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Miami-Yerucham Partnership

“The future of Israel lies in the Negev.” David BenGurion

In June 2006, a long-term partnership was established between the Miami Jewish community and the city of Yerucham, Israel. Located in the Negev Desert, and boasting the second largest lake in Israel, Yerucham is a 13-square-mile city founded in 1951 as a transit camp for new immigrants. Today, it is home to a diverse population of approximately 9,400 residents representing a microcosm of Israel’s many cultural and ethnic communities.

The purpose of the Miami-Yerucham Partnership is to build meaningful relationships in order to strengthen both communities, and to foster and develop a love of Judaism, Israel and the Jewish people. The Partnership encourages people-to-people relationships between residents of Miami and Yerucham. It also promotes mutually supportive initiatives, connecting resources and expertise to achieve sustained spiritual, social, cultural and economic growth for both communities.

Chairs of the Miami-Yerucham Partnership are Bobbie Higer (Miami) and Jeff Goodman (Yerucham). Raquel Scheck is Chair of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation Israel and Overseas Committee. For more information about the Partnership, please contact Dahlia Bendavid, Federation Director of Israel and Overseas, at dbendavid@gmjf.org or 786.866.8445.

Learn More

Download a Fact Sheet about Yerucham

Multimedia

Watch Yerucham’s Official Video
See a video of teen Otzma Volunteers in Yerucham

Get Involved

Join the Yerucham-Miami Partnership on Facebook

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