Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of wildfires and their impact on American Jews.
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Culture Whether fleeing Nazis, Cossacks, wildfires or ICE, we all need a ‘go bag’
Across the years and miles, we carry the weight of the difficult choices that have to be made
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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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Opinion What Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Ruth and the burning bush can teach us about the LA fires
Homes are burned but our spirit cannot be consumed
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Looking Forward How a new ketubah helped one couple restart after the LA fire
The inferno took their home two days before their 31st wedding anniversary. So "it just felt right," said Dave Miner.
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Fast Forward From the ashes, a forgotten mural — and a new mystery for a Pasadena synagogue
Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center congregants say it depicts Jews wandering the desert. For some, the symbolism is uncanny.
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Opinion ‘The rabbis did disaster pretty well’: Amid wildfires, LA Jews cope with regret — and rancor
How do you recover when the winds of partisanship blow strong?
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Fast Forward His home did not survive the Eaton Fire. But one precious family heirloom did.
The Eaton Fire claimed Josh Kotler’s home but his grandmother’s menorah survived
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Music In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
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News Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him
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Fast Forward Trump allies target Jewish judge — and his wife — after ruling on Palestinian activist
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Fast Forward What does the election of Mark Carney mean for Canadian Jews and Israel?
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Fast Forward After welcoming far-right politicians, Israel’s antisemitism conference is hemorrhaging speakers
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Fast Forward Trump’s antisemitism chief shares ‘Jew card’ post from white supremacist
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