PAGE 1 | JULY 1, 2021 THE HEBREW WATCHMAN | hebrewwatchman.com Ad copy to go here.Iti ab il ma Bequisque Seen rerions ectatur ersperr Advertiseuptati ni doloremo here blabo. Et mo andmolorro reach blabo. more Neque than poria des 8,000dolut rem readers dolupta eachtemquibus. week HEBREWWATCHMAN.COM 21 TAMMUZ, 5781 JULY 1, 2021 VOL. 99, NO. 42 Condo across from Miami synagogue collapses, search and rescue underway proach the building, the building was draws worshippers and visitors from still shaking. It just seemed like it was throughout Southeast Florida. very unsteady. And I just, you know, Gabriel Groisman, the mayor of Bal knowing how what it looked like out- Harbour, which is adjacent to Surfside, side my door, I thought that any minute, tweeted: “Absolutely devastating scene we could be that same pile of rubble.” in our neighboring city, Surfside. About According to Assistant Chief Raide half of Champlain South collapsed at Jadallah of the Miami-Dade Fire res- around 2 am. Building was mostly oc- cue, 35 people were rescued from the cupied. I am replete with shock and sad- building and two were pulled from the ness, am praying for the residents and rubble of the Champlain Towers build- their families, and am thankful for our ing, which was built in 1981. Ten people first responders.” have been assessed and treated, and two He also noted that he used to live in were transported to the hospital. Jadal- that very building as a child. HW lah said the northeast corridor of the building collapse affected 55 units. Among the first responders on the scene were 20 members of Hatzalah of South Florida, a volunteer medical A view of the rubble after a 12-story condominium in Surfside, Fla., service made up primarily of Orthodox partially collapses on June 24, 2021. Jews. Credit: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue/Twitter “Hatzalah is working closely with (JNS) – One person has been pro- Wearing a kipah and a Jewish Feder- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and other nounced dead after a 12-story con- ation of Greater Miami T-shirt, he was agencies. Our role is to give medical dominium in Surfside, Fla., in a pre- interviewed on Thursday morning by attention to patients and deal with the dominately Jewish area near a large CNN and other media. Cohen said he families,” Joseph Dahan, a Hatzalah di- synagogue, partially collapsed at 1:30 had been in a deep sleep when he heard rector who has been at the scene since a.m. on Thurs. June 24. (Editor’s note: “a crashing noise that kept going and shortly after the collapse happened, told as of Fri., June 25) reports show that as going for 30 seconds.” JNS. many as 159 may be trapped in the rub- Opening the door to the hallway, He said the Hatzalah dispatch center ble left by the fall of the 136-unit ocean- “there was nothing there,” he told CNN. received a number of calls reporting the United Hatzalah at the scene of front tower. “It was just a pile of dust and rubble and collapse of the building a few blocks the partial collapse of a 12-story Among those rescued were building paint falling from the ceilings. … When away from The Shul in Bal Harbour, condominium in Surfside, Fla., on resident Barry Cohen and his wife. we were waiting for the firetruck to ap- Fla., a large Chabad synagogue that June 24, 2021. Credit:Screenshot. Roadshow BMW Donates $6,000 to Kosten Foundation Foundation goes toward pancreatic can- cer research and support. The Kosten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research was founded in 2003 by the family of Herb Kosten after his death due to pancreatic cancer. Kosten’s family sought to improve community support, awareness, and funding for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest known can- cers. The organization has raised close A Roadshow BMW employee to $2.4 million for pancreatic cancer re- explains the features of a new search across the country. The Founda- model to Kosten Foundation Chairman Alan Kosten (right). Roadshow BMW Donation will go event has grown to include more than 2,000 participants. This year’s event is Roadshow BMW presents the Kosten Foundation a $6,000 check for towards Kosten scheduled for November 7. pancreatic cancer research and support. Foundation pancreatic Money raised from the Kick It 5K Roadshow BMW announced on June Chair Alan Kosten. “It is amazing to research efforts and other Kosten Foundation events 25 that it will donate $6,000 to the Kosten have the support of the community and helps fund pancreatic cancer research Foundation for pancreatic cancer research local businesses as we work to find a and support fellowship training for fu- and support as a part of its Roadshow cure for pancreatic cancer.” tion hosts a very active monthly support ture pancreatic cancer surgeons at the Gives Back Program. Kosten Foundation The Roadshow Gives Back program group meeting for patients, their fami- University of Tennessee Health Sci- supporters test drove more than 100 cars partnered with the Kosten Foundation lies, and anyone interested in learning ence Center. In addition, the Foundation to earn the maximum donation. to offer $25 for every test drive done more about pancreatic cancer. presents a yearly symposium headlined “We are extremely grateful to Road- in May. After passing the 100-test drive The Foundation hosts several annual by nationally recognized leaders in the show BMW for this donation and to mark, Roadshow BMW doubled the do- events to raise money to fight pancreat- field of pancreatic cancer. all of our supporters for who came out nation up to the maximum of $6,000. ic cancer, and in 2011 held its first Kick You can find more information at to test drive,” said Kosten Foundation Every dollar raised by the Kosten It 5K run/walk. The annual signature kostenfoundation.com. 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