Japan Earthquake (2011)

After emerging from last week’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resultant tsunami largely unharmed, Japan’s Jewish community turned to relief efforts Monday, dispatching truckloads of supplies to one of the hardest-hit cities.

Electricity and water shortages, spotty telephone and cellular service, and scores of aftershocks as high as 6.2-magnitude underscored the fact that the tragedy continues to unfold.

One year after the tsunami that wasn’t, a massive shockwave spawned by an afternoon 8.9-earthquake off the coast of Japan slammed into the island nation Friday with 13-foot seas and sent tourists and locals almost 4,000 miles away in Hawaii scrambling for...