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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)

Emma Goss

Emma Goss is J.'s senior reporter. She is a Bay Area native and an alum of Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School and Kehillah Jewish High School. Emma also reports for NBC Bay Area. Follow her on Twitter @EmmaAudreyGoss.

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

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

The Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, a major San Francisco philanthropic foundation run by descendants of Levi Strauss, will shut down in 2028 after 75 years. This move is […]

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

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss June 1, 2026June 1, 2026
Two people hand out yard signs
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Jewish activists research and rate hundreds of candidates on antisemitism ahead of primary

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) 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)
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Many Silicon Valley Jews fret as Rep. Ro Khanna is favored to win primary

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) 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)
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Sacramento area synagogue honors retiring Rabbi Nancy Wechsler

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) 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

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) 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)
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Israeli Santana Row assault victim faces trial on hate crime allegation in separate case

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 11, 2026May 12, 2026
San Francisco Unified School District central offices
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Ethnic studies curriculum that sidesteps Israel adopted by S.F. schools

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) 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)
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Rep. Ro Khanna, running for reelection, stands by his criticism of Israel

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 27, 2026April 28, 2026
Prospect Sierra students sit around a campfire at Camp Tawonga. (Prospect Sierra/Facebook)
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Private East Bay school ends relationship with Tawonga over its ties to Israel

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss April 22, 2026April 29, 2026

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