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Glass Fire

Wayne Reynolds looks through the rubble of the home and studio he shared with his wife, Caryn Fried. (Photo/Courtesy Maya Reynolds)
Posted inCulture

North Bay artists built a sanctuary, then fire wiped it out

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Caryn Fried’s home wasn’t just a home. “We taught classes there, we had a gallery there where we sold our work, we had studios there,” she said, describing the plot […]

a middle-aged man and two kids hang paper chains under a wooden sukkah
Posted inReligion

Bay Area Jews weigh pandemic risks: To gather under the sukkah or not?

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 30, 2020September 30, 2020
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inBay Area

In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Gabe Stutman by Maya Mirsky, Dan Pine and Gabe Stutman September 29, 2020September 30, 2020

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