A Houston suburb will not approve grants to repair homes or businesses damaged in Hurricane Harvey if the applicant supports boycotting Israel. The city of Dickinson’s application form for storm damage repair funding includes a clause stating that “By executing this Agreement below, the Applicant verifies that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and…
Houston’s plan to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey includes a proposal that may break up the city’s tight-knit Jewish community. Stephen Costello, the city’s “flood czar” responsible for planning how to rebuild and mitigate future storm damage, is weighing a proposal to buy out thousands of damaged homes in flood-prone areas and replace…
(JTA) — After he managed to bribe three van drivers to load their vehicles with aid supplies and drive him and his crew from the San Juan airport, Eli Rowe felt his humanitarian mission was off to a good start. Gas was scarce in Puerto Rico, but now all the food, medicine and hygienic supplies…
This is a magical time of year. It’s a season of renewal. Right now, folks around the world are gathering to welcome a new year, stepping outside of standard time to inhabit an ancient lunar calendar that follows the moon and the tides. It’s a fraught moment, promising new life in the year ahead even…
Some say the first American Jews were Texans, thought to have entered the New World in the 1500s alongside conquistadors headed for New Spain. They were possibly killed by the Spanish or left to explore new lands, or absorbed into the ranks of crypto-Jewry, forgotten by historical record. Their successors, now one of the oldest…
Volunteers with a Jewish funeral society discovered dozens of Holocaust survivors in one Florida condo building who had lasted through Hurricane Irma and its aftermath for days without food, water or power, Yeshiva World News reported. The Chesed Shel Emes society had received a request to check on an elderly Jewish woman at the Olympic…
Hurricane Irma lashed at both coasts of Florida, cutting power to nearly 6 million people and causing widespread damage — even though some experts said the state may have dodged the worst-case scenario. In the Miami area, home to one of the United States’ largest Jewish populations, water began flooding the streets in the morning….
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government approved a proposal to send a $1 million aid package to help rebuild Jewish institutions in Houston. The package was proposed by Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett in response to Hurricane Harvey. The Cabinet unanimously approved the aid on Sunday at its regular weekly meeting. In announcing…
100% of profits support our journalism
