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WIĘCEJ OPCJIAgree Skip to main content Toggle Menu Join our Community Support ToI and remove all ads Learn more * English * العربية * Français * فارسی * עברית * Get The Daily Edition * Account * Sign In ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 463 Open Search form search Input search Clear search input * Israel & the Region * Jewish Times * Israel Inside * Tech Israel * Real Estate Israel * The Blogs * Podcasts * Video * Newsletters * The Daily Edition What Matters Most Today * Tech Israel Updates from Silicon Wadi * Real Estate Israel Weekly Update * The Weekend Edition The Best Reads of the Week * Weekly Highlights Choice Voices From The Blogs * Partners * Atlanta Atlanta Jewish Times * North New Jersey The Jewish Standard * Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle * United Kingdom The Jewish News * Australia The Australian Jewish News * For Publishers Become a Partner * Community * Join our community * Sign in * * About The Times of Israel * Advertise on The Times of Israel * Contact us * Get the Daily Edition submit * Follow us * © 2025 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved Terms and conditions Privacy policy * Open Search form Input search Clear search input Advertisement Homepage LA WILDFIRES DESTROY MULTIPLE HOUSES OF WORSHIP, BUT COMMUNITIES VOW TO PERSEVERE AS SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUES AND CHURCHES BURN TO THE GROUND IN ‘APOCALYPTIC’ BLAZES, RELIGIOUS LEADERS FOCUS ON CONGREGANTS AND HELPING THOSE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and Peter Smith Today, 10:06 am * Facebook * Twitter * email * Print * The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California on January 7, 2025 (JOSH EDELSON / AFP) AP — Flames were already attacking the campus of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center when the cantor, Ruth Berman Harris, and three companions rushed in to rescue its sacred Torah scrolls. Physically, that’s now all that is left of the 80-year-old synagogue, destroyed by wildfires that also destroyed a mosque, a Catholic parish and a half-dozen Protestant churches. Many members of these congregations were among the thousands of Angelenos who lost their homes this week. As the threat of new fires persisted, clergy were left with the huge challenges of offering comfort and pondering paths toward rebuilding and recovery. “There’s absolutely nothing except for a few walls and the empty space,” said the Pasadena Jewish Center’s executive director, Melissa Levy. Nevertheless, hundreds of its congregants have gone to the site “to say, ‘Goodbye’” to the places where they celebrated milestones in their faith and family lives, Levy added. NAVIGATING ROAD CLOSURES TO RESCUE TORAH SCROLLS Berman Harris — along with her husband, another congregant and a custodian — managed to get the Torah scrolls into their cars and whisked away to safety before the synagogue was engulfed in flames Tuesday night. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Newsletter email address Get it By signing up, you agree to the terms “It’s the heartbeat of any Jewish community,” she said of the Torah. That’s why, despite road closures, she rushed in to try to save the scrolls after a congregant who lives near the temple called her to say the flames were getting closer. Several houses of worship were destroyed in Pasadena and Altadena, including a mosque — Masjid Al-Taqwa, leaving its small, tight-knit community mourning the loss of a beloved gathering space. One of its board members lost his house in the fire, along with at least 10 of the faithful, said the volunteer imam, Junaid Aasi. The remains of the Masjid-Al-Taqwa mosque ares seen in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, Jan. 10, 2025 in Altadena, California (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) “So many families called it their second home,” Aasi said of the mosque. It was started as an African American place of worship, and in the past 20 years had attracted diverse young families as well as professionals and college students. Advertisement Its backyard had become a place of community celebration nightly when breaking the fast during Ramadan, with children doing art activities like painting murals. “It was a sense of belonging for us,” Aasi said. Samar Ghannoum, a professor at the University of Redlands, has prayed at the mosque with her family since the 1990s. It was Ghannoum’s daughter who alerted that the mosque was destroyed. “When she called and said, ’Mom, the masjid is burned,” and was in tears, my heart broke,” Ghannoum said Friday. The remains of the Masjid-Al-Taqwa mosque ares seen in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, Jan. 10, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Earlier in the day, she had gone for midday prayer to another mosque, where congregants added the “Salat al-Istisqa,” a prayer for rain rooted in the Islamic