TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT VIA TWITTER.
Rosh Hashanah
Texas National Guard members help rescue flooded Texans.
Detroit Federation
Sets Up Fund For
Hurricane Relief
(JNS.org)
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elief efforts are under way in
the Jewish communities of
southeastern Texas following
the deadly Hurricane Harvey that
slammed into Texas causing death
and epic flooding.
This was the strongest storm to
hit Texas in decades. Heavy rainfall
caused massive and widespread
flooding, the most that’s been seen
from a tropical storm, and power out-
ages. Thousands of people around
the Houston area were rescued from
being stranded in their cars and
homes in flood waters that were sev-
eral feet high.
The Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit has opened a
special relief fund for those affected
by the devastating hurricane that
struck the Gulf Coast. Many thou-
sands of families and individuals are
in need of food, medicine and other
basic supports. Go to the website
jewishdetroit.org/hurricaine-relief
to donate.
Ahead of the storm, most area
synagogues cancelled Shabbat ser-
vices. The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish
Community Center of Houston closed
Friday and remained closed Sunday
due to safety concerns.
Several Jewish community mem-
bers led a volunteer emergency
response team and performed res-
cue operations Saturday night and
Sunday.
“It’s really bad here,” Jewish commu-
nity rescue volunteer Jenelle Garner
said, reported the Jewish Herald-Voice.
“We might be forced to leave.”
Rabbi Gidon Moskovitz of the
Meyerland Minyan said that over
half of his congregation had “taken
in water” up to 5 feet deep in their
homes, reported Hamodia.
Chabad-Lubavitch said that one of
its emissaries in Houston had taken in
several people after they had become
trapped by flooding after Shabbat.
“I am sad to report that many of
our friends who flooded in the recent
past are flooded once again, and there
are many others who have never been
flooded before,” said Rabbi Chaim
Lazaroff, co-director of Chabad of
Uptown with his wife, Chanie. “The
rain is not stopping.”
The Houston area has been hard
hit by flooding in recent years, but
Saturday’s storm was by far the most
widespread.
The Jewish Federation of Houston
on its Facebook page posted Sunday,
“Parts of our community have been
impacted by the severe weather of the
past two days. We are working with
our partner agencies to assess the
current situation in our community
and determine priority on action
items.”
Relief efforts were under way even
before the water started to recede in
some areas.
“We are heartbroken to see the
impact of the storm on our com-
munity,” the Jewish Federation of
Greater Houston stated Sunday on its
Facebook page.
“We are in touch and work-
ing with the Jewish Federations of
North America, NECHAMA: Jewish
Response to Disaster, and local Jewish
communities in the storm’s path to
gauge the scope of the damage as it
unfolds and to quickly address spe-
cific needs of the Jewish and general
communities,” the agency said in a
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