Rabbis from a Santa Rosa synagogue located close to the fires that devastated Sonoma County are asking the Bay Area Jewish community for help providing temporary long-term lodging to 30 families who lost their homes in the blazes.
Rabbis George Gittleman and Stephanie Kramer of Congregation Shomrei Torah are asking people who own vacation properties in Sonoma or Napa County (or near other impacted areas) to make their homes available to displaced families for up to two years, either rent-free or not.
“Families remain stranded at hotels, moving from house to house, and in shelters, with all of their worldly possessions stuffed into their cars, and with no idea whether they will have a roof over their heads tomorrow, next week, next month, and beyond,” the rabbis wrote in an email alert to the community.
“We can’t undo the trauma, and we can’t rebuild people’s lives. But we can put roofs over their heads. We can give them the security of a home base while they figure out how to put their lives back together.”
The rabbis stressed that short-term housing and spare rooms are not needed, and that long-term rentals are the priority.
Those willing to offer their second homes to fire victims should write to [email protected].
there is so much misery for the fire victims and nancy pelosi and gavin newsom are spending a fortune giving ‘due process’ to a five time mexican deportee with seven felony convictions who killed kathryn steinle at the ferry building two years ago. pelosi is one of the wealthiest members of congress and newsom’s godfather is gordon getty. maybe these two politicians could contribute some of their fortune to helping fire victims with long term housing until they can rebuild their houses. oh wait, pelosi and newsom find that it is more politically advantageous to fight for the rights of an illegal immigrant who crossed our border illegally five times , committed seven felonies, and then murdered an american citizen, taxpayer, gainfully employed, 32 years old, with parents as homeowners in the east bay, all of the family law abiding american citizens, all of the family taxpayers at the city state and federal level. pelosi’s fortune should be liquidated entirely and half given over to the victims of obamacare, the outrageously high premiums, and because she cares for the rights of illegals more than of american citizens, the other half of her fortune should be given to the fire victims for long term rentals. it is an abomination that pelosi could say ‘we have to pass this law in order to see what’s in it’ and still remain in congress and in our country. she is as criminal as the clintons and more so. .
Stick to the topic. Save that rhetoric for a Fox News page. Your comment is insensitive. Tikkun olam, remember.
i suppose that tikkun olam propelled the zionists to remove 800 thousand palestinians from their homes in 1948. the topic is about elected public servants serving the american citizen taxpayers, not illegal aliens.
The article is about housing for the fire victims.
Thank you!