‘Insanely Powerful’: Holocaust Survivor’s Menorah Survives L.A. Fires

A California man said it was “insanely powerful” to find a menorah passed down from his grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, had survived the Los Angeles area wildfires.

Joshua Kotler explained to the New York Post that he, his wife, Emily Kotler, and their two daughters had left their home in Altadena and went to his wife’s sister’s home “20 minutes” away in the city of Glassell Park. Joshua thanked God that his family had gotten out of their home safely.

Prior to their home burning down, Joshua explained that he went back to the house, “hosing down” his roof before once again leaving.

Joshua explained that when he and his wife returned to their home, which had “burnt down with everything in it,” the firefighters

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