This is the Forward’s coverage of wildfires and their impact on American Jews.
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Fast Forward This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed by wildfire
The synagogue’s rabbi, the Anti-Defamation League, and local sheriff’s department have decried the vandalism as antisemitic
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News ‘From a shtetl to a diaspora’: After the fire, a Palisades synagogue forges through a year in exile
One year after the Palisades fire, Kehillat Israel's congregants — and its rabbis — await their return home
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News She helped rescue the Torahs from their burning synagogue. A year later, the congregation is thriving.
One year after a wildfire destroyed its building, the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center is recovering without losing members — or momentum
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News At Chabad Hanukkah party in California, hours after Bondi Beach massacre, joy defied grief’s shadow
Many attended who were still displaced by January's fire, and some remain unsure whether they will rebuild
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Looking Forward A handcrafted Torah ark perished in the L.A. wildfires. My dad’s was seeking a new home.
A family treasure will accompany Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center on their travels
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Fast Forward The fires in Israel are under control — but debate is raging over their cause
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amplified claims that the fires were due to arson, an accusation the fire department downplayed
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Fast Forward The LA fires destroyed countless Jewish heirlooms. A national Judaica drive aims to create new ones.
Multiple efforts to help Jewish fire victims started independently. Now the volunteers are working together.
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Opinion The LA fires torched my grandfather Arnold Schoenberg’s legacy — and the site of a rich Jewish emigre history
We must preserve the history of the Pacific Palisades as a haven for refugee artists
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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Holy Ground The promised land is… Oklahoma? Inside Tulsa’s campaign to court young Jews
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
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Opinion An abominable new Israeli law is a death warrant for democracy
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Fast Forward Canadian progressive party picks Jewish anti-Zionist politician as its leader
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Fast Forward Netanyahu orders Church of the Holy Sepulchre open after Palm Sunday closure flares tensions
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Art While sculpting Jesus, this Jewish artist wrestled with his demons
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