Miami building collapse

Australian Jewish couple among 150 missing in Surfside collapse

Australian Jewish community calling for "urgent prayers" for local couple in their 60s still missing in the Miami condo building collapse.

'I'm here, get me out.' Rescue crews couldn't reach her in time

Rescue workers struggled to reach woman trapped behind concrete wall, but fire reached her first.

'Jews around the world look at Israel as a source of support'

‘A veritable sigh of relief’: How the world’s Jewish community came together to bring aid to Surfside.

Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to 18

Two bodies of children ages 4 and 10 pulled from rubble of collapsed building in Surfside, bringing death toll to 18.

'You found more bodies:' 'We found people'

Col. Golan Vach updates CNN on recent rescue efforts at scene of building collapse in Surfside, Florida.

Florida building collapse:

IDF delegation assists in locating bodies using advanced tech

Team from Intelligence Division builds 3D model that maps building that collapsed, streamlining process of locating bodies.

'I've never seen such solidarity and unity'

Crisis response center for Surfside brings community together.

Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to 12

149 people are still unaccounted for following last week's building collapse in Surfside.

Biden to visit scene of Miami building collapse

White House announces President Biden will visit the site of the apartment building collapse in southern Florida on Thursday.

24 Miami apartment buildings put on structural violations list

48 hours after Surfside building's collapse, emergency audit reveals that multiple Miami buildings are behind on important repair work.

Chai Lifeline children create hope-filled mural for Surfside

Campers at camp for children serious illnesses work to bring hope to community devastated by large-scale building collapse.

The beauty of humanity brought out by a therapy dog in Surfside

United Hatzalah offers assistance to families of the missing in Surfside building collapse - with the aid of animals.

Death toll in Miami rises to 11, victims identified

150 people still missing in Surfside condo collapse, county mayor says, as death toll rises to 11. All eleven recovered victims identified.

Surfside mayor's heartfelt story about Jewish girl praying

Surfside Mayor shares a heartbreaking story about a young girl he saw sitting alone, reading a Jewish prayer.

During a tragedy, kindness is a 'warm blanket on a cold body'

Special Interview with Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, Rabbi of 'The Shul' synagogue of Bal Harbour and a Chabad emmisary to the area.

United Hatzalah in Miami: 'The families feel helplessness'

United Hatzalah's Dov Maisel tells Arutz Sheva that Miami's Jewish community sees Israelis helping them as the "family hugging them."

Children from the Benjamin region pray for the Jews of Miami

Benjamin Regional Council chief Yisrael Gantz leads local children in special prayer for those missing in Miami building collapse.

'Families begged that the Israelis come to help'

'Incredible' to see IDF delegation arrive, those from the Jewish community begged for Israelis to come,' Bal Harbour's Mayor Groisman says.

Miami Disaster: 'We must show American Jews we care'

'Our mission in Miami is a gesture to American Jews, to show them we care.' Diaspora Minister leads Israeli delegation in south Florida.

Easing the ongoing trauma of not knowing - together

United Hatzalah's psychotrauma and crisis response team aids community of Miami in rallying around those affected by the building collapse.

Diaspora Minister: Zero chance we'll find survivors

Israeli minister on the scene in Florida says there is 'zero chance' survivors will be found at site of building collapse.

Jewish burial societies face grim, complex task in Miami

Taking lessons from 9/11, Jewish burial societies prepare for grim work of sorting through the debris to find bodily materials.

Moving: ‘Avinu Malkenu’ near scene of Miami disaster

Members of Jewish community and family members of the missing gather for prayers following building collapse near Miami.

Arutz Sheva in Miami

Jewish community unites to help families harmed by collapse

At 'The Shul' in Bal Harbor, supplies are pouring in from all over, and almost a million dollars have been raised.

Rachel and Josh are looking for their mother

Rachel and Josh speak with Arutz Sheva about efforts to locate their mother, missing in the Miami-area building collapse.

MDA volunteers working 'around the clock' in Miami

Doctors and paramedics volunteering with MDA working 'around the clock' under 'complex' conditions to help search for survivors in Miami.

'There is always hope,' says Israeli rescue team in Miami

Chief of Israeli team dispatched to Florida calls scene of building collapse 'difficult', but says there is still hope of finding survivors.

Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to nine

Four victims killed in Miami-area building collapse identified thus far.

Gov. DeSantis: 'We of course accept Israel's support'

Florida governor speaks with Arutz Sheva about PM Naftali Bennett's offer of assistance, and impact of disaster on Miami's Jewish community.

Herzog to Miami Jewish community: 'We share your pain'

Israel's president-elect offers condolences to Miami Jewish community. 'We're thinking of you during this difficult time.'

'Almost all the apartments had mezuzot on the doors'

If it had happened last winter, hundreds more Jews would have been lost, says Rabbi Yona Lunger, a local community activist.

Miami disaster: Boy freed his arm and cried for help

Jewish child who lost his mother in Florida building collapse miraculously survived the disaster.

Death toll in Miami building collapse rises to five

Rescue crews find another body in the rubble of collapsed condominium tower near Miami, bringing the death toll to five.

Florida building collapse:

Bennett to Florida governor: 'We'll assist in any way necessary'

PM expresses condolences on behalf of Israel to Gov. DeSantis over disaster, says Israel will assist authorities in any way necessary.

Florida building collapse:

Israel launches Operation 'Helping Hand'

The delegation's mission includes assisting the Jewish community in identifying victims and survivors.

Engineer warned of 'structural damage' before building collapse

2018 report on building in Surfside noted damage and disintegration to concrete and columns. 159 still unaccounted for.

Class action lawsuit filed after Miami condo building collapse

Owners of condos in beachfront building suing condo association alleging negligence and failing to secure their "lives and property."

Miami condo tower had been sinking since 1990s, says researcher

Research was aimed at studying areas of potential flooding, not engineering issues, and was likely not known to city officials.

Jewish groups help collapse survivors: 'People lost everything"

As the enormous scope of the tragedy became clear, Jewish groups sprang into action to aid the community during this time of need.

Cohen brothers among those missing in rubble of Miami building

Brad Cohen and Gary Cohen, visiting from out of town, are missing in the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building.

Popular ex-PE teacher, wife missing after Miami condo collapse

Former students of Arnold Notkin, 87 and his wife Myriam, 81, "hoping for a miracle."

4 dead, 159 unaccounted for in collapse of Miami condo building

Rescue efforts still underway to search for survivors in the rubble of the 12-story condo tower in Surfside, near Miami.

Hatzalah in Miami: We haven't found any more survivors

"This is a heavily Jewish neighborhood; many local residents are haredim," Hatzalah member says.

Florida Rabbi:

'This tragedy transcends our capacity for understanding'

American Jews mobilize in response to deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida.

25 of 99 missing people in Miami condo collapse may be Jewish

Hatzalah, Chesed Shel Emes and Miami Police Chaplain Rabbi Mark Rosenberg at the scene trying to locate missing victims.

DeSantis on tower collapse: 'We are bracing for some bad news'

Former Surfside mayor and building resident Barry Cohen witnesses the building turning into "a gaping hole of rubble."

Israeli consulate assisting after Miami building collapse

Foreign Minister Lapid speaks with Israeli Consul General in Miami after building collapse leaves dozens of Jews missing.

At least 18 Jews unaccounted for in Miami condo tower collapse

Rescue teams still actively searching through rubble of 12-floor building whose entire back side collapsed.