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Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
Posted inEducation

State study on K-12 Holocaust education finds much is left to teachers’ ‘individual initiative’

by Ryan Torok January 31, 2025January 31, 2025
Luba Grungras, who is believed to be the last living survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp in the Bay Area, at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living on Jan. 16, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

‘I did not understand I was still alive’: At 100, Auschwitz survivor recalls Holocaust horrors

by Luba Grungras January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
A woman in a blue hoodie stands in front of a tall, fire-marked menorah outside
Posted inBay Area

‘We did what we could’: S.F. firefighter who joined emergency team in L.A. describes ‘surreal’ wildfires

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
a black and white photo of five kids standing in front of a small tent
Posted inNorthern California

Camp Tawonga marks 100 years of making kids ‘feel part of something bigger’

by Dan Pine January 22, 2025July 7, 2025
Firefighters respond to fire
Posted inTech

Iron Dome for fires? Israeli startup FireDome is coming to Northern California

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 15, 2025January 24, 2025
This scorched chumash, which contains the Torah and Haftarah in book form, was found in the ruins of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. It opened to a painfully relevant passage from Chapter 19 of I Kings, the Haftarah for Parashat Pinchas. (Courtesy Laurence Harris)
Posted inCalifornia

With wildfires untamed, anguished L.A. communities carry on with Jewish life

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 13, 2025January 14, 2025
Screenshot from a livestream of a service at Kehillat Israel in December 2024.
Posted inCalifornia

A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a refuge for many who lost their homes

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Kehillat Israel in the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday afternoon, as firefighters battled blazes on either side. (Louis Keene/Forward)
Posted inNorthern California

Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Firefighters respond to the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2024. (CAL FIRE/Flickr)
Posted inCalifornia

As L.A. fires burn, Northern California Jews fundraise for victims 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 9, 2025January 13, 2025
a metal gate with metal Stars of David stands amid rubble of a burned down building
Posted inCalifornia

‘Do you have the Torahs?’ Synagogue races L.A. wildfire to rescue its past and future

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen January 9, 2025January 10, 2025

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