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Source: https://religionnews.com/2021/06/28/surfside-israel/
Why Israel Got to Surfside So Fast
(Religion News Service) Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin - Almost immediately after the horrific building collapse in Surfside, Florida, members of the Home Front Command of the Israel Defense Forces were on their way to help with search and rescue efforts. Israeli rescue teams went to Mexico City after earthquakes in 1985, Buenos Aires after a terror attack on the headquarters of the Jewish community in 1994, Nairobi after a terror attack in 1998, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Nairobi after a building collapse in 2006, Haiti after an earthquake in 2010, Ghana after a department store collapse in 2012, and Mexico City after an earthquake in 2017. Israel responds immediately - not because the victims are Jewish. There are not a whole lot of Jews in Ghana, Kenya and Haiti. Israel responds immediately because Israel is Jewish and is engaged in being a light unto the nations. The writer is the spiritual leader of Temple Israel in West Palm Beach, Florida.