2021/06/29 09:47 Leo Soto, who created this memorial with grocery stores donating flowers and candles, pauses in front of photos of some of the missing people that he . Leo Soto, who created this memorial with grocery stores donating flowers and candles, pauses in front of photos of some of the missing people that he put on a fence, near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed in Surfside, Fla., Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Angelica Pulido looks at a makeshift memorial with photos of some of the missing people near the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially c.
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A view of Surfside, Florida (video screenshot)
JTA When a portion of Champlain Towers crumbled early Thursday morning, thrusting the beach town of Surfside, Florida, into tragedy, it also struck at the heart of a thriving and growing Jewish community.
As of Friday morning, four people had been confirmed dead, and local authorities say 159 remain missing. Search and rescue teams are still trying to find survivors in the rubble, and the cause of the disaster is still unknown. Jewish organizations and synagogues have mobilized to raise money and gather supplies for the building’s families.
Here’s what you should know about the Jews in and around Surfside as the city and community cope with an evolving catastrophe.
This aerial image shows search and rescue workers working the site of an oceanfront condo building that partially collapsed, in Surfside, Florida, Friday, June 25, 2021 (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Florida officials have yet to respond to an Israeli offer to send in a search and rescue team to aid efforts to locate survivors following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach.
But it appeared unlikely that the US would take up Israel’s offer to send the IDF’s search and rescue team, which has assisted in major disasters around the world in recent years, including in Mexico and Brazil.