Jamaica

Ran Cohen Harounoff: Helping children thrive amid crises worldwide - interview

From Ukraine to Israel to Jamaica, Ran Cohen Harounoff helps children recover and thrive after disasters.

Yuval Cohen Harounoff.
A JDC emergency team, working with the local Jewish community to reach isolated regions and deliver food, water, hygiene kits, and tarps to protect homes for more than 10,000 survivors.

Largest Israeli humanitarian mission since October 7 heads to Jamaica

A man walks near debris, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica, November 2, 2025.

Netanyahu orders Israel to dispatch aid to hurricane-torn Jamaica

 Chabad Jamaica delivering aid after hurricane Melissa ravages area, November 2, 2025.

Jamaica's Chabad center survives hurricane Melissa, as Rabbi Raskin plans recovery, aid efforts


Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north

Dozens confirmed as killed across the Caribbean as the Category 5 hurricane sweeps across the region.

A man wearing a protective suit cycles on a street, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in Kingston, Jamaica, October 27, 2025.

Jamaica follows Barbados in recognizing Palestine as a state

The country's foreign minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, said that Jamaica "continues to advocate for a two-state solution as the only viable option to resolve the longstanding conflict."

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith prior to an emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, March 11, 2024.

Over 60 Jamaican school kids hospitalized after eating cannabis rainbow candy

Jamaica decriminalized possession of up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for religious, medicinal, and scientific purposes in 2015.

 Edibles are displayed at Shango Cannabis shop on first day of legal recreational marijuana sales beginning at midnight in Portland, Oregon October 1, 2015.

Crossing the Globe: Hong Kong and Jamaica

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 63.

 A Cathay Pacific jet flies over Hong Kong

The Israeli reggae man

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Tony Ray spent his teenage years in Bristol. Unexpectedly, he has spent the rest of his life in Israel.

 PROMOTING SINGLE ‘Goodbye to Wars,’ at Rasta Club, Tel Aviv.

Are there Jewish pirates of the Caribbean in Jamaica?

Were there Jewish pirates in the Caribbean? Aye. But were the Jews lying beneath the three century-old tombstones in Kingston, Jamaica, decorated with skull and crossbones pirates? Nay.

 Sephardi tombstones in the Hunt’s Bay Cemetery in Jamaica are adorned with skulls and crossbones.

US blacklists alleged human rights abusers in Russia, Haiti, Yemen

In addition, the US State Dept. also announced sanctions against 17 officials of China, El Salvador and Jamaica, as well their immediate family members, for serious human rights violations.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal at the United Nations in New York, U.S., August 20, 2020

Passenger lies about having coronavirus, forces jet back to airport

The incident occurred on Monday during a WestJet Airlines flight from Toronto to Montego Bay. The Boeing 767 was carrying 243 passengers.

A WestJet Boeing 737-800 airplane lands at Vancouver's international airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, February 5, 2019

Jerusalem Jamaican jiving

“Life in Jamaica, family, love of course, hardships, inspiration can come from many a ting you know, even the rain – which is a blessing,” Clarke said.

JOHNNY CLARKE

Rare Jamaican ketuba to be auctioned by Sotheby's

Jewish wedding contract from the island nation dates back to 1884.

Jamaican ketuba from 1884