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Residents walk through Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, October 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
November 3, 2025, 1:34 am
Jewish and Israeli groups rush to provide aid to hurricane-ravaged Jamaica
Chabad, Israid and others working to get clean water and supplies to locals after Hurricane Melissa pummels island with 360 Jewish residents
By Zev Stub
A man holds the gate of a damaged house after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Boca de Dos Rios village, Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba on October 30, 2025. (Yamil Lage/AFP)
October 31, 2025, 8:20 am
Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 50 dead after thrashing Caribbean
Storm flattens homes and businesses, forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate; US sends disaster relief, search and rescue teams to aid hard-hit areas
By AFP
A screen grab from an aerial video shows damaged buildings and structures in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, on October 29, 2025, after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island. (AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP)
October 30, 2025, 2:57 pm
Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba dig out of widespread destruction after deadly Hurricane Melissa
Caribbean residents face destroyed homes, power outages; at least 25 killed in Haiti, 18 missing; hurricane warning remains in effect in Bermuda
By ARIEL FERNÁNDEZ, ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and JOHN MYERS JR.
A man walks in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP/Matias Delacroix)
October 28, 2025, 4:21 pm
Hurricane Melissa set to pummel Jamaica as its strongest storm on record
Government warns of catastrophic damage likely to be caused by Category 5 storm, expected to slash through island before heading toward Cuba; 7 deaths already reported
By JOHN MYERS JR. and DANICA COTO
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins the women's 100-meter final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
July 31, 2021, 5:03 pm
Jamaica’s Thompson-Herah sets new Olympic record in women’s 100 meters
Sprinter finishes race with a time of 10.61 seconds, breaking the mark set by Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 games
By Eddie Pells
Israeli sailor Amit Mendel, who was denied entry to Jamaica due to a coronavirus lockdown, undated, 2020. (Kan screenshot)
May 11, 2020, 6:28 pm
After six weeks afloat off coast, Israeli finally granted entry to Jamaica
Coronavirus lockdown stranded Amit Mendel on his small sailing boat after he crossed the ocean to get to island nation; now seeking visa to reach US
By Stuart Winer
Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal (YouTube)
September 2, 2017, 6:31 am
To snare radical cleric, NYPD reached far beyond city limits
Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal has advocated war with Jews, use of chemical weapons to exterminate unbelievers
By Tom Hays
Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal (YouTube)
August 26, 2017, 6:00 am
Radical Jamaican cleric indicted in US on terror charge
Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal has advocated war with Jews, use of chemical weapons to exterminate unbelievers
By Karen Matthews
Jamaica's Usain Bolt (C) pulls up injured in the final of the men's 4x100m relay athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 12, 2017.(AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)
August 13, 2017, 1:15 am
Sad farewell for injured Bolt as he crashes out of final race
World’s fastest man ends ends storied career limping to finishing line amid standing ovation of packed London stadium
By Luke Phillips
An illustrative plate of jerk chicken served with rice, carrots and green beans. (CC BY-SA, Wikimedia)
July 20, 2017, 11:57 pm
Jamaica’s 1st kosher eatery serves spicy jerk cuisine
Kosher Hot Spot features island nation’s famous cooking in which meat is dry-rubbed or marinated with hot spice mix
By JTA
Dr. Gary Glassman flies to Jamaica several times a year to volunteer as an adjunct professor at the University of Technology’s College of Oral Health Sciences in Kingston. (Courtesy)
March 30, 2017, 1:05 am
The Canadian dentist who brings smiles to Jamaica
Toronto root canal specialist Gary Glassman sets his sights on Israel after demonstrating his philanthropic commitment at home and further afield
By Robert Sarner
The main hall of the Passover seder of Kathmandu at the Nepalese capital's Radisson Hotel, April 6, 2012. (Courtesy Eyal Keren)
March 29, 2017, 9:39 am
Chabad Lubavitch to host Passover seders around the world
Jewish organization arranges traditional festive meals at far-flung locations, including its famous annual gathering in Kathmandu
By AP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Jamaican counterpart Andrew Holness arrive to a joint press conference in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
January 15, 2017, 9:09 pm
Israel thanks Jamaica for skipping controversial UNESCO vote
Netanyahu welcomes Kingston’s refusal in Oct. to back ‘absurd’ resolution, which ignored Jewish ties to Temple Mount
By JTA
Jamaican converts in Kingston's Shaare Shalom Synagogue (photo credit: Rabbi Dana Evan Kaplan)
November 28, 2016, 2:49 am
Remnants of Jamaica’s Jews hold a heritage full of firsts
From artists to newspapermen, the early Jewish community on the Caribbean island set many precedents — before being decimated by assimilation, immigration and intermarriage
By Julie Masis
Trinidad did not house the only refugee camps in the Caribbean during WWII. Pictured are residents of Jamaica's 'Gibraltar Camp,' where approximately 300 Polish Jews and 500 Dutch Jews were housed between 1942 and 1944. (YouTube screenshot)
November 18, 2016, 6:04 am
In Jamaica, a once-in-a-lifetime reunion for Jews who weathered WWII in an island camp
Fleeing certain death at the hands of the Nazis, for a brief moment thousands of European Jews were given refuge in a tropical paradise
By Julie Masis
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