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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.

a blond woman hugs her daughter, who is seen only from behind
Posted inBay Area

South Bay middle-schooler recounts a semester of antisemitic bullying and a year of anguish 

by Emma Goss November 27, 2024December 27, 2024
The entrance to a parking lot, with a sign that says "Menlo-Atherton High School Main Entrance"
Posted inBay Area

Families sue over ‘pervasive antisemitism’ at San Mateo County high schools

by Emma Goss November 20, 2024November 21, 2024
And old man and and old woman sit smiling on a couch, holding up a black and white photo of their wedding
Posted inLifecycles

Bernie Arfin says he’s ‘feeling fine’ — which is no small feat at 100 years old

by Emma Goss November 15, 2024November 15, 2024
Rabbi Shai Held delivers the keynote address at the Z3 Conference in Palo Alto, Nov. 5, 2023. (Shir Shelef/Courtesy Oshman Family JCC)
Posted inBooks

Visiting Bay Area, Rabbi Shai Held discusses how Jews can disagree, lovingly

by Emma Goss November 11, 2024November 21, 2024
a man in a hoodie with arabic text puts his arm out in a "leave" gesture
Posted inBay Area

Second confrontation reported at Oakland’s Jerusalem Coffee House

by Emma Goss November 5, 2024November 8, 2024
two pictures: one has a billboard that says "stopped genocide is not anti-semitic"; the other shows the same billboard with a new slogan, "let's be clear: hamas and hezbollah are your problem too"
Posted inBay Area

Jews irked by genocide billboard in San Carlos raise nearly $30K for new one

by Emma Goss October 30, 2024October 30, 2024
a hut with the words "Sukkot means... respect the land, respect the people, free Palestine" in the middle of a large metal gateway
Posted inBay Area

‘Gaza solidarity sukkah’ at UC Berkeley’s Sather Gate is dismantled in one day

by Emma Goss October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
a teen girl wears a t-shirt with a graphic of a pair
Posted inBay Area

East Bay teen program shuts down after helping hundreds awaken their inner activist

by Emma Goss October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
At Stanford shopping center Oct. 7, 2024, a handful of Jewish pro-Israel activists confronted and clashed with anti-Zionist protesters (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Two arrested in Palo Alto as angry protesters celebrate Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

by Emma Goss October 14, 2024October 15, 2024
A summer camp mural on a half wall by the ocean in Bolinas reads “Save the Planet” and is spray-painted with “Free Gaza" on Sept. 23. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Paradise lost: Israel-Hamas war tears at social fabric of tiny Bolinas

by Emma Goss October 7, 2024May 30, 2025

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