belief that God’s mercy provides sustenance. Community fundraising efforts have already started to rebuild, with donations surpassing $100,000 by Friday night. For Friday prayer, Aasi shared a list of neighboring mosques; for Ramadan, the faithful hope to be able to secure a space to gather again as a community. Advertisement The wildfires destroyed Altadena Community Church, as well as several homes owned by members of the congregation of about 60 people, said its pastor, the Rev. Paul Tellström. “It’s shocking,” said Tellström. “It’s a reminder to us of all of the fragility of life.” A man walks in front of the burning Altadena Community Church, Jan. 8, 2025, in the downtown Altadena section of Pasadena, California (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) WORSHIP WITHOUT A BUILDING The church, built in the 1940’s, was known for its colorful stained glass and for hosting a popular choir. The church’s Facebook page shared images of the building engulfed in flames. Another photo showed parishioners singing outdoors. Underneath, the image it read: “WE are the church! We can worship anywhere.” The Altadena Community Church is pictured the day after it was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, California (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) “This is a big blow, but it will not impede our progress,” Tellström said. “The most important takeaway is that we are the church — not the building.” Altadena United Methodist Church also burned down, as did homes of many members, according to Facebook posts by its pastor, the Rev. J. Andre Wilson. “Our building is gone,” he wrote. “But YOU and US, are the church.” FIRE SPOILS CHURCH’S WEEKEND WEDDING PLANS Ricardo Springs II, a church member who came to see the remains of the building, said the congregation had been planning this Sunday to host the wedding of a couple that recently joined the church. Advertisement The devastation is “just heartbreaking,” he said. “God will see us through this.” “My sons grew up in this church, my wife grew up in this church,” he told The Associated Press on Thursday. “It’s an awesome church community.” St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Altadena also was destroyed. Flames rise out of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Jan. 8, 2025, in the downtown Altadena section of Pasadena, California (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) “It is with a broken heart that I share with you the news that our church building is lost,” the Rev. Carri Patterson Grindon, the rector, wrote on Facebook. She said several community members lost their homes and the church staff was organizing a network of mutual support. “We will need one another in the days ahead as we face these devastating losses,” she wrote. “I am here for you, and I know our community will hold together, and love and support one another through whatever lies ahead.” PRAYERS — AND FAITH — BOLSTER AFFECTED CONGREGATIONS The Parish of St. Matthew, an Episcopal church in Pacific Palisades, whose campus also includes a preschool-through-8th grade school, reported that all of its clergy residences were destroyed, though its sanctuary, middle school and other buildings were intact. The church has hosted online gatherings, using the liturgy of Compline or night prayer. Advertisement “We feel your prayers,” the school’s chaplain, the Rev. Stefanie Wilson, said in the Thursday night online gathering, responding to the outpouring of concern from people far and near. “We need them and we want them and we feel that you’re with us right now.” The intact First Church of Christ, Scientist is framed through the ruins of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church next door, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) In Pacific Palisades, Corpus Christi Catholic Church was destroyed. Its website displayed a photo of the skeletal remains of the church, accompanied by this message: “I have no words. Our beautiful church in Pacific Palisades, as of this morning.” Also destroyed was Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, which posted photos on its Facebook page showing the church intact before the fire and in ruins afterward. Throughout the stricken areas, faith leaders were concerned about congregation members who lost their homes and have found temporary shelter with friends or in hotels. But they are finding hope in their faith and their communities. “Nothing in my faith has been rocked by this,” said Melissa Levy of the Pasadena Jewish Center. “ If anything, it’s been bolstered by the support we have received and we can give.” SYNAGOGUES STILL STANDING OFFER A PLACE TO WORSHIP The Los Angeles area is home to more than 600,000 Jews, the second-largest community in the United States. The Pasadena synagogue also lost its preschool, and in Pacific Palisades, fires seriously damaged another synagogue and a Chabad center, said Rabbi Noah Farkas, president of the Jewish Federation