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10 October 2020 FEDERATION NEWS
What’s next for Where your dollars go
Just Reel Education? This series highlights mission-based programs and projects that are supported by
By Trudi Krames, Program Director The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. Funding for these initiatives is de-
rived from the Annual Campaign. The series helps to explain where your generous
oving to and continuing gram team are also hard at work dollars are spent and features certain initiatives that enrich the lives of Jews living
with a virtual platform for planning new and innovative ways to in Sarasota-Manatee, local projects with area partners, and overseas programs that
Mour season of events and partner with Dr. Tsipy Gur, founder of support the social and humanitarian needs of Jews in Israel and around the world.
programs is evolving and advancing Classrooms Without Borders, utilizing Your generous support is found in our tenet of tikkun olam – repairing the
with every passing week! We are ex- her resources in conjunction with the world!
cited about the coming season and already established CWB.
the educational film partnership, Just We look forward to expanding and American Friends
Reel Education, created between The enriching our Federation’s educational
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Man- programming in the areas of Holocaust of Magen David Adom
atee, Just Reel Films, Heller CRC and awareness, Generations After, Isra-
Classrooms Without Bor- el education and Israeli By Trudi Krames, Program Director
ders (CWB). family programming for he Jewish Federation of Sara- Israel’s hero! Israeli EMTs and para-
Just Reel Education, a teens, young adults and sota-Manatee is proud to share medics devote their lives to saving
spin-off of Just Reel Films our overall greater Jewish Tsome updates from the positive lives across Israel. MDA is Israel’s na-
sponsored by Ian Black community. What’s on impact we have made to American tional ambulance, blood-services and
Real Estate and chaired by the horizon? We are look- Friends of Magen David Adom, which disaster-relief organization, as well as
Rosann Black, will contin- ing forward to offering provides funds for Magen David Adom Israel’s representative to the Interna-
ue to bring two films vir- interfaith panel discus- (MDA) worldwide. Our donation of tional Red Cross. Like most Red Cross
tually each month to our sions and series on racial $25,000 in 2014 went toward the pur- societies, it is not a government agency
community, followed by justice, Jewish heritage chase of a life-support ambulance. As and relies on funding support such as
post-film discussions via and Israel. reported in the organization’s most that from our Federation.
Zoom with experts and a member of To sign up for Just Reel Educa-
the film team such as a producer, ac- tion events, visit jfedsrq.org/events.
tor or director. Pairing documentaries For more information, please contact
with scholars and the director/producer Jeremy Lisitza at jlisitza@jfedsrq.org
of the film allows learners to broaden or 941.343.2113. If you’d like to learn
their knowledge base and engage with more about the Heller CRC or Class-
the topic matter in an in-depth and per- rooms Without Borders, please contact
sonal way. Jessi Sheslow at jsheslow@jfedsrq.org
Members of the Federation pro- or 941.343.2109.
recent Annual Report, the sponsored Through our gift, we are saving
ambulance has since serviced nearly lives. Israel’s population continues to
13,000 emergency calls, saved over grow, and so does the need for emer-
12,000 lives and made many families gency medical services. With the sup-
whole again. Some of the specific calls port of American donors such as our
included: Federation, MDA stations are being
Adult Medical Emergencies, renovated and built around the country,
6,193 calls, 48% new medical technology is available,
Child Medical Emergencies, paramedics train in the latest rescue
637 calls, 5% techniques and lives are saved in Israel
Women in Labor, 538 calls, 4% every day.
Terrorist Incidents, 17 calls, <1% To learn more about Magen David
Fire-related Emergencies, Adom, visit afmda.org.
263 calls, 2% We are proud to be a partner in
Other Injuries, 3203 calls, 25% this important work, helping to support
Magen David Adom is considered Israel, as well as to repair the world.
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