Jewish and Israeli volunteers join in relief effort as floods pound Central Europe
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Fast Forward Flash floods put a dangerous damper on the first night of Sukkot in NYC
The holiday that starts Friday night is meant to be celebrated outside. But rain has triggered a state of emergency
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Community In the story of Noah, a model of partnership with God
The Torah inherited a Mesopotamian cultural consensus that a Great Deluge had wiped out almost all of humanity. In the Gilgamesh epic, the gods (Anu and Enlil) inflict this catastrophe arbitrarily in a display of their power, but later defend their actions both as deserved punishment and designed to curb population growth. According to the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Community In India Mostly Unaffected By Deadly Floods
(JTA) — The Jewish community in Kerala has largely escaped harm from the deadly floods in the southern Indian state, one member of the community told JTA. More than 350 people have been killed and over 1 million have been displaced by the floods, which started in June and are the worst the state has…
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Fast Forward Israeli School Head Quits Over Flash Flood Deaths
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The head of a pre-army academy has resigned a week after 10 teens died in a flash flood during a school-sponsored hike. Yuval Kahan, the principal of the Bnei Zion pre-military academy, released a statement on Wednesday, in which he said he was “torn and broken” over the deaths of the entering…
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Fast Forward Israel School Chief Charged With Negligence After 10 Students Die In Flood
The head of a school who organized a desert trek in which 10 Israeli teenagers were killed in a flash flood has been arrested on suspicion of causing death through negligence, police said. Nine girls and a boy were killed when a sudden, powerful torrent gushed through a usually arid Zafit river bed in southern…
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Fast Forward 10 Israeli Schoolkids Killed By Flash Flood In Negev Desert
At least 10 youths were reportedly killed when they were swept away by a flash flood in the Negev Desert in southern Israel on Thursday, and seven others were in critical condition, police and emergency services said. One other student was missing, the Times of Israel reported. Military helicopters and security forces were searching the…
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Fast Forward Texas Town Deletes Israel Boycott Clause From Hurricane Relief Grants
(JTA) — Private citizens who apply for Hurricane Harvey rebuilding funds in Dickinson, Texas no longer have to certify that they will not boycott Israel. The Dickinson City Council on Tuesday voted to remove a clause from a relief application that had drawn the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union and pro-boycott activists, the…
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