2013 Greater Miami UJA Campaign

THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. 2013 Greater Miami Jewish Federation UJA Campaign

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Your one gift to the Annual Greater • Shaarei Bina–Torah Academy for Girls Miami Jewish Federation/UJA • Sue & Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies at the University of Miami Campaign supports: • Synagogue School Supplemental Scholarship Program • Teacher Fringe Benefits Program Local Programs and Agencies • Temple Beth Am Day School • Alexander Muss High School in Israel • Elementary School • Association for Jewish Special Education • Yeshiva Toras Chaim/Toras Emes Academy of Miami • BBYO • Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education National Programs and Services • Dave and Mary Alper • American Jewish Committee on The Jay Morton-Levinthal Campus • American Jewish World Service • Day School Hardship Scholarships • Anti-Defamation League • Destination Israel of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation • Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies • Galbut Family Miami Beach Jewish Community Center • BBYO (National) on the Simkins Family Campus • Clal - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership • Gordon Day School • Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society • Hebrew Academy (RASG) • Hebrew Union College School of Jewish Communal Service • Hebrew Free Loan Association of South Florida • Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life • High Holiday Welcome Program • Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation at Brandeis University • Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life • Israel Action Network (seven Florida organizations) • Jewish Community Centers Association of North America • Hochberg Preparatory: A Solomon Schechter • Jewish Council for Public Affairs Day School at Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus That ’s • Jewish Education Service of North America • Holocaust Documentation and Education Center • Jewish Labor Committee • Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation • Jewish Telegraphic Agency • Israel Programs: Gift of Israel Savings Program, • Jewish War Veterans of the USA Taglit-, Israel Program Scholarships IMPACT! • National Foundation for Jewish Culture • Jacobson Sinai Academy • NCSJ: Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, • The Jewish Chaplaincy Program Baltic States and Eurasia of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation • Project Interchange, an institute of the • Jewish Community Relations Council American Jewish Committee of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation • Secure Community Network • Jewish Community Services of South Florida • World Council of Jewish Communal Service • Jewish Community Services/Access and Information • Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University • Jewish Federation Housing • Jewish Museum of Florida–FIU Overseas Programs and Services/ • Jewish Volunteer Center of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation The Jewish Federations of North America • Kesher L.D. • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) • Lehrman Community Day School • Ethiopian National Project • Mechina of South Florida High School • Food Insecurity NGOs in Israel • Miami Jewish Health Systems • Israel Trauma Coalition • Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center • Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) on the Sanford L. Ziff Campus • Jewish Women’s Collaborative International Fund • Mount Sinai Medical Center • Negev Funding Coalition • Organization for Leadership Advancement in Miami • Partnership Initiatives in the Israeli cities of Or Akiva, of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Pardes Channa-Karkur and Yerucham • Overnight Camp Scholarships • Women’s Amutot Initiative • ParnossahWorks Miami • World ORT • Scheck Hillel Community School at work 365 days a year in Miami , in Israel and in more than 70 other countries worldwide. Giving to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation/UJA Campaign is a noble and time-honored Jewish idea, demonstrating that our Jewish community is stronger when we all work together. Our Work in Miami

A Social Safety Net Jewish Education and Identity-Building Community-Building and Leadership Development 1 in 8 people in Miami’s Jewish Your investment supports programs that ensure new community continues to depend on generations of Jews will be here to care for our community Your investment funds programs that bring our community Federation and our local partners in the future. together for the greater good. for some form of financial Last year, Federation gifts funded: Last year, these included: assistance. • Free Jewish books and music for 2,700 families monthly • Miami Mega Mission Israel 2012, taking 715 Miamians to our Among the many services AND community programming through The PJ Library ® spiritual homeland and building leadership for tomorrow we provided last year: • support benefitting 3,338 students • Training programs for hundreds of emerging Jewish leaders • $170,312 in emergency financial aid to 259 recipients • Holocaust Memorial educational programs for 35,000 South • 9,200 hours of hands-on volunteer work through the Jewish • Subsidized housing, kosher meals, healthcare services and Florida students Volunteer Center (JVC) much more for thousands of frail and low-income Jewish • Israel experiences for 745 young adults through Alexander Muss • $1.1 million in Homeland Security grants to Jewish institutions seniors and Holocaust survivors High School in Israel, Masa Israel Journey, Taglit-Birthright through the work of the Jewish Community Relations Council • 10,000 group and individual counseling sessions through Israel and other programs (JCRC) Jewish Community Services of South Florida (JCS) • Support to congregational schools, educating 1,745 students • Numerous advocacy efforts led by the JCRC countering anti- • 1,500 hours of spiritual support and companionship • Free synagogue seats for 2,800 participants through the Israel campaigns through The Jewish Chaplaincy Program High Holiday Welcome Program • $1 million in program funding for vulnerable populations • 3,000 visits to the JCS Kosher Food Bank • 3 JCCs, including the new Galbut Family Miami Beach Jewish through the work of the JCRC • Academic support for 145 children with learning Community Center on the Simkins Family Campus disabilities and developmental delays through Kesher L.D.