Los Angeles. Synagogues away from danger will host services over the weekend for those congregants who cannot attend their regular temples, and volunteers have been helping with everything from food and cash assistance to providing a dedicated text messaging line for hundreds of displaced families who have no idea what, if anything, of their homes survived the fires. Flames from the Palisades Fire burn in front of the Chabad of Pacific Palisades on Sunset Boulevard during a powerful windstorm on January 7, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California (Apu Gomes/Getty Images/AFP) “I’ve been here 32 years and literally every person I know has lost their house,” Rabbi Zushe Cunin said of the neighborhood of his Chabad center. “Apocalyptic is the word I’ve been using.” As clouds of smoke started building in the area earlier this week, Cunin said, he and other staff escorted about 100 children from their school to safety through growing traffic jams to the Pacific Coast Highway, and then ran back to save the scrolls. The fire damaged classrooms and other spaces, though the sanctuary is intact. 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By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman Analysis Jeremy Sharon Overhaul redux: Levin’s ‘compromise’ proposal would again radically constrain the judiciary The coalition won’t be able to appoint judges by itself but judge selection would be highly politicized, Basic Laws would be immune from judicial review and other laws hard to block Levin, Sa’ar unveil new judicial overhaul plan; wary opposition heads hold off response By Jeremy Sharon Right-wing activists blast Supreme Court Justice Amit, at justice minister’s invitation By Jeremy Sharon Key witness in PM’s trial: Sara Netanyahu once threatened to kill herself, blame me By ToI Staff Hadas Klein says she felt vindicated by recent TV report alleging PM’s wife orchestrated smear campaign against her, confirms Herzog visited her in 2017: Felt like ‘a way to fool me’ Report: Family of PM’s late aide fail to cede phone to cops in probe of Sara Netanyahu By ToI Staff IDF probe: Dikla Arava and son Tomer were likely killed by Israeli fire on Oct. 7 By Emanuel Fabian Investigation based on testimonies from soldiers, officers, civilians finds both were apparently shot by mistake by IDF troops in two separate incidents during Kibbutz Nahal Oz battles Katz orders IDF plan for ‘complete defeat of Hamas’ if no hostage deal by Jan. 20 By Emanuel Fabian No more ‘cannon fodder’: Parents of troops, slain hostages demand Gaza deal By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies 20 Israeli jets attack two ports and a power plant used by Houthis in Yemen By Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman IAF strikes come soon after after reports of US-led raid on area north of Sanaa; PM vows more attacks if terror group’s drone, ballistic missile fire continues Army says trio of suspected Houthi drones downed, ending short-lived lull By Emanuel Fabian Parents of hostage Liri Albag say ‘she’s not the same girl’ in Hamas video By ToI Staff Shira and Eli Albag say their daughter’s own words peek out from Hamas’s script, say that they are dismayed members of the coalition have chosen not to watch the clip Sydney synagogue defaced with red swastikas, day after another synagogue vandalized By Agencies and ToI Staff Home in city also daubed with antisemitic graffiti, police say they’re probing offensive comments on street poster; Australian PM: Abhorrent graffiti needs to stop immediately Australian synagogue graffitied with swastikas in latest antisemitic attack By Agencies and ToI Staff Columbia University professor retires as probe finds she discriminated against Israelis By Luke Tress Katherine Franke leaves school after investigation says she violated university discrimination policy when saying Israeli students harass Palestinians on campus Anti-Israel activists renew BDS referendum effort in Pittsburgh after first one fails By David Rullo Massachusetts man arrested for antisemitic threats had Nazi flag, guns and ammo By JTA and ToI Staff Four members of anti-Israel Dagestan airport mob sentenced to decade in penal colony By ToI Staff Punishment said to be harshest yet in connection to riot at Makhachkala Int’l Airport after the arrival of a plane carrying ‘unclean’ passengers from Tel Aviv, 3 weeks after Oct. 7 5 said killed in Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah weapons truck in south Lebanon By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian Lebanese security source says the strike hit a rocket launcher, several munitions exploded; IDF says it was acting ‘in accordance with the ceasefire understandings’ Lebanon’s PM vows to disarm country’s south after new president threatens Hezbollah By ToI Staff and Agencies AnalysisWeakening of Hezbollah enabled Lebanon to fill 2-year-old presidential vacancy By AFP and ToI Staff Synagogue that survived Palisades