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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Haiti

Rabbi Cary Kozberg, right, sits with Temple Sholom President Laurie Leventhal inside the synagogue's Springfield, Ohio, sanctuary in 2016. (Courtesy Dayton Jewish Observer/via JTA)
September 23, 2024, 11:36 pm
Springfield, Ohio, rabbi will meet local Haitian leaders after disparaging community
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
By Andrew Lapin
Rabbi Cary Kozberg of Temple Sholom in Springfield, Ohio, in 2016; a mural in Springfield, Sept. 16, 2024. (Courtesy of Dayton Jewish Observer; Luke Sharrett/Getty Images via JTA)
September 21, 2024, 4:59 am
Springfield’s Trump-voting rabbi claims Haitian immigrants lack ‘Western civilized values’
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
By Andrew Lapin
A bird's eye view of downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, September 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
October 17, 2021, 4:25 pm
17 US citizens from Christian missionary group kidnapped by ransom gang in Haiti
Missionaries said to have been on their way home from building an orphanage; US government says it’s aware of the reports
By DANICA COTO
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on September 19, 2021. (Paul Ratje/AFP)
September 21, 2021, 8:06 am
Uproar over images of US mounted border agents rounding up Haitian migrants
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
By AFP
People recover the body of a deceased person from the rubble of a house destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP/Joseph Odelyn)
August 16, 2021, 3:25 am
Haiti quake toll soars to 1,297 as storm threatens rescue effort
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
By EVENS SANON and Collin Binkley
People search through the rubble of what used to be the Manguier Hotel after the earthquake hit on August 14, 2021 in Les Cayes, southwest Haiti. (Stanley LOUIS / AFP)
August 15, 2021, 9:37 pm
Death toll in massive Haiti earthquake jumps to at least 724
1,500 buildings were destroyed and over 5,000 damaged, trapping hundreds under rubble and leaving at least 2,800 people injured
By Amelie Baron
Several men work to rescue the body of a girl buried in the rubble of a house in the aftermath of an earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, August 14, 2021. (AP Photo / Duples Plymouth)
August 15, 2021, 2:48 am
More than 300 killed as 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits Haiti
The impoverished country was struck by a similar-sized quake in 2010 that damaged much of the capital and killed an estimated 300,000
By EVENS SANON and TAMMY WEBBER
A Haitian police asks a woman to move away from a gate at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 9, 2021. A large crowd gathered outside the embassy amid rumors on radio and social media that the US will be handing out exile and humanitarian visas, two days after Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in his home. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)
July 10, 2021, 7:58 am
Haiti asks US, UN to send troops as unrest fears grow after president’s killing
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
By Robenson GEFFRARD, Daxia Rojas and Amelie Baron
Members of the Haitian police and forensics look for evidence outside of the presidential residence on July 7, 2021 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (VALERIE BAERISWYL / AFP)
July 8, 2021, 11:58 am
Haiti police say 4 of president’s assassins killed, as risk of instability grows
Police chief says other members of hit squad still at large, amid concerns uncertainty could spiral into violence
By Robenson GEFFRARD
President of Haiti Jovenel Moise speaks during a press conference in Port-au-Prince, January 7, 2020. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP)
July 7, 2021, 5:06 pm
Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated, wife injured in gun attack
Many had deemed his rule illegitimate after elections delayed; interim PM announces he is in charge, urges calm, says gunmen spoke English and Spanish
By AFP
Israel’s Dr Josef Haik teaching Haitian surgeon Dr. Jerry Bernard how to use the laser machine, Milot, Haiti, January 2020. (Courtesy of Burn Advocates Network)
February 20, 2020, 10:59 pm
Bringing latest laser tech, Israeli surgeons help young burn victims in Haiti
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
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Israeli Navy trains with foreign navies in response to a simulated massive earthquake striking northern Israel in the 'Mighty Waves 2019' naval exercise in August 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 12, 2019, 7:27 pm
In largest-ever drill, Israeli Navy prepares for massive, devastating quake
Representatives from 9 foreign countries and NATO participate in naval exercise ‘Mighty Waves 2019,’ simulating aftermath of tremor
By Judah Ari Gross
Haitians line the sidewalks as President Donald Trump's motorcade returns to Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 15, 2018, 11:35 pm
Trump marks Martin Luther King day out of view, buffeted by race claims
Haitian protesters jeer president as he approaches his Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago estate, shouting, ‘Our country is not a shithole’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on January 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
January 15, 2018, 3:25 am
Trump denies ‘shithole countries’ comments, insists: ‘I’m not a racist’
Following global firestorm, US president says widely panned statements denouncing immigrants from Africa and Haiti ‘weren’t made’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this January 10, 2018 photo, US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 13, 2018, 6:11 am
Who’d prefer their country to Trump’s US? Norwegians would
In 2016, only 1,114 Norwegians moved to the United States, while 1,603 Americans moved to the Scandinavian country
By AP
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