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Reb Irwin Keller leads Hebrew songs of healing at Bnai Israel Jewish Center in Petaluma, Oct. 11, 2017 (Photo/Liz Harris)
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North Bay Jews pray for healing — and then they dance

by Liz Harris October 13, 2017March 19, 2018
Shabbat services at URJ Camp Newman, summer 2017 (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
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Grieving Newman community finds camp spirit lives on in each other

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2017March 19, 2018
Birgit Sacher, member of Santa Rosa's Congregation Shomrei Torah, comforts Nicholas and Zoe Miller who lost their home to wildfires, Oct. 11, 2017. (Photo/Norm Levin)
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Santa Rosa synagogue becomes hub for Jewish aid, shelter for bereft evacuees

by Dan Pine October 11, 2017March 19, 2018
Jake Olsan surveys the scant remains of his family's home in rural Sonoma County. (Photo/Courtesy Jeremy Olsan)
Posted inNews

Families tell of homes and memories lost in the flames

by Rob Gloster October 11, 2017March 19, 2018
Chabad of Sonoma's Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky has been out visiting shelters, bringing food and other necessities. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Sonoma)
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Four ways you can help victims of Northern California wildfires

by J. Staff October 11, 2017March 19, 2018
The archway that greets campers, families and staff as they leave Camp Newman still stands — but the greenery around it is gone.
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Camp Newman family mourns devastation, vows to reopen

by Dan Pine October 10, 2017March 19, 2018
The scene at Hagafen Cellars today, where land, vegetation and equipment were burned in the fires raging throughout Wine Country this week. (Photo/Courtesy Hagafen Cellars)
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Napa kosher winery Hagafen Cellars damaged by wildfires

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2017March 19, 2018
Chabad of Sonoma's Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky has been out visiting shelters, bringing food, comfort and other necessities. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky)
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Bay Area Jews come together as families are displaced and fires rage

by Sue Fishkoff October 10, 2017October 13, 2017
URJ Camp Newman's sukkah, Oct. 6, 2017. By Oct. 9, wildfires had destroyed most of the camp. (Photo/Facebook)
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Most of URJ Camp Newman ‘destroyed’ by wildfires

by Dan Pine and Sue Fishkoff October 9, 2017October 9, 2017
Smoke fills the air in this photo taken earlier today at a house in Santa Rosa. (Photo/Anna Wachtel)
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Families lose homes as fires rage in eight counties

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Dan Pine and Maya Mirsky October 9, 2017October 9, 2017

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