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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

(JTA) — Jewish groups in the United States and in Hawaii are launching relief efforts following the devastation caused by wildfires that have killed more than 50 people so far. […]

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
Camp Tawonga sign
Posted inNews

Oak Fire’s proximity to Camp Tawonga put some parents on edge 

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
A meadow near Patricia Sussman’s home in the Bijou neighborhood of South Lake Tahoe, Aug. 17, 2021.
Posted inNorthern California

As Caldor Fire looms, South Lake Tahoe Jewish community ‘sticks together’

by Gabriel Greschler August 30, 2021September 2, 2021
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire near the Kfar HaOranim settlement in the West Bank on Oct. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yossi Aloni-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighters battle 250 blazes over hot, dry weekend

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA October 12, 2020
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
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
a man in full firefighter gear poses at the back of a firetruck with a grim expression
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighter in California: ‘The mind can’t understand the size of this fire’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
Some of Karen Galatz's treasured possessions. (Photo/Karen Galatz)
Posted inColumns

Fire evacuation scare had me assessing my possession obsession

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

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