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Hundreds rally in Houston after ICE fatally shoots migrant during enforcement operation

Family members, lawmakers and immigrant advocates called for an independent investigation after an ICE officer fatally shot a longtime Houston resident during a targeted enforcement operation.

|ByREUTERS
People attend a vigil after the fatal shooting of Mexican motorist Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE agent in Houston, Texas, US, July 8, 2026.
A woman holds banners denouncing the Iranian regime, June 21, 2026; illustrative.

Israeli flags seen as Iranian diaspora denounces US-Iran MoU in worldwide embassy protests

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi called for a week of protests to coincide with the week-long funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Activists flew pro-Pahlavi flags, along with Israeli flags at certain sites.

|ByJAMES GENN
Angelina Han Hicks, 18, was arrested following a planned attack on a Houston synagogue, April 23, 2026.

Teens in two states arrested over threat that shuttered Houston synagogue

Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, North Carolina, and an unnamed 16-year-old boy, of Houston, Texas, were arrested in relation to a planned attack against Congregation Beth Israel.

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Shelley Nussenblatt Kessler, a descendant of Jewish immigrants who came to America as part of the Galveston Movement in the early 20th century, sits in Galveston, Texas, with a biography of the city's famous rabbi, Henry Cohen.

In Galveston, descendants of a forgotten Jewish migration keep their community’s story alive

Galveston's Jewish community, led by Rabbi Henry Cohen, helped 10,000 immigrants find new homes after fleeing Russian pogroms and East Coast overcrowding.

|ByDAN FELLNER/JTA

Joel Osteen opens Houston megachurch to Jews whose synagogue was flooded

Congregation Beth Yeshurun was completely flooded during Hurricane Harvey.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017ByJTA
Vehicles queue to deliver supplies for Hurricane Harvey evacuees at the nondenominational Lakewood Church, founded by pastor Joel Osteen, in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 29, 2017

Israel approves $1m. aid for Houston's shuls, schools

Israel will also help Mexico with quake aftermath.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Workers clean the United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston on Sunday as part of restoration efforts by Jewish volunteers after Hurricane Harvey

Israel to offer Mexico aid, approves $1 mill for Houston Jewish community

The prime minister is set to meet with Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto on Wednesday, in a "historic" visit to Latin America.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017ByHERB KEINON
The helmet of an Israeli soldier and member of an aid delegation is seen as he waits for a flight to Nepal at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, Israel April 26, 2015.

Trump takes churches' side in financial debate after Hurricane Harvey

Churches that acted as shelters and supplied food during the hurricane are now claiming they deserve fair reimbursement, and US President Donald Trump has sided with them in the controversial debate.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017ByJACOB GOFF KLEIN
US President Donald Trump pauses during a statement at the White House

Jewish texts remain intact in flooded evangelical’s home

All secular books were destroyed but the Bibles remained in good condition, says Houston resident.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT
Houston resident Adrian holds his holy books while speaking with Josh Wander, a volunteer from Israel.

Jewish texts only survivors in devastated Houston home

“All my secular books were destroyed, but the pages of these books are still dry, still usable and without any mold."

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017ByDANIELLE ZIRI
Jewish texts that survived Hurricane Harvey

'Israel is standing with you': Israeli Embassy helps Harvey victims cope

Harvey was the wettest hurricane ever to make landfall in the US, and was one of the costliest storms the nation has ever endured.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByMICHAEL WILNER
A box packaged by the Embassy of Israel in Washington following Hurricane Harvey

Jewish and Israeli groups rally to help hurricane victims in Houston

150 students from three US states join Chabad’s efforts to provide relief.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Workers clean the United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston on Sunday as part of restoration efforts by Jewish volunteers after Hurricane Harvey

In wake of Harvey devastation, Israel pledges $1m. to Houston's Jewish community

"The Jewish State is measured by its response when our brothers around the world are in crisis," Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett says.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017BySARAH LEVI
Residents use boats to evacuate flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey along Tidwell Road east Houston, Texas

That Time that Israeli Volunteers Spent Shabbat Helping Evacuees in Beaumont Texas

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017ByRAPHAEL POCH
The Jerusalem Post