{"id":118470,"date":"2025-01-24T17:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T15:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=118470"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:15:03","slug":"15-05-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=118470","title":{"rendered":"Adam Brody, Billy Crystal, Eugene Levy Among Jewish Celebrities Whose Homes Destroyed in Los Angeles Wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Adam Brody, Billy Crystal, Eugene Levy Among Jewish Celebrities Whose Homes Destroyed in Los Angeles Wildfires<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Flames rise from a structure as the Palisades fire burns during a windstorm on the west side of Los Angeles, California, US, Jan. 8, 2025. Photo: REUTERS\/Ringo Chiu<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Adam Brody, Billy Crystal, and Eugene Levy are among the Jewish celebrities whose homes have been destroyed and reduced to rubble by the wildfires in Los Angeles County that started early Tuesday morning and have so far killed 10 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brody and his wife, actress Leighton Meester, lived in the Pacific Palisades, where an out-of-control bush fire started Tuesday morning before spreading to other neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area with the help of strong winds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crystal lost the Pacific Palisades house where he had lived since 1979 and raised his children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Levy also saw his house burn down in the same neighborhood. The \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek\u201d star told the Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em> that he was caught in gridlock traffic when trying to evacuate his neighborhood. Levy, who is Canadian, has been serving as Pacific Palisades\u2019 honorary mayor since 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d actor Miles Teller, who is of Russian and Jewish descent on his father\u2019s side, had pictures of his burning home shared by media outlets. American television host and actress Melissa Rivers, who is the daughter of the late Jewish comedian and media personality Joan Rivers, also had her home destroyed by the wildfires. She talked to CNN<\/a> on Wednesday about the belongings she took from her home before evacuating, and said they included her mother\u2019s only Emmy award \u2014 won in 1990 for Outstanding Talk\/Service Show Host for her work on \u201cThe Joan Rivers Show.\u201d Rivers also grabbed items such as passports, birth certificates, and medication before evacuating her home.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI grabbed my mom\u2019s Emmy, a photo of my dad [the late producer Edgar Rosenberg], and a drawing that my mother had done of me and my son \u2026 I went for a drawing of my mother\u2019s rather than a photo, because I know I can find the photos,\u201d she said, adding of the drawing, \u201cI can\u2019t replace [it].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center was decimated by the fire, but its 13 Torah scrolls were saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Jewish celebrities whose homes were destroyed in the wildfires include Diane Warren, Ricki Lake, and Jennifer Grey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Warren and Levy have been honored by Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), a pro-Israel nonprofit organization that is comprised of prominent members of the entertainment industry dedicated to combating anti-Israel sentiment and antisemitism in the industry. The organization shared its condolences to victims of the wildfires in a released statement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are devastated by the unprecedented destruction in Los Angeles, which has forced members of the Creative Community for Peace\u2019s advisory board, and broader community, and even our esteemed Ambassadors of Peace honorees, such as Eugene Levy and Diane Warren, to evacuate and face the loss of their homes,\u201d CCFP said. \u201cWe are a community of strength and resilience. Together, we will rebuild and overcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lake\u2019s home in Malibu was destroyed on Tuesday, and she chronicled in a series of Instagram posts her family\u2019s failed efforts to stay behind and save the house, before they decided to evacuate and prevent themselves from being engulfed in the flames.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRoss and I lost our dream home,\u201d she wrote in one Instagram post<\/a>, referring to her husband. \u201cThis description \u2018dream home\u2019 doesn\u2019t suffice. It was our heaven on earth. The place where we planned to grow old together \u2026 This loss is immeasurable. It\u2019s the spot where we got married 3 years ago. I grieve along with all of those suffering during this apocalyptic event. Praying for all of my neighbors, my friends, my community, the animals, the firefighters, and first responders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who is the daughter of the late Jewish actor Tony Curtis, said she is donating $1 million toward the relief efforts for the wildfires in LA.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the fire still rages on and @calfire @losangelesfiredepartment and all the available first responders and agencies involved in fighting fire and saving lives are still hard at work and neighbors and friends are banding together to save each other, my husband and I and our children have pledged $1 million from our Family Foundation to start a fund of support for our great city and state and the great people who live and love there,\u201d Curtis, who had to evacuate her LA home, wrote in an Instagram post<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m in communication with [California] Governor [Gavin] Newsom and [LA] Mayor [KAren] Bass and Senator [Adam] Schiff as to where those funds need to be directed for the most impact.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At least 70,000 people have been displaced by the wildfires since Tuesday morning, and Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said late on Thursday that he expects the death toll to increase. The Palisades fire between Santa Monica and Malibu and the Eaton fire in the east near Pasadena have been ranked as the most destructive fires in the history of Los Angeles for destroying more than 34,000 acres and nearly 10,000 structures, according to Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jewish organization Chai Lifeline<\/a> is providing resources to support victims of the Los Angeles wildfire, and the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles has created a Wildfire Crisis Relief Fund<\/a> to support its neighbors affected by the fires, while also helping to facilitate shelter, warm meals, and other needs for victims. BStrong \u2014 an initiative started by Jewish entrepreneur and former reality star Bethenny Frankel in partnership with the nonprofit organization Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) \u2014 is raising funds<\/a> and also providing supplies and resources to help with the relief efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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