Several individuals of the Jewish community in Houston are grieving the aftermath of the horrific 12-story residential building collapse in the north of Miami. Officials said that at least one person has been killed and 99 are still missing.
What led to the 40-year-old building to collapse early on Thursday morning remains unclear.
According to Rabbi Adrienne Scott, they might be separated from those affected geographically, but emotionally they are still very much bonded. He added that if any individual gets hurt or suffers, their whole community feels the pain.
Most of the victims of the Surfside condo roof collapse were the Jewish
The representatives of Houston’s Jewish communities said it’s been a terrible day learning that most of those gone missing in the Surfside condo roof collapse are Jewish.
Rabbi Johnny Ouzzan said: “Absolute shock and horror and sadness”. He also added that all are pondering about these folks and seeing all these photographs on the television, and they’re all scratching their heads, questioning how it could have occurred.
The distance is messing up everything.
The community keeps faith in god
According to Rabbi Ouzzan, there isn’t really much they can do from their current situation. They are already in Houston, but whenever they face adversity or trouble, the first thing they do is pray to God and believe in him. As a result, they read numerous pieces of Psalms.
Rabbi Johnny Ouzzan of Congregation Beth Rambam and Rabbi Adrienne Scott of Congregation Beth Israel conclude that they will keep praying for the time being, and therefore they hope to increase their advocacy shortly.
Rabbi Scott stated that they’d like to come up with some way to help send assistance, aid, and solidarity as soon as possible, both in the form of physical donations, if that is desired, and in the shape of their prayers.
