A ramped-up rescue effort at the collapsed South Florida condo building faced new threats from the weather as a tropical storm approached the state. On Monday, lightning forced crews to pause the search for victims of the June 24 collapse in Surfside and a garage area in the rubble filled with water, officials said. The latest forecasts showed Tropical Storm Elsa moving westward, mostly sparing South Florida, but the area near the collapsed building experienced thunderstorms, and another day of unsettled weather was expected. The delays frustrated rescue crews, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. “Truly they live to save lives, and they’ve pushed ahead no matter what is thrown in their way,” she said at an evening news conference.

Yochai Leibrow, a Lubavitcher chassid living in London, was subject to two anti-Semitic attacks on public transportation within an hour on Motzei Shabbos. While on a bus in London’s West End, a man cursed him, said he would beat him up, and threatened to “slit your throat for Palestine.” None of the other passengers or the driver intervened during the incident. Leibrow got off the bus and proceeded to the Underground. There he encountered a group of youths on the escalator who jeered at him and screamed anti-Semitic epithets such as “I ******* hate the Jews.” “I tried to remain calm, but what bothers me is that people like this are just roaming the streets free, in London,” Liberow told Israel’s Channel 12 News. “I’ve experienced similar incidents in the past, many times over.

HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch spoke about the Surfside disaster during his weekly shiur on Thursday. “We heard about the great tragedy that happened last week in Miami, in which many were killed, including Jews, r’l,” HaRav Shternbuch said.

While the media continues to cover up what is clearly a seriously question about the mental capacity of President Biden, a video from Sunday is ending shockwaves across social media. President Biden appeared to check his notes after being confronted by the press on whether Russia was behind a recent ransomware attack while he was shopping inside a store in Traverse City, Michigan, on Saturday. “With the most recent hack by the Russians, would you say that this means – ” a reporter is heard asking about the attack that targeted Miami-based IT software management company Kaseya, before Biden interrupts her to say that they “don’t know” yet if it was the Russians.

The Miami-Dade Police Department has identified two more victims of the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida. Tzvi (68) and Itty Ainsworth (66), were recovered from the rubble Monday. The number of deceased now stands at 27. The Ainsworth couple lived in Australia for almost 20 years, but in more recent years moved to Florida to be near their children. They still split their time between Australia and Miami. They have seven children, with many living in Florida, including a daughter who lives just blocks away from the collapse site. Though modest and reserved, the Ainsworths were noted for their hospitality and devotion towards helping those in need in their quiet and unassuming manner. In Florida, they doted on their grandchildren.

Following meetings with the Health and Interior Ministries, Rabbi Nechemya Malinowitz, head of the Igud of Yeshivas and Seminaries, tells YWN that all Yeshiva Bochrim and Seminary girls will be allowed into Israel after the summer – if they were either vaccinated or can show proof that they have recovered from COVID. Having anti-bodies will not be accepted by the government, but only positive test results from when the person actually had COVID. Nothing else will be accepted. The Igud will be exclusively responsible for student visa applications. Approved yeshivas and seminaries will need to submit lists of their new students during the second half of Av. Students must be between the ages of 17 and 25 years old and must be either vaccinated or recovered from Covid.

Rescuers were given the all-clear to resume work looking for victims at a collapsed South Florida condo building after demolition crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the building in a plume of dust. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told the Associated Press that the demolition went “exactly as planned” around 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Crews immediately began clearing some of the new debris so rescuers could start making their way into parts of the underground garage that is of particular interest. Once there, they were hoping to get a clearer picture of voids that may exist in the rubble and could possibly harbor the 121 people believed to be trapped under the fallen wing of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside that collapsed June 24.

Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for victims as rescuers possibly gain access to new areas of the rubble. Crews were to begin clearing some of the new debris so rescuers could start making their way into parts of the underground garage that is of particular interest. Once there, rescuers are hoping that they will gain access for the first time to parts of the garage area that are a focus of interest, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah has said. That could give a clearer picture of voids that may exist in the rubble and could possibly harbor survivors.

The NYPD and Williamsburg Shomrim are investigating a disturbing incident, where multiple vehicles were found vandalized on Sunday. The vehicles were parked in a lot on Division Avenue and Kent Avenue. All the vehicle had their windows smashed, and graffiti sprayed on the inside and outside of the vehicles. Many of the vehicle are buses owned by local Yeshivas. Security camera footage captured some of the perps on one of the buses.
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Demolition specialists finished boring holes and began laying explosives in them Sunday as they prepared to bring down the precarious but still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a top Miami-Dade fire official said. The work has suspended the search-and-rescue mission, but officials said it should eventually open up new areas for rescue teams to explore. The decision to demolish the Surfside building came after concerns mounted that the damaged structure was at risk of falling, endangering the crews below and preventing them from operating in some areas. “Our top priority is that the building come down as soon as possible, no matter what time that occurs and as safely as possible,” Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told a news conference Sunday.