Featuring: Hope During the LA Wildfires
In Recovery
Lemonada Media
4.8 • 718 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
After wildfires razed Los Angeles neighborhoods at the start of this year, the city was reeling. Repair the World, a Jewish service organization, mobilized hundreds of people to support wildfire relief efforts. They also launched a service corps specifically focused on assisting wildfire victims. In this episode, we’ll hear from Cindy Greenberg, CEO of Repair the World, and Michael Auerbach, who oversees their Los Angeles programs. You’ll also hear stories from volunteers on the ground, who show us that the power of service is in all of us.
This episode is created in partnership with Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies. Special thank you to Repair the World. Learn more about their work by visiting https://werepair.org/.
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| 0:47.6 | Right now, multiple fires tearing across Los Angeles area with devastating force as residents make a desperate escape from burning homes through the flames. |
| 0:53.6 | Now, there have been some shocking images of homes and structures completely gutted going up in flames. |
| 0:56.6 | What was it like coming back here for the first time? |
| 0:58.3 | Oh my gosh, it was surreal. |
| 1:01.8 | It was like somebody dropped a bomb on your community. |
| 1:03.3 | I felt like it's war-torn. |
| 1:06.8 | This past January, instead of kick-starting a new year, |
| 1:10.6 | hundreds of thousands of L.A. residents were losing everything. One of the most destructive wildfires in California history tore through Los Angeles County. Entire neighborhoods were decimated, just gone. |
| 1:21.4 | Sixteen thousand structures left in smoldering remains, homes, schools, local businesses, and more. |
| 1:30.2 | California officials say 31 people have died, but the wildfires could be responsible for |
| 1:35.8 | hundreds more lives lost due to issues like poor air quality and delays in getting medical |
| 1:41.3 | care. In the face of this devastation, people and organizations stepped up. |
| 1:46.9 | One of them was Repair the World, a Jewish service organization founded in 2009. |
| 1:52.3 | They mobilized quickly to establish the Wildfires Response Service Corps, |
| 1:56.9 | a group of volunteers dedicated to relief and recovery efforts. |
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