Major damage to Chabad House in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has dealt significant damage to the Chabad House in Montego Bay, Jamaica, though Rabbi Yaakov and Mushkee Raskin, who created the Chabad of Jamaica in 2014, and their children are reportedly safe and sheltered in a windowless room.

In a post on Instagram on Tuesday, the couple said that they had secured their Torah scroll and were holed up in the room with the mikvah, or Jewish ritual bath, which is “fully sealed.”

He added that water was coming into the synagogue and asked followers to pray for the family.

The hurricane touched down in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon with winds...