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Venezuela's Jewish communities launch emergency fundraiser following devastating earthquake

“About 80 Jewish families have lost their homes, and another 200 are afraid to return home. The community is currently assisting all of them,” a member of Caracas’s Jewish community told Walla.

|ByYOAV ETIEL
A view of the remains of a building that collapsed after earthquakes hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.
Rescue personnel assist in rescue efforts after earthquakes hit the country, in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 27, 2026.

Death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes rises to over 1,400 dead, at least 3,238 injured

The US Geological Survey estimated more than 10,000 deaths were possible from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes, which would place them among Latin America's deadliest of the last century.

|ByREUTERS
Emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building after earthquakes hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.

Venezuela welcomes 1,600 foreign rescuers in urgent search for quake survivors

Foreign rescuers arrived on 17 flights to Venezuela with 25 additional flights expected in the next day to aid the search and recovery of over 54,000 missing people after the earthquakes.

|ByREUTERS
A man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026.

Venezuela earthquakes leaves 920 dead, over 50,000 reportedly missing

On-site footage showed survivors and emergency services searching for trapped people, and survivors being taken away on stretchers. In others, residents decried a lack of help.

|ByREUTERS

Several international airlines cancel their flights in Venezuela after US warning

Several international airlines canceled flights from Venezuela after the US FAA warned of hazardous conditions and heightened military activity in the region.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByREUTERS
People line up to board the plane in a terminal at the Simon Bolivar International airport in Maiquetia, La Guaira State, Venezuela June 3, 2024.

I'm a Jew, I met with Mamdani and this is what I learned

I have no reason to believe that Zohran Mamdani is antisemitic or remotely close to that. But I learned that we must argue better. Respectfully, and truthfully, without demonizing the other side.

OCTOBER 28, 2025ByDOV BLEICH
Dov Bleich and Zohran Mamdani.

Venezuela's Maduro says 'US spy' captured in Falcon

Maduro did not give further details, but said the detainee was giving a statement in custody.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020ByREUTERS
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends the end of the year ceremony with members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces in Caracas, Venezuela December 28, 2018. Picture taken December 28, 2018.