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Items donated to a Judaica drive staged for Los Angeles fire victims included shofars, seder plates and mezuzahs.

What I learned about American Jews while collecting Judaica for LA fire victims

By Rachel Steinhardt/JTA

A wildfire in Israel's north.

Israel launches AI fire prediction tool to protect transportation systems

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AT LEAST 29 people were killed, more than 200,000 people were forced to evacuate, and over 16,000 structures were destroyed or damaged. The economic toll from the fires is estimated at over $250 billion. Here, an aerial view of homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire is seen in March.

How losing homes in LA wildfires re-traumatized Jews who escaped Iran

By TABBY REFAEL

A member of Cal Fire surveys damage outside a devastated home in recent wildfires affecting Altadena, California, January 12, 2025.

Massive wildfire erupts in eastern California, sparking evacuations

By REUTERS

FLAMES AND smoke rise into the air during the Carmel forest fire, near Haifa, in 2010.

Israeli ingenuity tackles global wildfire challenges

By AVISHAG BOKER

Rabbi Nicole Guzik, center, with her husband Rabbi Erez Sherman and daughter Annie before Annie's bat mitzvah in January 2025.

LA Jews are all mourners now, experiencing both grief and hope

By Rabbi Nicole Guzik

The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center smolders after burning in the Eaton Fire in Pasadena, California, Jan. 8, 2025.

Repair the World mobilizes Jewish volunteers for LA wildfire relief

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Lev Echad delegation leaves for Los Angeles to provide aid to the areas affected by the wildfires. January 14, 2025.

Lev Echad sends aid delegation to Los Angeles wildfire zones

A view shows the remains of homes burned by the Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US January 12, 2025.

Los Angeles wildfires claim 14 lives as containment efforts struggle

By REUTERS

Jamie Lee Curtis in front of background of the Palisades Fire, one of simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, as seen from the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 11, 2025. (illustrative)

Jamie Lee Curtis likens LA fires to 'war-torn' Gaza, sparking controversy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A fire hydrant sprays water in front of a burned property, following the Eaton fire, one of six simultaneous blazes that have ripped across Los Angeles County, in Altadena, California, US January 11, 2025.

Big Los Angeles wildfire switches direction, posing new threat despite winds easing

By REUTERS

A firefighter battles the fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson as the wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area, during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, U.S. January 9, 2025.

When flames consume everything, hope and humanity prevail

By KELLY HARTOG

A menorah is surrounded by flames from the Pacific Palisades fire along Sunset Boulevard, near Chabad of Pacific Palisades, on Jan. 7, 2025.

Pasadena synagogue burns down as fires rage across Southern California

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

Fires in the north

IDF fails to intercept Hezbollah drones, fires break out in northern Israel

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

FIRES CAUSED by rockets and drones shot by Hezbollah at Israel from Lebanon have burned nearly 5,000 acres of land in Israel’s North.

Locals become firefighters as Israel’s northern forests burn

Ciconia solves NASA's major challenge

By Udi Ezion

View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 3, 2024

Ecological war: The environmental cost of Hezbollah's missiles and UAVs on northern Israel

By ILANA SHTOTLAND

A section of the new water system in the Carmel region.

Mekorot to increase the amount of water supplied to Israel’s North

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF