“Now you may wonder why we and many others in the faith community have been doing this, and it’s because our faith teaches us that when one life is saved, it’s as if the entire world was saved,” said Rabbi Jonathan Berkun of the ATJC.
500 Christian, Muslim, and Jewish senior citizens received vaccinations inside a synagogue.
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Jewish, Christian, Islamic faiths unite to receive COVID-19 vaccine in South Florida
Members of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths in South Florida are coming together to help senior citizens get vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus.
By: Matt Papaycik
and last updated 2021-02-04 12:34:23-05
AVENTURA, Fla. â Members of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths in South Florida are coming together to help senior citizens get vaccinated against the deadly coronavirus.
Speaking in Aventura on Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of the very first interfaith vaccination event in Florida.
More than 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are being distributed to 65 and older members of the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, Islamic Center of Greater Miami and Trinity Church in Miami.
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