(Jerusalem Post) Daniel K. Eisenbud and Anna Ahronheim - Working in coordination with the Mexican Jewish rescue and recovery organization Cadena, Israeli Zaka volunteers on Wednesday located the body of Mexico City Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi, who led the Kehillat Magen David synagogue, in the rubble of the office building he was working in when the quake struck on Tuesday. Zaka International Rescue Unit chief officer Mati Goldstein said Sunday, "The Zaka team, which was on the scene at the time the earthquake struck, will remain until we receive an update that there are no more missing people. The team continued to work throughout Rosh Hashana and Shabbat in accordance with a ruling by the Chief Rabbi of Mexico."
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