(JTA) — At least five people are reported dead in Houston as rain and winds from Hurricane Harvey hit the city, causing massive flooding. “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…
In the weeks following the 2016 presidential election, Laura Moser found a new mission. Moser, 39, was living in Washington D.C., working as a freelance writer – she has, on occasion, written for the Forward – and taking care of her two young children. Newly engaged in politics after Donald Trump’s win, she saw a…
(JTA) — A swastika was drawn in bright-colored chalk on the base of the founders statue at Rice University in Houston. The word “TRUMP” accompanied the swastika on the 2,000-pound William Marsh Rice statue, located in the heart of the academic quad of the campus, the Houston Chronicle reported. The vandalism reportedly occurred on Friday…
When Super Bowl fans descend on Houston this February, many of the town’s visitors will have David Mintzner to thank for the warm hospitality. He died a few months ago, at 101, but not before conceiving the city’s new Marriott Marquis hotel — with its record-sized ballroom, ornate chandeliers and a lazy river in the…
— The gunman wearing a Nazi uniform during a shooting spree in Houston belonged to a Jewish fraternity in college. Nathan DeSai, 46, was carrying two guns and 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he was shot dead by police Monday morning after injuring nine people in his attack on commuters, one critically. DeSai belonged…
— A fire that destroyed the house of an Orthodox Jewish couple in Houston left one dead and one in critical condition in the hospital. Firefighters were called to the house of Eva Lou and Julius Chapman by neighbors at about 7:45 p.m. Friday, and found it engulfed in flames. The badly burned body of…
Massive flooding has caused serious damage to the Jewish community of Houston for the second time in less than a year and just days before Passover. Dozens of homes in the Jewish neighborhoods of Meyerland and Willow Meadows reported significant flood damage as of Tuesday morning from the extremely heavy rainfall in the previous two…
Funeral services were set for an elderly Jewish couple who drowned in the floods that swept through Houston last week. Shirley and Jack Alter, who died when their rescue boat capsized in the rushing floodwaters, were scheduled to be buried Sunday at the Congregation Beth Yeshurun Cemetery in Houston. The boat suffered engine failure before…
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