LOOKING AHEAD : When it comes to caring for our community, there are no choices. We will continue to support Jewish needs of all kinds. LOOKING AHEAD : As Israel continues Our Work in Israel to face great challenges, we remain and Around the World unwavering in support of our Jewish family living there. And with a Federation-funded infrastructure in place worldwide 365 days Through the Federation/UJA Campaign's overseas a year, we are always ready to respond to partners, Miami stands with the people of Israel and Jewish needs, wherever they may be. Jewish communities in more than 70 other countries across the globe. Some of last year's results: • 100,000 at-risk children received guidance from adult mentors through the Jewish Agency for Israel's (JAFI) Youth Futures – including 161 in Miami’s Israeli Make an Investment If you or anyone you know is in need of partnership city of Yerucham assistance, please call our Jewish community’s • 2,200 young pioneers transformed the lives of 36,000 in Your Community 24-hour confidential helpline at 305.576.6550 , vulnerable Israelis in the Negev and Galilee regions through JAFI’s Young Communities administered by Jewish Community Services of Isn’t it great to be part of a community that South Florida, a Federation local partner. • 562 lone IDF soldiers (without family in Israel) received Be a Part of Jewish History provides for all kinds of Jewish needs? support through JAFI • Job training and assistance was provided for 40,000 The year 2013 marks the 65th anniversary of That’s why thousands of people like you chronically unemployed Israelis through the American the independence of the modern State of Israel support the Annual Federation/UJA Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Campaign, living the Talmudic mandate • 110 Ethiopian-Israeli youth participated in afterschool Greater Miami Jewish Federation. Celebrate that all Jews are responsible for one programs in Pardes Channa-Karkur with us all year long! another. Working with volunteer leadership • 9 million pounds of produce were harvested for the and local partners, Federation strives to hungry through Leket Israel, the country's largest food rescue network assess community needs, provide essential oversight, safeguard invested dollars, and • An emergency hotline received 10,740 calls from battered or sexually abused women in southern Israel and provided ensure that every donation is used wisely, information or support services to families in crisis effectively and efficiently. • 30,000 Jewish children in the former Soviet Union (FSU) received financial and educational support Every gift matters, and Federation doesn’t work without your participation. To make a • 160,000 elderly Jews in the FSU received medication, food and relief supplies for cold winters donation securely online, SCAN THIS CODE or visit JewishMiami.org/gift . • 400 micro-loans were made to Jewish-owned small businesses in Argentina For further assistance, • 1,600 Eastern European youths discovered their Jewish call 305.576.4000. identity at Jewish camps Your commitment to your • 25,000 Jews in the FSU and 60,000 in Western countries community is an investment The Greater Miami Jewish Federation has received a 4-star rating, prepared for aliyah the highest possible , from Charity Navigator, America’s largest that offers great returns to you and Jewish independent evaluator of charities. This “exceptional” rating • 3,300 students in the FSU engaged with Israel and people everywhere. indicates that the Greater Miami Jewish Federation outperforms Judaism through Sunday School programming most other charities in America, adhering to good governance and Thank you. other best practices, and consistently executing its mission in a fiscally responsible way. 2013 2013 Greater Miami Greater Miami Jewish Federation Jewish Federation “Even in the highly vibrant Jewish community of UJA Campaign UJA Campaign North Dade, our JCC could not keep its doors open every day without the steadfast support and leadership of Federation.” THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. The Community Values Ariel Bentata , Chair of the Board Your Investment Michael-Ann Russell JCC THE MISSION of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation on the Sanford L. Ziff Campus is to mobilize human and financial resources to care for those in need, strengthen Jewish life and advance the unity, values and shared purpose of the Jewish “Thanks to the critical support of Federation as our “In these times, when the safety and security of our people in Miami, in Israel and around the world. partner, JCS is able to serve as the safety net for our Jewish facilities are paramount, we have been able to community, which includes providing thousands of count on Federation’s strong relationships in clients each year with counseling, food assistance Brian L. Bilzin Tallahassee and Washington to help us receive Chair of the Board and so much more.” additional funding through Homeland Security grants, Jacob Solomon further securing our synagogue.” Shelley Niceley Groff , President and Chief Executive Officer Immediate Past Chair of the Board Robert G. Berrin Jewish Community Services of South Florida (JCS) Susan L. Henkin , President General Campaign Chair Temple Beth Am Jeffrey Y. Levin Chief Development Officer “Federation’s commitment to building a new, full- service JCC in Miami Beach has made it possible for Myron J. “Mike” Brodie Executive Vice President Emeritus local families to enjoy a broad spectrum of Jewish “Federation is an indispensable partner, taking the programming and services at a state-of-the-art holy values we teach our children every day and facility in their own neighborhood.” turning them into actions that can be seen and felt in the community.” Greater Miami Jewish Federation Jerry Sokol , President Stanley C. Myers Building 4200 Biscayne Boulevard Galbut Family Miami Beach JCC David Wolf , Chair Miami, Florida 33137 on the Simkins Family Campus Scheck Hillel Community School 305.576.4000

“Federation’s work with synagogues to bring more than 700 people to Israel on the Miami Mega Mission "I’m so proud to be able to help people in Israel, Get involved. Volunteer. Keep updated. demonstrated the important role it serves as a around the corner and around the world. Truly, if Federation offers many ways for you to community-builder, while also strengthening our you’re a Jew in this world, you’re never alone.” make a difference connections to the people of Israel.” in your community . Hedy Whitebook , Chair JewishMiami.org Rabbi Jonathan Berkun , President To learn more, visit . Greater Miami Jewish Federation Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami Israel and Overseas Committee Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

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