{"id":29673,"date":"2016-04-22T10:29:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=29673"},"modified":"2016-04-22T10:30:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T16:30:57","slug":"another-year-another-flood-for-houstons-jews-what-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/another-year-another-flood-for-houstons-jews-what-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Another year, another flood for Houston\u2019s Jews. What now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JACOB KAMARAS<\/p>\n<p>(JNS.org) &#8212; For the second straight year, this is a story that I wish I didn\u2019t need to write. But for the second straight year, I\u2019m left with no choice but to help my local Jewish community heal through the best way that I know how to do so\u2014writing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24036\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JacobKamaras.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24036\" class=\"wp-image-24036 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JacobKamaras-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JacobKamaras\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24036\" class=\"wp-image-24036 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/JacobKamaras-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JacobKamaras\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-24036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob Kamaras<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>minent community leader, being rescued on a canoe. The image could subsequently be seen on Jewish news websites around the world. Today, Rabbi Radinsky is no longer with us. He died of pancreatic cancer in February. But the same heartbreaking images of local flooding have resurfaced, and I haven\u2019t been seeing those photos pop up in as many places as they did last year.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I decided to take some time away from the U.S. presidential election, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and anti-Semitism on college campuses\u2014among the other usual topics that a staffer at a nationally\/internationally focused Jewish media outlet would cover these days\u2014to write this essay. Even last year, it initially felt somewhat strange for me to \u201creport\u201d on a story taking place in my own community, a story that felt more like a life event than a news event. I had the same initial feeling this year, but I ultimately determined that silence isn\u2019t the answer. The plight of Houston and its Jewish community is real, and intense. The Jewish future in a major city is at stake. 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