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Tag: Palisades Fire

0 History Culture

The LA fires torched my grandfather Arnold Schoenberg's legacy — and the site of a rich Jewish emigre history

E. Randol Schoenberg in Forward · 21 Jan

E. Randol Schoenberg reflects on the devastating impact of the Palisades fire that destroyed significant musical archives and personal possessions, including those tied to his grandfather, Arnold Schoenberg, a seminal Jewish composer who fled Nazi Germany for Los Angeles.

0 Communities Culture

How a new ketubah helped one couple restart after the LA fire

Jodi Rudoren in Forward · 17 Jan

After their Los Angeles home was destroyed in the Palisades Fire, Dave and Jen Miner faced profound loss, including their cherished ketubah from their 1994 wedding.

0 Communities Culture

‘Just things’ — like what my LA neighbors have lost — are what makes houses into Jewish homes

Rachel Steinhardt in Forward · 12 Jan

In the wake of the devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles, Rachel Steinhardt reflects on the intense emotional significance of Jewish objects in transforming a house into a home.

0 Communities Leadership

Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes

Louis Keene in Forward · 9 Jan

Rabbis from Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, including Senior Rabbi Amy Bernstein, are grappling with the loss of their homes due to the devastating Palisades Fire, which destroyed roughly 17,000 acres and claimed the residences of numerous community members, including Jewish celebrities.

0 Communities Holidays

At least one synagogue destroyed as unprecedented wildfires rip through Los Angeles

Louis Keene in Forward · 8 Jan

Severe wildfires in Los Angeles have destroyed the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, a significant Conservative synagogue established in the 1920s, and threatened several other Jewish institutions including Kehillat Israel and Chabad of Pacific Palisades.