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DATE | 2015-05-28 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Fwd: Please give to the Houston Relief Fund
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Houston Flooding - How you can help Houston Flooding The Jewish community of Houston needs our help to recover from severe floods that began on the second day of Shavuot and caused devastating damage. The homes of many of the 40,000 Jews who call Houston home are presently unlivable; several shuls and other communal facilities will also require extensive repair. Some elderly members of the community had to be rescued by boats and kayaks when torrential rains inundated the canals that criss-cross the city, causing them to overflow.
Rabbi Steven Weil, senior managing director of the Orthodox Union, flew to Houston and helped assess the damage. He reports that flood waters stood several feet deep in many structures, ruining a great deal of property, including many seforim at both United Orthodox Synagogue of Houston and Meyerland Minyan. Thankfully, sifrei Torah survived unscathed at both shuls.
A letter from Rabbi Barry Gelman to his congregants at UOSH is here.
The Orthodox Union will coordinate the distribution of financial aid to the Houston community through its disaster relief fund. Please help.
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