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Emma Goss

Emma Goss is J.'s senior reporter. Her reporting is focused on the South Bay and the Peninsula. She is a Bay Area native and an alum of Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School and Kehillah Jewish High School. Follow her on Instagram @oh_emmag.

Jan Reicher (left) and Debbie Findling are encouraging Wexner Heritage Program alumni to donate to organizations supporting victims of sexual violence and trafficking. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Wexner helped shape these Jewish leaders. Now they want a reckoning over his Epstein ties.

by Emma Goss June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

For three decades, Debbie Findling led with it.  The Wexner Heritage Program appeared on her CV, LinkedIn page and professional biography. Her participation in it was part of her Jewish […]

Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. launched their foundation in 1953. (Courtesy Haas Jr Fund)
Posted inBay Area

Major S.F. foundation run by Levi Strauss descendants to close in 2028

by Emma Goss June 4, 2026June 24, 2026
S.F. District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan (center) at a candidates’ forum with Saikat Chakrabarti (left) and Calif. state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-SF). All three are running for Congress. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNews

AIPAC didn’t fund Connie Chan. Here’s what actually happened.

by Emma Goss June 1, 2026June 1, 2026
Two people hand out yard signs
Posted inPolitics

Jewish activists research and rate hundreds of candidates on antisemitism ahead of primary

by Emma Goss May 29, 2026May 29, 2026
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Santa Clara) is campaigning for re-election this fall in his South Bay district, which he won comfortably in 2024.
(Anders Eidesvik via Flickr, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inBay Area

Many Silicon Valley Jews fret as Rep. Ro Khanna is favored to win primary

by Emma Goss May 27, 2026May 27, 2026
Rabbi Nancy Wechsler (center-right) is retiring from Congregation Beth Shalom, a small Reform synagogue in Carmichael, just outside of Sacramento. (Courtesy)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento area synagogue honors retiring Rabbi Nancy Wechsler

by Emma Goss May 26, 2026May 29, 2026
Defendants Bruneil Henry Chamaki (left) and Roma Akoyans leave Santa Clara County Superior Court after their arraignment on assault and battery  charges on May 13. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

3 men formally charged in Santana Row assault of Israeli Americans

by Emma Goss May 13, 2026May 19, 2026
San Jose's Santana Row is an upscale shopping and residential area where two Israeli Americans were attacked on March 8. (La Citta Vita via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli Santana Row assault victim faces trial on hate crime allegation in separate case

by Emma Goss May 11, 2026May 12, 2026
San Francisco Unified School District central offices
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies curriculum that sidesteps Israel adopted by S.F. schools

by Emma Goss May 6, 2026May 21, 2026
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna speaks at the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s 2024 Leadership Summit. (JDCA CC BY 2.0)
Posted inPolitics

Rep. Ro Khanna, running for reelection, stands by his criticism of Israel

by Emma Goss April 27, 2026April 28, 2026

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