The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/haiti/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:16:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Haiti | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/haiti/ 32 32 Jewish seniors offer to hide carers as 350,000 Haitians face deportation from US https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-seniors-offer-to-hide-carers-as-350000-haitians-face-deportation-from-us/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 06:53:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3745210 CEO of Florida aged care home says residents, some of them Holocaust survivors, share 'kindred bond' with Haitian staff, who will lose right to work and live in US from Tuesday

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]]> Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 50 dead after thrashing Caribbean https://www.timesofisrael.com/hurricane-melissa-leaves-nearly-50-dead-after-thrashing-caribbean/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:20:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3677964 Storm flattens homes and businesses, forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate; US sends disaster relief, search and rescue teams to aid hard-hit areas

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]]> Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba dig out of widespread destruction after deadly Hurricane Melissa https://www.timesofisrael.com/haiti-jamaica-cuba-dig-out-of-widespread-destruction-after-deadly-hurricane-melissa/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:57:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3677296 Caribbean residents face destroyed homes, power outages; at least 25 killed in Haiti, 18 missing; hurricane warning remains in effect in Bermuda

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]]> Springfield, Ohio, rabbi will meet local Haitian leaders after disparaging community https://www.timesofisrael.com/springfield-ohio-rabbi-will-meet-local-haitian-leaders-after-disparaging-community/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:36:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3382123 Cary Kozberg, whose remarks come after Trump alleged migrants were eating their pets, says he 'misspoke' and has 'modified' his opinions; will remain employed with his congregation

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]]> Springfield’s Trump-voting rabbi claims Haitian immigrants lack ‘Western civilized values’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/springfields-trump-voting-rabbi-claims-haitian-immigrants-lack-western-civilized-values/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:59:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3379284 Reform Rabbi Cary Kozberg admits there is no basis to the former president's claims that Haitian townsfolk are eating resident's pets, but complains they are not trying to assimilate

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]]> 17 US citizens from Christian missionary group kidnapped by ransom gang in Haiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/17-us-citizens-from-christian-missionary-group-kidnapped-by-ransom-gang-in-haiti/ Sun, 17 Oct 2021 13:25:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2633563 Missionaries said to have been on their way home from building an orphanage; US government says it's aware of the reports

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]]> Uproar over images of US mounted border agents rounding up Haitian migrants https://www.timesofisrael.com/uproar-over-images-of-us-mounted-border-agents-rounding-up-haitian-migrants/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 05:06:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2619524 Pictures show riders swinging their long reins to threaten migrants and push them back toward Mexico, some say evoking 19th-century scenes of the violence of slavery

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]]> Haiti quake toll soars to 1,297 as storm threatens rescue effort https://www.timesofisrael.com/haiti-quake-toll-soars-to-1297-as-storm-threatens-rescue-effort/ Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:25:27 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2600300 Foreign aid pours in to help impoverished nation, with hospitals overwhelmed by thousands injured in Saturday temblor; tropical depression expected to bring heavy rains Monday

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]]> Death toll in massive Haiti earthquake jumps to at least 724 https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-toll-in-massive-haiti-earthquake-jumps-to-at-least-724/ Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:37:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2600164 1,500 buildings were destroyed and over 5,000 damaged, trapping hundreds under rubble and leaving at least 2,800 people injured

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]]> More than 300 killed as 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Haiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/more-than-300-killed-as-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-haiti/ Sat, 14 Aug 2021 23:48:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2599659 The impoverished country was struck by a similar-sized quake in 2010 that damaged much of the capital and killed an estimated 300,000

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]]> Haiti asks US, UN to send troops as unrest fears grow after president’s killing https://www.timesofisrael.com/haiti-asks-us-un-to-send-troops-as-unrest-fears-grow-after-presidents-killing/ Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:58:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2579480 Port-au-Prince asks for forces to be sent to secure ports, airport and other strategic sites after assassination of president opens power vacuum; US already sent FBI agents

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]]> Haiti police say 4 of president’s assassins killed, as risk of instability grows https://www.timesofisrael.com/haiti-police-say-4-of-presidents-assassins-killed-as-risk-of-instability-grows/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:58:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2578476 Police chief says other members of hit squad still at large, amid concerns uncertainty could spiral into violence

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]]> Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated, wife injured in gun attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/haiti-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-wife-injured-in-gun-attack/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:06:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2577894 Many had deemed his rule illegitimate after elections delayed; interim PM announces he is in charge, urges calm, says gunmen spoke English and Spanish

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]]> Bringing latest laser tech, Israeli surgeons help young burn victims in Haiti https://www.timesofisrael.com/bringing-latest-laser-tech-israeli-surgeons-help-young-burn-victims-in-haiti/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:59:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2243307 Team from Sheba Medical Center partners with NJ-based Burn Advocates Network to train healthcare professionals in Hispaniola to alleviate pain, lack of mobility caused by scarring

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]]> In largest-ever drill, Israeli Navy prepares for massive, devastating quake https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-largest-ever-drill-israeli-navy-prepares-for-massive-devastating-quake/ Mon, 12 Aug 2019 16:27:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2125963 Representatives from 9 foreign countries and NATO participate in naval exercise 'Mighty Waves 2019,' simulating aftermath of tremor

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