Hurricane

Largest Israeli humanitarian mission since October 7 heads to Jamaica

Aid provided by the six organizations includes a wide range of help, from providing food and water to maintaining educational centers for children unable to attend school.

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.
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

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

Hurricane Melissa leaves 49 dead in Caribbean, churns north


Israelis help hurricane rehabilitation in Puerto Rico

“I wanted to use this time in my life to do something meaningful," stated one of the Israeli volunteers.

Laura Valentin holds a cat while standing in the remains of her home after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Catano municipality, southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico September 21, 2017.

A Jewish brother and sister consult each other on politics roles

New Chicago Rep. Yehiel Kalish is the brother of Coloradio Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet.

 The Illinois State Legislature in Springfield, Illionois

Death toll rises to seven as hurricane Michael rages Florida

"The wind was really tearing us apart. It was so scary you’d poo yourself.”

Waves take over a house as Hurricane Michael comes ashore in Alligator Point, Florida, U.S., October 10, 2018.

Hurricane Michael hits Florida, barely skirting past Jewish community

Hurricane Michael is a Category 4 storm – the strongest cyclone ever recorded to hit this territory.

Waves take over a house as Hurricane Michael comes ashore in Alligator Point, Florida, U.S., October 10, 2018.

Florida synagogue continues its wait for aid a year after Hurricane Irma

For the second year in a row, the congregation at the Lakeland synagogue is locked out of its sanctuary during the most sacred period of the Jewish calendar.

Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen approaching Puerto Rico in this NASA's GOES-16 satellite image taken at about 15:15 EDT on September 6, 2017.

Chabad sends hundreds of pounds of kosher food hours before Yom Kippur to NC

A truck full of kosher food sent from North Carolina after the hurricane first hit had been turned away by authorities because of dangerous road conditions.

Hurricane Florence is shown from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) #GOESEast satellite shortly after the storm made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, U.S., September 14, 2018.

Florence rains down incessantly on Carolinas, 23 dead

About 509,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in North and South Carolina and surrounding states.

Water from Neuse River starts flooding houses as the Hurricane Florence comes ashore in New Bern, North Carolina, U.S., September 13, 2018.

Hurricane Florence downgraded to Category 1 storm

But the hurricane's sheer size meant it could batter the US East Coast with hurricane-force winds for nearly a full day, according to weather forecasters.

Water from Neuse River starts flooding houses as the Hurricane Florence comes ashore in New Bern, North Carolina, U.S., September 13, 2018.

Hurricane Florence's fury lashes Carolinas, Jewish communities prepare

The coasts of North and South Carolina are braced for a catastrophic storm surge as Florence, a Category 2 hurricane, comes ashore.

Hurricane Maria is pictured over Puerto Rico.

Coming up for air

Houston one year after Harvey

A resconstructed Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston