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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.

Chabad of Almaden's new building. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNews

‘Rising from the ashes’: San Jose Chabad secures spacious new building after fire

by Emma Goss June 8, 2022
A JewBelong billboard in the East Bay
Posted inBay Area

Who is paying for these ‘JewBelong’ bacon billboards in the East Bay?

by Emma Goss June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
Rabbi Menachem Creditor (center) gathers with other faith leaders on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest gun violence.
(Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Creditor)
Posted inBay Area

Rabbis condemn gun violence as local post-Uvalde protests are planned

by Emma Goss June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
Noah, a student at Brandeis Marin, in a first-grade class in 2021. (Photo/Anya Shuteroff)
Posted inEducation

Pandemic’s impact on Jewish schools: more students, more financial need

by Emma Goss May 27, 2022June 8, 2022
Nurse and activist Jennifer Esteen is running for Assembly in the East Bay.
Posted inCalifornia

State Jewish legislative caucus’ primary endorsements are a diverse bunch

by Emma Goss May 24, 2022May 25, 2022
Matt Haney (right) with his grandparents in Oct. 2021 at a campaign event.
Posted inBay Area

Matt Haney’s Jewish roots: public service, social justice and doing his grandpa proud

by Emma Goss May 19, 2022May 20, 2022
Grant Liffmann (right) filming part of the intro for his former show "Warriors Outsiders" with Steph Curry. (Photo/Courtesy Liffmann)
Posted inSports

Q&A: Warriors sportscaster Grant Liffmann looks good in blue and gold

by Emma Goss May 6, 2022May 9, 2022
People protest in reaction to the leak of the Supreme Court draft abortion ruling, in New York City, May 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Bryan R. Smith-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

2 Jewish legislators take lead on abortion rights in California

by Emma Goss May 5, 2022May 10, 2022
Bashir and his family reunited at Chabad of Fremont. (Photo/Bonnie Kellogg)
Posted inBay Area

Targeted by Taliban, Afghan refugee family finds home at Chabad of Fremont — and with the Jewish community

by Emma Goss April 28, 2022
headshot of Holly Blue Hawkins, and older white woman, inset in a larger picture of a cemetery
Posted inNorthern California

Expert in Jewish burials is devoted to making them more ‘green’

by Emma Goss April 20, 2022

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