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Bill Kaplan Talks Hanukkah Week on KNBC, December 10, 2020

Eight crazy nights: Local Hanukkah activities you can enjoy from afar this year
by Adam Tschorn, The Los Angeles Times, November. 30, 2020

Shalom Institute Cleanup, Ceremony Marks One Year Since Woolsey Fire, By Ryan Torok, The Jewish Journal, November 13, 2019

Shalom Institute Gala, Milken Teacher Awards, By Ryan Torok, The Jewish Journal, October 30, 2019.

Summer Camps Have New Temporary Homes, By Ryan Torok, The Jewish Journal, January 30, 2019

A Tu B’Shevat Story: Rebuilding L.A.’s Jewish Camps, By Ryan Torok, The Jewish Journal, January 16, 2019

From the Ashes, By Jackie Headapohl, The Jewish News, December 13, 2018

My Jewish Summer Camp Was Destroyed in the Woolsey Fires – But We Vow to Rebuild, By Tanya Paperny, Lilith, December 10, 2018

Camp to Camp, By Jackie Headapohl, The Jewish News, December 6, 2018

Alumni Mourn Malibu Jewish Camps Destroyed By Woolsey Fire, By Aaron Schrank, KPCC, November 16, 2018

Driving Through Flames, Breathing Through Blankets: 9 Tales From Californians Who Fled the Wildfires, By Lela Moore, New York Times, November 16, 2018

The Light Shines On, By Molly Livingstone, Foundation for Jewish Camp, November 15, 2018

Beloved Jewish Summer Camps Destroyed By Woolsey Fire, By Joel Grover, NBC News, November 11, 2018

My 72 Hours: Leadership in Times of Tragedy, By Jay Sanderson, The Jewish Journal, November 14, 2018

Jewish Summer Camps Destroyed in Woolsey Fire, By Aaron Schrank, LAist, November 13, 2018

Several Jewish institutions burned by fires racing through California, The Times of Israel, November 11, 2018

Malibu Jewish camp damaged by California wildfires, Jerusalem Post, November 11, 2018

California Wildfires Damage Synagogues, Camps, and Day School, By Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraph Agency, November 11, 2018

Two Dead as Woolsey Fire Continues to Burn, The Jewish Journal, By Aaron Bandler, November 10, 2018

Shemesh Enterprises: “Season with Purpose”, The Jewish Food Experience, December 7, 2017

Inclusion At Camp JCA Shalom, By Joel Charnick, The New York Jewish Week, July 27, 2017

My Journey Back to Jewish Summer Camp, My Jewish Learning, February 8, 2016

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