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wildfires

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
Rabbi Mark Bloom streams a live Shabbat service from Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, May 2020. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Covid, race protests, wildfires on tap for High Holiday sermons

by Sue Fishkoff September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
Israeli firefighters visit Solomon's Delicatessen in Sacramento, Aug. 30, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Jami Goldstene)
Posted inOpinion

When disaster strikes, Israel is there to help

by J. Editorial Board September 3, 2020
Cal Fire staff and Israeli firefighters meet at a Sacramento hotel to conduct an equipment check before deployment, Aug. 31, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Shlomi Kofman)
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighters visit Sacramento, will deploy to Napa and Sonoma counties

by Gabriel Greschler August 31, 2020August 31, 2020
Israeli firefighters at San Francisco International Airport, Aug. 30, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighters land in San Francisco to help battle wildfires

by Gabriel Greschler and Sue Fishkoff August 30, 2020August 31, 2020

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