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Reform Camp Vows to Rise From the Ashes After Massive Fire in Northern California

Eitan Arom October 18, 2017

A Blessing for those who Love URJ Camp Newman

Jewish Journal October 10, 2017

URJ Camp Newman Devastated By Wildfires

Aaron Bandler October 9, 2017

Were claims of Israel’s ‘arson intifada’ overblown?

Jewish Journal December 6, 2016

As wildfires threatened Israel last week, rhetoric linking arson to terrorism heated up.

Firefighters gain ground over devastating California blaze

Jewish Journal June 27, 2016

Firefighters in the foothills of central California have made significant gains against a blaze that has killed at least two people and destroyed scores of homes in a devastating start to the state\’s wildfire season, authorities said on Monday.

Israeli official claims country has fewest fire fatalities in world

Jewish Journal February 2, 2016

Despite some high-profile cases of arson in the past year, Israel is the world’s safest country when it comes to fire-related deaths, its fire commissioner said.

Hess Kramer campers evacuated due to fire concerns

JewishJournal May 2, 2013

Ventura County Star is reporting tonight at 10:18 p.m.: Roadrunner Shuttle donated two charter buses to pick up the 165 poeple at Camp Hess Kramer on Yerba Buena Road.

We felt so safe there

Marty Kaplan November 20, 2008

Maybe the only way you can put down roots in California is with the thought that every place has its own risks, its tornadoes and hurricanes and lightning, that driving on the freeway is even more dangerous than living on a fault line.

Tzedakah With Toys

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal November 13, 2003

When 5-year-old Ariela Weintraub learned about the recent Southern California fires during a family dinner discussion, she was worried. The Santa Monica resident asked her mother, Susan Weintraub, \”Mommy, do you think the children who lived in those burning houses lost their toys?\”

Her mother told her yes, and the youngster ran to her room and returned with a big white teddy bear. To her parents\’ surprise and delight, Ariela announced that she wanted to donate her cherished stuffed animal to a child who lost his or her own toys in the fires.

When Susan Weintraub told her daughter\’s story to Rabbi Karmi Gross, the principal of Maimonides Academy in Los Angeles, which is attended by Ariela and her older sister, the 5-year-old\’s generosity inspired a school toy drive for local children affected by the fires.