A fast-moving fire in Brooklyn that may have been started by a menorah killed three children and their mother, and injured 11 others, JTA reported. The father and two other children are in critical condition. The fire started early Monday morning on the first floor of a house in Sheepshead Bay before consuming the house’s…
Shortly after 5:00 am on Wednesday, December 6th, my ringing phone startled me from my sleep. “Wake up,” a member of my congregation said, “The hills are all on fire.” I quickly turned on my television and saw flames engulfing the massive hillsides framing the Sepulveda Pass, the main thoroughfare through the northwest part of…
(JTA) — Most of the Jewish institutions that had been threatened by the so-called Skirball Fire in Los Angeles have resumed normal operations. All evacuation orders, road closures and restrictions due to the fire in the Bel Air area were lifted Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The fire remained at 85 percent…
A synagogue has emerged as a center of aid and refuge for people fleeing wildfires in the Sonoma County, California, the Jewish News of Northern California reported. Rabbi Stephanie Kramer of Congregation Shomrei Torah says the synagogue, which is far from the fire lines, has been able to house dozens of people who have been…
(JTA) (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — The wildfires ripping through northern California have forced several Jewish families to flee — and some of their homes have been destroyed. Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Chabad of Sonoma has been fielding calls from members of his community and with his wife, Altie, has…
The raging wildfires that have left a trail of destruction across northern California’s wine country have been fickle when it came to kosher wineries. One vineyard, Hagafen Cellars, sustained serious damage. The other, Covenant Winery, was largely spared by the devastating blazes that have killed at least 15 people and driven thousands from their homes….
This summer, I joined many fellow parents across the country in doing something that may seem to some to be irrational — I entrusted my two daughters, ages 8 and 12, into the care of complete strangers for a month at Jewish summer camp. In my particular case, I’ve been lucky enough to serve as…
(JTA) — A British Islamic activist who said during a rally in London last month that “Zionists” were responsible for the deaths of dozens in a tragic apartment fire is under investigation by police. London Metropolitan Police are investigating allegations that Nazim Ali, a director of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, made anti-Semitic comments during…
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