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Santa Rosa Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal
Posted inNews

Santa Rosa’s Jewish fire marshal: Prepare for early wildfire season

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene April 7, 2022

Santa Rosa Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal doesn’t want people to fear fire season. He wants them to be ready. The former firefighter and 21-year veteran of the department is spreading […]

View from a Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control vehicle, Jan. 1, 2022 (Photo/Twitter)
Posted inNews

Sonoma JCC solicits funds for Boulder fire recovery

by J. Staff January 4, 2022January 5, 2022
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inTorah

A radiant world — or a planet on fire?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 15, 2021October 14, 2021
Drawing of house
Posted inArt

Oakland illustrator helps locals remember homes lost in wildfires

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
A man wades through the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, N.Y., following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, Sept. 2, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Who by water? Who by fire? The climate change crisis demands a Jewish response.

by Nigel Savage, Jakir Manela and JTA September 9, 2021September 9, 2021
Nathan Berro Krugman, a U.S. Forest Service forest technician, fighting the Caldor Fire last month.
Posted inNorthern California

Q&A: Meet a Jewish firefighter who battled the Caldor Fire

by Gabriel Greschler September 3, 2021January 23, 2025
A vintage Rosh Hashanah greeting card
Posted inEditorial

We can each do our part to make 5782 a ‘Shanah tovah!’

by J. Editorial Board September 2, 2021
Thousands of Afghans rushed to Kabul's airport trying to flee the country as the Taliban seized power. (Photo/RNS-Wakil Kohsar-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Haiti to Afghanistan to right here. Is there an antidote for all this hopelessness?

George Altshuler by George Altshuler August 23, 2021
A Japanese Maple with its red fall leaves. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inFirst Person

Jewish tradition celebrates the rhythm of nature. What happens when it’s thrown off balance?

Hannah S. Pressman by Hannah S. Pressman and JTA July 28, 2021July 28, 2021
The new community center under construction at URJ Camp Newman. (Photo/Courtesy Newman)
Posted inNews

‘It feels like hope’: Three years after fire, Camp Newman plans return home in 2021

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2020November 10, 2020

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