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SF Hillel's building sustained major damage after the fire on Dec. 5. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Felony charge in SF Hillel arson but no evidence of hate crime, DA announces 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 19, 2025December 22, 2025

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced a charge Friday for the man arrested in a suspected arson on Dec. 5 at SF Hillel. His arraignment is scheduled for Friday […]

SF Hillel's building sustained damage in a suspected arson on Dec. 5. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATE: Suspect named in alleged arson at SF Hillel that caused ‘significant damage’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 16, 2025December 17, 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
An aerial image shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Patrick T. Fallon AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups launch relief effort for Maui as island’s Jews are among the evacuated

by Ron Kampeas August 11, 2023August 11, 2023
Exterior of Jewish Congregation of Maui. (Photo/mauijews.org)
Posted inU.S.

Chabad of Maui in evac zone, while another synagogue shelters fire evacuees

Louis Keene by Louis Keene August 10, 2023August 10, 2023
Left: "The Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867. Right: US Navy photo by Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.
Posted inOpinion

I lost my family home in a fire. Tisha B’Av is a chance to mourn many losses.

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
A house on 22nd Avenue in the Sunset District of San Francisco exploded and collapsed on Feb. 9, 2023; the yellow house next door was rented by members at Congregation Adath Israel, who lost everything. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish family’s home destroyed in Sunset District house explosion

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 13, 2023February 14, 2023
Chabad of Almaden's new building. (Photo/Facebook)
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‘Rising from the ashes’: San Jose Chabad secures spacious new building after fire

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 8, 2022
Rabbi Mendel Weinfeld surveys the damage at the Chabad House in south San Jose, Dec. 2021. (Photo/Emma Goss)
Posted inNews

South Bay Chabad destroyed by fire receives support from Azerbaijan

by Ryan Torok February 15, 2022February 16, 2022

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