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To ensure the health and safety of volunteers and community members, we must adhere to the COVID-19 CDC guidelines. Masks are required. Please remain in your car and open the trunk when it’s your turn in line. Volunteers will place food in your trunk. (If you are able, please print and place this on your dashboard.)

Thursday, March 18 9-11 a.m.

First come, first served while supplies last Please do not arrive before 9 a.m.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation Stanley C. Myers Building 4200 Biscayne Boulevard

We thank the following donors who have helped our community fulfill the mitzvah of bringing food to the hungry during this time of great financial distress, when so many individuals and families are experiencing food insecurity:

Joyce Bloch
Sherry and Neil Cohen
Himan Brown Charitable Trust
The Fain Family Foundation
Yleana and Yoram Izhak
Katz/Squires Family-Valerie, Michael, Danielle and Scott
The Richard and Karen LeFrak Charitable Foundation
Barbara and Richard Furman
Jerry M. Lindzon
Janice and Alan Lipton
Jill Braufman and Daniel L. Nir
Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst
Saul Schottenstein Scrip Program
Jacqueline Simkin
Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation
We are also grateful to those contributors who have asked to remain anonymous.

Farm Share, Inc. is an equal opportunity provider.

SCHECK HILLEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH ONLINE CELEBRATION

U.S. Blue Ribbon School Salutes 50 Years of Academic Excellence

Recognizing founders, leadership, faculty, staff, families and alumni, Scheck Hillel Community School will mark its 50th anniversary with an online celebration Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 7 PM (EST): Honoring our Legacy, Inspiring our Future.

The live-streamed event is complimentary for all community members to attend and will culminate by announcing the winners of one year of Scheck Hillel tuition and two round-trip tickets to Israel on American Airlines donated by Jerry Allen Travel: two anniversary gifts from the school to the community! The winners must be present to win.

Register by Thursday, March 18, at 4 PM, at eHillel.org/50.

Community members from around the world are invited to reunite and reminisce together, retracing the earliest steps of a small group of visionaries through the school’s five decades of academic excellence and looking ahead into the next 50 years. What started in a storefront in 1970 for a handful of students, now stands tall as a U.S. Blue Ribbon School and one of the largest Jewish day schools in the world, strengthening the Jewish community for generations to come.

Messages from beloved faculty, alumni, leadership and community members will punctuate an evening of storytelling and vision-sharing of what’s to come for continued advancement. The program will evoke laughter, nostalgia and memories, as well as enthusiasm for the future. Above all, it will be an expression of thanks to all those who have helped shape the school’s heritage, growth and success.

Head of School Vanessa Donaher is excited for the evening of celebration. “As we mark this extraordinary milestone, it is with kavod (respect) and hakarat hatov (gratitude) for our founders that we carry forward Scheck Hillel’s sacred mission, core values and beloved traditions, reimagining Jewish education for a new generation.”

Generous event partners include Vision Sponsors JPMorgan Chase & Co. the Scheck and Bonwitt families, and an anonymous family, as well as Heritage Sponsors Abbot Downing, Citi Private Bank, Continental Glass System, J Group Events, PNC Bank, the Beraha, Del Rio and Aguirre families and an anonymous family.

Scheck Hillel’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is online and free for all community members to attend. Registration is required to attend. Register at eHillel.org/50. , where you also can celebrate the school, faculty, alumni and families through the digital Ad Journal.

About Scheck Hillel Community School

Scheck Hillel Community School educates and inspires students 18 months-Grade 12 to become exemplary global citizens with enduring Jewish identity and values through an individualized college preparatory curriculum highlighted by Design/STEM, Capstone, college dual enrollment, arts, athletics and community service.

Its 14-acres include a 115,000-sq.-ft athletic complex with academic expansion plans. Set within a nurturing, diverse community, Scheck Hillel is one of the world's largest Jewish community day schools and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

For more information about Scheck Hillel Community School, to register to attend the 50th Anniversary Celebration or participate in the Ad Journal, or to schedule an in-person or virtual tour of the school, please call 305.931.2831 or visit eHillel.org.

