The Jerusalem Post - Israel News

Texas flood

Texas Jews split as lawmakers sign off on $1B private school voucher program

Some Jewish families see vouchers as relief from public school culture wars. Others fear long-term harm.

|ByGRACE GILSON
The Texas State Capitol photographed on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 in Austin.
TEXAS ARMY National Guard soldiers move through flooded Houston streets as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey rise, on August 28, 2017

Remembering other people's problems

The intensity of our own news removes me from events in the world, even when friends are involved, I must admit

|ByBARBARA SOFER
A box packaged by the Embassy of Israel in Washington following 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.

|ByMICHAEL WILNER
Members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit in Jerusalem

Israel Rescue Coalition to send special crisis unit to Houston

The Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit deals with situations where bystanders need emotional support -- what United Hatzalah calls "psychological first-aid."

|ByBECKY BROTHMAN

Israeli-American family escapes Houston floods

Jewish organizations sent out boats to help evacuate victims of torrential rains.

AUGUST 30, 2017
A police officer wades through the Hurricane Harvey floodwaters in Alvin, Texas August 29, 2017.