SURFSIDE, FLa. – The tragedy in Surfside has had a major impact on the community at large. The town’s Jewish community is suffering as several of the missing victims are of the Jewish faith. At the summer camp Simcha Without Boarders, attending children are facing their own challenges, such as fighting cancer, being treated for...
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A devastated Jewish community in Surfside, Florida, begins burying its dead
At least 50 of the total trapped in the collapse of the Champlain condo are likely Jewish, many of them Orthodox Jews who attended The Shul, a large Chabad congregation in Surfside. (RNS) — As the search for missing people trapped in the rubble of a Surfside, Florida, condo building continued, the town’s large Jewish...
Easing the ongoing trauma of not knowing – together
United Hatzalah’s psychotrauma and crisis response team aids community of Miami in rallying around those affected by the building collapse. Empathetic, intelligent Israeli approach brings additional comfort to survivors & family members. As rescue efforts in the community of Surfside, Florida, continue, United Hatzalah of Israel was dispatched on Saturday night together with the IDF’s...
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In face of Florida building tragedy, Jewish community unites
Jewish community members in Surfside have rallied together as families wait to hear news about the fate of loved ones who remain missing. The partial collapse of a multi-storey residential building in the beachfront Florida town of Surfside has hit the area’s Jewish community especially hard, but it is united in the face of tragedy,...
The search continues. Here are some of the people missing after the Surfside condo collapse
The search continues Friday for missing people believed to still be trapped in the rubble of the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside. Families across the world wait for news about loved ones who are unaccounted for. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday that 159 people are missing, based on data...