The unprecedented nature and rapid spread of COVID-19 has exposed critical risks to our local economy as well as our systems of health care and education.

As we approach the 12-month mark of this prolonged crisis, our partners at the United Way of Miami-Dade are conducting a Pandemic Impact Survey to measure how Miami-Dade households have been affected by the pandemic including the financial burden on families in our community. The survey aims to collect responses from a wide range of households, income levels, as well as, small business owners.

Your confidential participation, which will take no more than 10-15 minutes, is critical to understanding COVID’s impact to date as well as help inform long-term recovery efforts. A preliminary report will be published this summer.

Take the survey HERE.

Learn to make charoset, mina with ground beef, cardamom and coffee, and red pepper salad with MICHAEL SOLOMONOV, Executive Chef and Co-owner of Zahav, 2019 James Beard Foundation award winner

Shop for the ingredients ahead of time to cook along with Chef Solomonov or save the recipes for later use.

SUNDAY, MARCH 7 @ 2pm ET / 11am PT

COOKING | Old School Jewish Cookies

Presented by Harry Rubenstein

Rainbow cookies. Linzer tart cookies. Mandelbrot. We’ll tackle these iconic Jewish cookies in a super-sized 1.5 hour baking extravaganza. While these cookies are decidedly old school, we’ll apply some “new school” techniques and flavors to take these treats to new levels of cookie awesomeness. Ingredient list provided if you're planning to cook along!

RSVP HERE

Make your voice heard on important local issues by completing the Thrive305 resident survey.

Developed by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava in partnership with The Miami Foundation and civic groups, the non-partisan survey allows you to help shape policies relating to transportation, public safety, arts and culture, economic empowerment and more. Complete the survey by CLICKING HERE before tonight’s midnight deadline and be a part of improving the quality of life in our community.

Come together for community in support of our Annual Campaign. Hear from world leaders and enjoy a special performance by Matisyahu at our most popular fundraising event of the year.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO RSVP

March 10, 2021 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Since 1913, the Anti-Defamation League has led the fight against racism, bigotry, intolerance and antisemitism. For 30 years, the Florida Region of ADL has recognized leaders in the legal community who have fought for civil rights across our state.

Join us, as we come together virtually for the first time, to celebrate individuals who have made outstanding contributions for our Florida community, while exemplifying the principles on which ADL was founded.

Registration required: adl.org/FLJurisprudence2021

To ensure the health and safety of volunteers and community members, we must adhere to the COVID-19 CDC guidelines. Masks are required. Please remain in your car and open the trunk when it’s your turn in line. Volunteers will place food in your trunk. (If you are able, please print and place this on your dashboard.)

Thursday, March 4 9-11 a.m.

First come, first served while supplies last
Please do not arrive before 9 a.m.
Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Stanley C. Myers Building
4200 Biscayne Boulevard

We thank the following donors who have helped our community fulfill the mitzvah of bringing food to the hungry during this time of great financial distress, when so many individuals and families are experiencing food insecurity:

Himan Brown Charitable Trust
The Fain Family Foundation
Yleana and Yoram Izhak
Katz/Squires Family-Valerie, Michael, Danielle and Scott
The Richard and Karen LeFrak Charitable Foundation
Janice and Alan Lipton
Jill Braufman and Daniel L. Nir
Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst
Saul Schottenstein Scrip Program
Jacqueline Simkin
Sol Taplin Charitable Foundation
(We are also grateful to those contributors who have asked to remain anonymous.)

Farm Share, Inc. is an equal opportunity provider.

Come together with your friends and family from your home to make phone calls in support of the Annual Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign. Select a time and virtual room below to join a group and make a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable in Miami, in Israel and across the world. Now, more than ever, we need your help.

CLICK HERE TO RSVP