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Hurricane Harvey

Police and rescue personnel following the shooting on the Las Vegas Strip at a country music festival that killed at least 50 and injured more than 400, Oct. 2, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ethan Miller-Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

When the news is too awful to share with our kids

by Julie Levine November 22, 2017November 21, 2017

When I was growing up, my parents never talked to me about what was happening in the world. CNN was born when I was 13, but I was too busy […]

Chava Gal-Or has been distributing mezuzahs for free to Jewish hurricane victims. (Photo/Courtesy Chava Gal-Or)
Posted inNews

This Texan distributes mezuzahs to hurricane and fire victims

Ben Sales by Ben Sales November 16, 2017March 19, 2018
The Falafel Frisbee plate at Flying Falafel
Posted inCulture

New Flying Falafel location; 7,200 cookies for Houston relief workers

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 29, 2017September 29, 2017
Joel Osteen preaching at Lakewood Church in Houston, the largest church in America, where services are broadcast around the world (Photo/JTA-Frank E. Lockwood-Lexington Herald Leader-MCT)
Posted inNews

Joel Osteen opens Houston megachurch to flooded synagogue

by JTA September 26, 2017March 19, 2018
Piles of ruined books from United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston. The congregation lost many of its prayer books and replenished them through donations. (Photo/Courtesy United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston)
Posted inNews

How Harvey-devastated Houston synagogues are handling High Holy Days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales September 20, 2017March 19, 2018
President Donald Trump visiting Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., Aug. 4, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Michael Reynolds-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Irma and Harvey set up Jewish fight over FEMA funding

by Ron Kampeas September 11, 2017March 19, 2018
Members of the Texas National Guard assist in relief efforts in the extreme flooding in southeast Texas. (Photo/Department of Defense)
Posted inNews

Taube pledges $1m to Harvey relief, with 10 percent earmarked for Jewish community

by Rob Gloster September 1, 2017March 19, 2018
IsraAID workers on the ground in southeast Texas (Photo/Courtesy of IsraAID-Elise Apap)
Posted inOpinion

IsraAID responds to Harvey: psych trauma, debris removal and the long haul

Sarith Honigstein by Sarith Honigstein September 1, 2017September 1, 2017
Houston residents and rescuers make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain following Hurricane Harvey, Aug. 29, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Scott Olson-Getty Images)
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Houston Jewish community ‘could take years’ to recover from Harvey

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten August 31, 2017March 19, 2018
Michael Duke, associate editor of the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice, lost his SUV in the flooding but still managed to write his articles. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Duke)
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Even Harvey couldn’t stop this family from publishing Houston’s Jewish paper

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 30, 2017March 19, 2018

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