you are looking for a more accessible way to create a Jewish legacy in our community, consider The Foundation of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s Legacy Match Life Insurance Program.

One year after the start of Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) — including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation — have invested $85 million in humanitarian aid and relief efforts to tens of thousands of people trapped in the war zone.

Super Sunday is this weekend! Don't miss your chance to make a difference in our Jewish community. There is still time to join hundreds of people for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s largest fundraising day of the year.

Students entering their sophomore and junior years of high school are invited to apply for the Stephen Muss Impact Fellowship, a program that offers $15,000 scholarships to Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI).

With more than 800 people joining in Federation’s Israel 75 Miami Mega Mission, April 20-27, the Miami delegation will be the largest single group in the entire Jewish world to come together in our spiritual homeland for Israel’s 75th anniversary.

Throughout March, Women’s History Month, the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach is presenting a series of virtual programs about women during the Shoah, beginning with an event on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m.

Super Sunday is only one week away! Join your Jewish community on Sunday, March 12 for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation’s largest fundraising day of the year.

The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has received $400,000 for the care of Holocaust Survivors and other aging community members who have suffered trauma.

As antisemitic incidents become more commonplace on college campuses around the country, Florida Hillels are taking a stand in peaceful and creative ways to protect their student bodies from this vicious and dangerous Jew hatred.

Over the past several weeks a handful of known antisemitic, white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups have encouraged their followers to participate in a “National Day of Hate” tomorrow, February 25.

“My parents set an example that, as Jews, it is our responsibility to support our Jewish community both locally and abroad, especially Israel,” said Diane Wander, whose parents, Sidney and Lorraine Cooperman, z”l, created a legacy to the Jewish community with a generous gift in their will to Federation.

Join your Jewish community for Super Sunday, Federation’s largest fundraising day of the year on Sunday, March 12, which will honor longtime Federation activist and philanthropist Alex Halberstein, z"l.