Texas flood

Texas floods death toll creeps up as search and rescue continues

Torrential rains before dawn on Friday deluged the Guadalupe River, which burst its banks and killed dozens of people, leaving behind mangled piles of debris, trees, and cars.

A group of search and rescue workers paddle a boat in the Guadalupe River in the aftermath of deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 7, 2025.
 Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5, 2025.

After flood in Texas devastates local camps, Jewish camps express grief and condolences

 People react near the Guadalupe river, following flash flooding, in Kerrville, Texas, U.S. July 6, 2025.

Death toll in Texas flooding nears 100 as search ongoing for 11 missing campers

First responders survey rising flood waters of the Guadalupe River after flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S. July 4, 2025 in a still image from video

Death toll from Texas floods rises to 67, many still missing


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.

 The Texas State Capitol photographed on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025 in Austin.

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

TEXAS ARMY National Guard soldiers move through flooded Houston streets as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey rise, on August 28, 2017

'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.

A box packaged by the Embassy of Israel in Washington following Hurricane Harvey

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."

Members of the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit in Jerusalem

Israeli-American family escapes Houston floods

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

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