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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Puerto Rico

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest against Israel outside a Shabbat event being held during the Somos Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 10, 2023. (Screenshot X, Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 13, 2023, 3:05 am
Protesters against Israel interrupt Shabbat event for NYC officials in Puerto Rico
Head of group that cosponsored Somos Conference notes gathering had nothing to do with Israel-Hamas war; Holocaust memorial in Brooklyn, synagogue in Manhattan threatened
By Ben Sales
The Jewish creators of 'West Side Story,' Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, on the opening night of the original Broadway musical, on September 26, 1957. (Ben Martin/Getty Images/ via JTA)
December 12, 2021, 2:53 am
Jews were behind the original ‘West Side Story’ and today’s remake. Should they be?
Originally titled ‘East Side Story,’ the musical was about warring Jews and Catholics and was altered to reflect a changing NYC. Now, critics ask: Is the classic truly ‘timeless’?
By Jordyn Haime
Pathologists at CorePlus in Puerto Rico reviewing a cancer heatmap generated using AI technology developed by Israel's Ibex Medical Analytics. (Courtesy)
September 1, 2020, 4:00 pm
Puerto Rico lab to use Israeli AI-based tech to help diagnose prostate cancer
CorePlus becomes the first lab in the Americas to use Galen Prostate software developed by Ibex Medical to help pathologists get a second opinion
By Shoshanna Solomon
PR4PR helps at-risk children in Puerto Rico. (via JTA)
February 1, 2019, 9:09 am
Jewish Agency and non-profit to help at-risk youth in Puerto Rico
Organization working with PR4PR to bring young Jews from Israel and across globe for volunteer work on empowerment, public health and agriculture
By Marcy Oster
Former San Antonio Mayor and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro speaks during an event where he announced his decision to seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Jan. 12, 2019, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
January 12, 2019, 11:05 pm
Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro joins 2020 presidential race
Announcing his bid, the Democrat contender mocks Trump for claiming the US faces an ‘invasion’ from Mexico, says it’s time for new leadership
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) helps light a candle at a Hannukah celebration on December 9, 2018 ( Jews for Racial & Economic Justice/Twitter)
December 10, 2018, 8:52 am
Ocasio-Cortez tells Hannukah party she has Sephardi roots
Newly elected US congresswoman says her ancestors fled to Puerto Rico during Spanish Inquisition
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this September 24, 2015 photo, Aurea Vazquez Rijos, who was accused more than a decade ago of the murder of her husband, the Canadian Adam Anhang, is taken to the Federal Court in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (Carlos Giusti/El Vocero via AP)
October 4, 2018, 8:29 am
Puerto Rican who faked papers to show she’s Jewish convicted in murder-for-hire
Aurea Vazquez Rijos, who considered fleeing to Israel after ordering the 2005 killing of her ex-husband, expected to serve life sentence
By DANICA COTO
In this September 24, 2015 photo, Aurea Vazquez Rijos, who was accused more than a decade ago of the murder of her husband, the Canadian Adam Anhang, is taken to the Federal Court in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico (Carlos Giusti/El Vocero via AP)
September 1, 2018, 1:47 pm
Puerto Rico woman accused of murder-for-hire faked papers to show she was Jewish
A decade after Aurea Vazquez Rijos allegedly offered a man $3 million to kill her husband, it’s revealed she asked attorney whether Israel has an extradition agreement with the US
By DANICA COTO
Flames and smoke rise from an Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane after it crashed near Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, May 2, 2018. (James Lavine via AP)
May 3, 2018, 5:07 am
Nine people were aboard US military plane destroyed in fiery crash
Video footage shows flight from Puerto Rico Air National Guard airport falling from the sky then exploding in a fireball
By AFP
A man with an umbrella walks on a sidewalk as Hurricane Irma approaches in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, on September 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
January 18, 2018, 7:03 pm
Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper removes anti-Semitic column from website
Publication and author apologize for blaming island’s economic woes on Jews who ‘control’ Wall Street, US government
By JTA
This man lives in a nursing home that has not had power since Hurricane Irma. (Marissa Roer via JTA)
November 10, 2017, 8:51 am
This is what Puerto Rico looks like 50 days after Hurricane Maria
Local Jewish community and UJA-Federation try to help those still without power or essentials after devastating storm
By Josefin Dolsten
Niveen Rizkalla working with IsraAID in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Courtesy of IsraAID)
October 28, 2017, 6:13 am
The Israeli NGO that is bringing relief to America’s disaster areas
IsraAID relies on a bank of 1,400 volunteers and 270 staff it rotates in and out of afflicted zones, and no period has been busier than this summer/fall
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump waves as he carries an umbrella walking on the tarmac to his limousine at Harrisburg International Airport, Wednesday October 11, 2017, in Middletown, Pennsylvania (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
October 13, 2017, 6:24 am
Trump lashes out at Puerto Rico as House passes aid package
In a series of tweets, US president blames territory for its looming financial crisis and ‘a total lack of accountability’
By Ken Thomas and Andrew Taylor
US President Donald Trump leaves an event after the end of an for Hispanic Heritage Month at the White House on October 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
October 7, 2017, 12:29 am
A pair of crises tests Trump’s presidential empathy
US president’s challenges were on full display this week, as he responded to two disasters — Las Vegas and Puerto Rico –with very different results
By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace
Family members collect belongings after hurricane force winds destroyed their house in Toa Baja, west of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 24, 2017 following the passage of Hurricane Maria. (AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO)
October 4, 2017, 6:48 am
Jewish group flies aid to San Juan, gets stranded man to son’s wedding
UJA-Federation of New York brings food, water and other supplies to ‘desperate’ Puerto Rico, gives firefighter who had been stuck on island ride back
By JTA
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