Volunteers are clamoring for opportunities to help after devastating fires struck the L.A. area during the past week, said Tzivia Schwartz Getzug, West Coast director of the Jewish Funders Network, in a phone interview on Sunday. Schwartz Getzug talked about the importance of supporting local organizations, immediate versus longer-term needs she anticipates the Jewish community will encounter and concern about the fire’s possible resurgence. (As of Sunday evening, the fires has reportedly killed 24 people, burned 40,000 acres and destroyed 12,000 structures in Los Angeles County, including synagogues and homes in the Jewish community.)
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