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Rabbi Eliot Pearlson, in kippah, leads a psalm as he speaks to members of his congregation in the wake of the collapse of the Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, June 25, 2021. Pearlson, who has a number of his congregants among the missing, is the rabbi at Temple Menorah just a few blocks from the collapsed condos. (Photo/JTA-Zack Wittman for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘It’s going to be a rough road’: In Surfside, the Jewish community braced for bad news on a somber Shabbat

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 28, 2021
This aerial view shows search and rescue personnel working after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty)
Posted inU.S.

The deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, struck a growing Jewish community

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 25, 2021June 28, 2021
Search and rescue personnel working on site after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida on June 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

American Jews mobilize in response to deadly building collapse in Florida

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA June 25, 2021June 25, 2021
Joel Greenberg in a headshot from the Seminole County Tax Collector's office. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Seminole County Tax Collector's office)
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Who is Joel Greenberg? Meet the Jewish Florida politician at the center of the Matt Gaetz scandal

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 1, 2021
Political activist Laura Loomer stands across from the Women's March in New York City on January 19, 2019. (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-Getty Images)
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In a South Florida congressional race, Jewish culture war erupts

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 11, 2020September 11, 2020
Solomon Schoonover is a big fan of President Donald Trump and the founder of the Jewish Republican Organization of Florida. (Photo/Forward)
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These Florida Jews are sticking with Trump, even if it costs them family and friends

Ilene Prusher by Ilene Prusher August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
Blake Flayton and Lea Toubian, student fellows with the Jewish Democratic Council of America, pretend to phone one another to demonstrate a get out the vote tactic in a JDCA Zoom event on August 13, 2020.
Posted inU.S.

Jewish Republicans and Democrats agree on this: Watch Florida

by Ron Kampeas and JTA August 17, 2020
Volunteers in Atlanta’s Orthodox Jewish community coordinate homes for evacuees from Hurricane Irma, which is set to hit Florida this weekend. (Photo/Courtesy of Adam Starr)
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Jews fleeing Irma are taking refuge in Atlanta synagogues

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 8, 2017March 19, 2018
A satellite image showing Hurricane Irma moving toward the Florida coast in the Caribbean Sea, Sept. 7, 2017. (Photo/NOAA GOES Project via Getty Images)
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Haredi rabbi: Jews may travel on Shabbat to escape Irma

by JTA September 8, 2017March 19, 2018

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