fire becomes a ‘refuge’ for many who lost homes By PHILISSA CRAMER ‘At least this home is standing for so many people,’ says rabbi at Kehillat Israel, hundreds of whose members’ houses were destroyed in the blazes ravaging Los Angeles LA wildfires destroy multiple houses of worship, but communities vow to persevere By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and Peter Smith US anti-Israel activists blame Jewish state for Los Angeles wildfire crisis By Luke Tress Trump gets ‘unconditional discharge’ for hush money conviction, avoids jail or fine By Maggy DONALDSON NY judge hands down mildest possible criminal sanction for covering up payments to porn star; US president-elect will become first felon in White House Netanyahu unlikely to attend Trump inauguration, hasn’t had official invite, aide says By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff Families of American-Israeli hostages to attend Trump inauguration By Jacob Magid Inside story Resurrection or distortion? How AI can preserve – or annihilate – Holocaust history By Matt Lebovic As UNESCO issues warning on potential for AI to change the historical record, author Todd Presner probes ethical concerns behind ongoing merging of AI tech with humanities research Thousands of fighters march through Tehran in show of force against Israel, US By Agencies and ToI Staff With Iran’s proxies weakened, vehicles with missiles, artillery parade streets, black-clad women carry rifles; Pezeshkian lauds Aoun’s election, says Lebanon unity will ‘defeat’ Israel Iranian general says Assad blocked Tehran’s effort to open Syrian front against Israel By ToI Staff Iran again closes schools, offices to conserve power amid shortages By AFP and ToI Staff More Headlines Biden slams ‘really shameful’ Meta plan to scrap US Facebook, Instagram fact-checking By Anuj Chopra Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted Islamic State bomb attack on Shiite shrine By Agencies London cops ask pro-Palestinian group to move anti-Israel rally away from synagogue By Ben Sales Far-right AfD’s party convention draws protests as Germany heads into election By AP Lev Tahor women and children attack police while in Guatemalan custody By Luke Tress Democrats head threatens legal action against coalition MKs for pushing conspiracies By Sam Sokol Iran’s population aging fast, bucking government efforts By MENNA ZAKI and Payam DOOST MOHAMADI Israel seeks to rally global support for release of researcher held captive in Iraq By AP and ToI Staff Shin Bet chief said to urge major counterterrorism operation in West Bank By ToI Staff Police data confirms Arab homicide rate more than doubled in 2023 By Charlie Summers Top Ops Sarah Tuttle-Singer A prayer for firefighters and first responders Blessed are the ones who run toward the danger, who wade into the waters, who carve paths through the wreckage Naomi L. Baum A tale of two kaddishes On this 10th of Tevet, designated a day of ’general mourning,’ I focus instead on my mother, my son, and how different losing each of them has been Saul Singer Megaprojects for a post-traumatic Golden Age Two ambitious initiatives could flip this crisis into a chance to transform Israel’s scientific R&D ecosystem and rebuild Jewish resilience Zack Rothbart Clinton Bailey, friend of Ben-Gurion and the Bedouin The prolific researcher, who died this week, was revered by the people whose lives he documented with loving respect Lyn Julius The Jews of Syria, seen through the looking glass The Syrian Jewish population was successfully removed – all but 9 Jews. So why is the Western press intent on depicting a sizable, functioning community? Elchanan Poupko The resignation speech Trudeau owes Canadian Jews ’It is during my term in office that 260 years of Jews finding a safe refuge in Canada have come to an end’ Daniel Z. Feldman Jimmy Carter and the problem of empathy In helping those who appear to be suffering, Carter acted on a core Jewish value. So, how did he end up as a pawn of terrorists? Tobias Gisle What Yuval Noah Harari got wrong about terror Don’t think terrorists are trivial just because their goals don’t lead to democracy; they are powerful, their ideas inspire millions, and we must fight them Bepi Pezzulli Tales of a militant Pope and his unholy alliances In the quest to elevate the poor and marginalized, the Vatican is making common cause with regimes that trample those very ideals Noah Efron I am from there: Unpolished songs for a raw nation A new album from beloved singer Yehudit Ravitz forgoes perfect vocals for a sound that’s in perfect sync with a painfully sober Israel Liba Lurie How raising my kids made me question – and rediscover – my Judaism When I left my secular past for an Orthodox future, I thought I had all the answers for a fulfilling life. 