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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.

Hoover Tower as seen through the trees at Stanford University in Palo Alto. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Stanford alums create online resource to connect Jews on campus

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 10, 2026February 11, 2026
Group of people stand in a circle in a kitchen
Posted inNorthern California

Entering the chat: Sacramento’s young adult Jews find new ways of finding each other

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 3, 2026February 9, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener waves to the crowd during the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade on June 29, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

After ‘genocide’ statement, will Wiener’s LGBTQ Jewish base still support him?

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 29, 2026January 29, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener has been co-chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus since 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Scott Wiener to step down as Jewish caucus co-chair after ‘genocide’ fallout

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 22, 2026January 22, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at a press conference on antisemitism held on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 20, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Wiener, in J. interview, elaborates on why he now calls Israel’s war a ‘genocide’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 13, 2026January 13, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener waits to speak at a rally during a Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on March 3, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Wiener explains his ‘painful’ decision to call Israel’s war a genocide

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 12, 2026January 21, 2026
Congregation Sherith Israel's sanctuary glows in warm light. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Sherith Israel, a fixture of San Francisco history, is marking 175 years

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 8, 2026January 9, 2026
Tiffany Shlain works in her art studio in Sausalito. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Tiffany Shlain uses trees and technology to trace Jewish history in new exhibit

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 8, 2026January 9, 2026
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SJSU professor fired over pro-Palestinian activism wants her job back

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 6, 2026January 8, 2026
A U.S. District Court judge heard oral arguments for and against AB 715 on Dec. 17 inside the Robert F. Peckham federal building in San Jose. (Emma Goss/J. Staff)
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Federal judge allows AB 715, California’s K-12 antisemitism law, to take effect Jan. 1

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 31, 2025December 31, 2025

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