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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

Caribbean

Rabbi Alberto (Baruch) Zeilicovich, seen at Eagle Beach in Aruba, recently came out of retirement to become the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Israel on the southern Caribbean island. (Dan Fellner/ JTA)
March 19, 2023, 5:44 am
Aruba’s new rabbi comes out of retirement to lead a congregation in ‘paradise’
After manning the pulpit in Medellin, Colombia, at the height of Pablo Escobar’s notorious reign, Baruch Zeilicovich feels ready for anything on the beautiful and serene island
By dan fellner
The eruption of La Soufriere Volcano from Rillan Hill in Saint Vincent. (ZEN PUNNETT / Zen Punnett / AFP)
April 11, 2021, 3:03 am
Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions
16,000 flee their homes; scientists warn explosions could continue for days or even weeks, following 1st major blast since 1979
By Kristin Deane and DANICA COTO
Wooden crosses mark freshly dug graves at the Flores cemetery where people who died from the coronavirus are being buried, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25, 2020. (Gustavo Garello/AP)
July 26, 2020, 10:37 am
Number of global virus cases tops 16 million
More than 5 million cases declared since July 1, a third of the total since pandemic began; of deaths, US has highest number at 146,460, Belgium most per capita
By AFP and ToI Staff
This Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, shows an aerial view of the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)
July 30, 2019, 3:56 am
Tiny island nation St. Kitts and Nevis recognizes Palestinian state
Basseterre Foreign Minister Mark Brantley, hosting Palestinian counterpart, says Caribbean country supports two-state solution
By Adam Rasgon
SodaStream's "Holy Turtle," a 300-meter (1,000-foot) device the company says can clean plastic garbage from the ocean without harming marine life, seen deployed in a cleanup operation in Honduras. (Courtesy SodaStream International/PRNewsfoto)
October 16, 2018, 8:06 pm
SodaStream launches ocean plastic cleanup effort in Honduras
Israeli company, which lets customers add carbonation and flavor to tap water in reusable soda bottles, calls for an end to single-use plastic
By ToI Staff
This September 7, 2017 satellite image made available by NOAA shows the eye of Hurricane Irma, left, just north of the island of Hispaniola, with Hurricane Jose, right, in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)
September 28, 2018, 11:18 am
Warm waters boosted 2017’s major hurricane tally, study says
Rising global temperatures due to human-made and natural causes could see 5 to 8 major hurricanes a year by century’s end
By Seth Borenstein
Former UK senior civil servant Lord Robert Kerslake, interviewed on the BBC's Newsnight on April 18, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 19, 2018, 1:46 pm
UK ex-official: May’s approach to migrants was ‘reminiscent of Nazi Germany’
Lord Kerslake says as home secretary, current PM’s desire to crack down on immigrants led to ‘hostile environment,’ creating crisis over legal Caribbean residents
By ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli Ilya Romanov (Facebook photo)
February 1, 2018, 12:36 am
Israeli arrested in Caribbean, may be charged with attempted murder
Girlfriend of 30-year-old Ilya Romanov says he was attacked by four locals and was defending himself
By ToI Staff
Pope Francis (C) exchanges gifts with a delegation from the Latin American Jewish Congress, during a private audience in the Pontiff's library at the Vatican, September 18, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/ OSSERVATORE ROMANO)
October 30, 2017, 6:58 pm
Latin America and the Caribbean declared religious ‘Coexistence Zone’
Latin American Jewish Congress to sign the ‘Cordoba Declaration’ identifying region as one of ​​interreligious harmony
By JTA
An aerial view shows the flooded neighborhood of Juana Matos in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Catano, Puerto Rico, on September 22, 2017. (AFP/Ricardo Arduengo)
September 23, 2017, 5:42 am
Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate
US territory already battling dangerous floods after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island early Wednesday
By AFP
A man and a girl look at the ocean on September 18, 2017, in Basse-Terre, on the Fench Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, as Hurricane Maria approaches the Caribbean. (AFP PHOTO/Cedrick Isham CALVADOS)
September 19, 2017, 9:01 am
Category 5 Maria makes landfall in ‘potentially catastrophic’ hurricane
Maximum-strength storm hits Dominica, causing huge damage as Martinique, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands brace for winds and rain
By Amandine ASCENSIO and Jean-Philippe LUDON
Tropical weather systems Hurricane Norma, left, on the Pacific Ocean side of Mexico; Jose, center, east of Florida; Tropical Depression 15, second from right, north of South America, and Tropical Storm Lee, right, north of eastern Brazil, on September 16, 2017. (NOAA-NASA GOES Project via AP)
September 17, 2017, 4:52 am
Storm, hurricane warnings send more chills to US East Coast
Multiple weather fronts currently at sea threaten to wreck havoc on American, Mexican and already-battered Caribbean shores
By AP
An undated photo of Rabbi Moishe Chanowitz and his wife, Chana, the Chabad emissaries serving on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. (Chabad.org)
September 10, 2017, 9:28 pm
Chabad emissary weathered Irma on St. Martin while family evacuated
Moishe Chanowitz rode out the onset of Hurricane Irma in an unfinished mikveh building while wife and small kids fled to Puerto Rico
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of Rabbi Moishe Chanowitz and his wife, Chana, the Chabad emissaries serving on the Caribbean island of St. Martin. (Chabad.org)
From the WebSeptember 10, 2017, 3:44 pm
Chabad emissary weathered Irma on St. Martin while family evacuated
Moishe Chanowitz rode out the onset of Hurricane Irma in an unfinished mikveh building while wife and small kids fled to Puerto Rico
By ToI Staff
Deserted highways are seen as the outer bands of Hurricane Irma reached South Florida early Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Miami. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
September 9, 2017, 8:11 pm
Irma takes aim at Tampa as Floridians hustle to leave
Hurricane continues to hurtle towards Florida, but shifting course means storm’s center likely to miss Miami area
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