This is the Forward’s coverage of wildfires and their impact on American Jews.
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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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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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Fast Forward A cholent crisis? Rabbi’s ruling against Shabbat stew on Thursday nights briefly roils Israel
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Fast Forward In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis
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