During the 2022 annual meetings of The Roth Family JCC and the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando it was unanimously approved to merge the two agencies into one entity called Shalom Orlando.

Discussion of the merger began about five years ago with studies of Federations and JCCs that had merged successfully, including Tampa's Federation, which has existed as a Federation/JCC for more than 20 years.

Since he was CEO of both agencies, Keith Dvorchik will continue as the CEO of Shalom Orlando. The new Board of Directors is comprised of 18 members: six from the Federation of Greater Orlando,...