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Volunteers providing food to those who were forced to flee the 2017 fires in Sonoma County. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Family and Children’s Services)
Posted inNews

Local Jewish agencies ready to provide fire relief

by Gabriel Greschler August 25, 2020August 27, 2020
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Aug. 19, 2020. (Photo/Jade May)
Posted inNorthern California

Torahs packed and synagogues on high alert as fires bear down in North Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky and Gabriel Greschler August 19, 2020August 20, 2020
Firefighter puts out fire in a forest
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Jewish community on high alert as wildfire season nears

by Dan Pine July 21, 2020
Conditions near Santa Rosa, Oct. 28, 2019. /Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department-Twitter
Posted inFirst Person

My dad’s escape from smoke-filled Sebastopol

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 29, 2019October 29, 2019
A San Luis Obispo firefighter fights a blaze at a winery in Sonoma, Oct. 27, 2019.  /San Luis Obispo Fire Department-Twitter
Posted inBay Area

Wildfires, power outages, evacuations — Jewish community scrambles

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 28, 2019October 30, 2019
Rabbi David Young of Congregation B'nai Tzedek in Fountain Valley leads campers in song from the top of the iconic Camp Newman star. (Photo/Alaina Yoakum)
Posted inBay Area, News

Kids’ first visits since 2017 fire help rekindle the Camp Newman spirit

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi August 6, 2019August 7, 2019
Surrounded by blackened vegetation, Camp Newman's iconic hillside Star of David, Oct. 2017, shortly after a wildfire devoured much of the camp. (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inNews

Campers will visit Camp Newman for the first time since 2017 wildfire

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 5, 2019April 11, 2019
One of Lily Gottlieb's photos from the “Porter Creek: A Portrait of Home” exhibit shows new growth after the fires around Camp Newman's iconic Star of David.
Posted inArt, Culture, Photography

From Camp Newman’s ashes, photos of devastation and hope

by Liz Harris April 4, 2019April 5, 2019
a man in a commercial kitchen holding a large tray of latkes
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Annual ‘Latkepalooza’ raises thousands for fire victims

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 11, 2018September 24, 2019
Collection center set up in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Chico. (Photo/Courtesy Chico Hillel-Kristy Collins)
Posted inNews

Jewish community lends a hand in fire-ravaged north

by Dan Pine November 20, 2018November 27, 2018

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