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Erez Mishlovsky, 20: Quiet Givati soldier with a ‘huge heart’ By ToI Staff * Those We Have Lost Yoram Bar-Sinai, 75: Architect slain in kibbutz he helped design By ToI Staff Those we are missing The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown * Those we are missing Taken captive: Oded Lifshitz, drove Gazans to hospitals By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Ofer Calderon, initially escaped through window By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Agam Berger, seen being led to a car, still dressed in her pajamas By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Elkana Bohbot, young son asking, ‘Where’s Daddy?’ By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Pinta Nattapong, saving up for a coffee shop By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Gadi Moshe Mozes, expert potato farmer, ‘saba’ to all By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Alon Ohel, pianist’s family recorded song for him By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Thai worker Pongsak Tanna, father of 14-year-old girl By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Thai field hand Watchara Sriaoun By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Yarden Bibas, injured on his head at abduction By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Eli Sharabi from Kibbutz Be’eri By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Matan Angrest, turned 21 while held hostage in Gaza By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Or Levy arrived at festival minutes before onslaught By AP * Those we are missing Taken captive: Liri Albag, seen in Hamas video being abducted By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Omri Miran, driven in his own car to Gaza By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Daniella Gilboa, identified by the shirt she wore By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Yosef-Haim Ohana, helped injured at Supernova rave By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Ohad Yahalomi, shot in the leg by terrorists By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Bar Kupershtein, last seen tied up by Hamas By ToI Staff * Those we are missing Taken captive: Eviatar David, IDed in a Hamas photo on Telegram By ToI Staff Tales of the Times The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting * Second coming Mel Gibson announces ‘acid trip’ sequel to ‘Passion of the Christ’ By ToI Staff * Canned French mayor scraps recycling ads showing Iran’s Khamenei By AFP * Worlds collide 11 artists living between Israel and US express their journey at Olim Artists Lab By Jessica Steinberg * Played for Israel in 2023 Pirates welcome Jewish player Spencer Horwitz to the team By Jonathan Mayo * Pinning blame Gal Gadot denies she was forbidden to wear hostage pin at Golden Globes By ToI Staff * Sworn to Reform Elissa Slotkin sworn into US Senate on Reform women’s Torah commentary By PHILISSA CRAMER * We'll eat where they're eating Katz’s Deli will become accessible to the disabled after federal lawsuit By Luke Tress * Greece light-ning Israeli and Greek music mesh in Cyprus concerts on Hanukkah By Jessica Steinberg * Superman Singer Idan Amedi, injured in Gaza, performs for bereaved kids By Jessica Steinberg * Crowning achievements Stephen Fry knighted, other British Jews honored by king By ToI Staff and Agencies * Handle with care Mohammad, Avigail most popular baby names for 2024 By ToI Staff * A 'Hannukah' shanda NYT game misspells Hanukkah in Festival of Lights-themed puzzle By PHILISSA CRAMER * ✝ marks the spot Child finds unique decorated cross on Jerusalem field trip By Gavriel Fiske * Coming in hot NASA probe makes closest ever pass by sun, sustaining 1,700ºF heat By AFP * 'Fighting the darkness' Zelensky lights candles with rabbis to mark third wartime Hanukkah By PHILISSA CRAMER * Holiday guide As Hanukkah begins, here are 8 special activities in New York City By Lisa Keys * Not so slick Cops put squeeze on suspected looters at ancient olive oil complex By Gavriel Fiske * Let there be light Rare, intact 1,500-year-old ceramic lantern discovered in Galilee By Gavriel Fiske * Bewitching Viral ‘Wicked’ Hanukkah video shines light with message of resilience By Zev Stub * On the menu Anu museum offers virtual culinary tours with foodie Gil Hovav By Jessica Steinberg Scroll to view more * Israel & the Region * Jewish Times * Israel Inside * Tech Israel * Real Estate Israel * The Blogs * podcast * video * terms and conditions * privacy policy * about us * advertise with us * Jobs at The Times of Israel * contact us Community * Join our community * Sign in Get the Daily Edition Enter your email address submit © 2025 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved Concept, design & development by Powered by Never miss breaking news on Israel Get notifications to stay updated Stay updated No thanks You're subscribed close popup Register for free and continue reading Registering also lets you comment on articles and helps us improve your experience. 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