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‘Like the burning bush’: Rabbi’s book survives Holocaust – and the Los Angeles fire

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid the devastation of a wildfire in Pasadena that destroyed Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater's home, a singular book emerged unscathed: "Sacred Fire" by Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, a Holocaust survivor. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustResilienceHopeWildfireObamaBurning BushKalonymus Kalman ShapiraPasadenaJoshua Levine GraterFriends In Deed

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Pasadena, California, United States
"The Pasadena home of Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater was burned in a wildfire, but one book survived."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"forced the rabbi into the Warsaw Ghetto, where he ran a secret synagogue and delivered weekly sermons."

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