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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.

Ted Deutch, the former member of Congress who leads the American Jewish Committee, speaking about antisemitism at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills, March 27, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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In Bay Area talk, former House member and AJC CEO Ted Deutch says antisemitism fight is a ‘test of democracy’

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 28, 2025March 31, 2025
This screenshot from a video provided to J. shows a brief glimpse of a protester holding a Palestinian flag (only the black, white and green parts of the flag are visible) in front of the stage at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco as the Israel Philharmonic finished playing "Hatikvah," the Israeli national anthem, March 23, 2025. (Courtesy Marilyn Uzan)
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During Israel Philharmonic concert in S.F., attendees wrangle anti-Israel protesters themselves

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 24, 2025January 20, 2026
Rashid, who did not give his last name, stands next to a flagpole flying a Hamas flag, a Palestinian flag overlaid with “Palestinians Lives Matter” and a kaffiyeh outside his home in San Carlos on March 20, 2025. (Emma Goss/J. Staff)
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San Carlos man with Hamas flag confronts pro-Israel demonstrators outside his home

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 21, 2025March 21, 2025
A Hamas flag (top) and a flag that says "Palestinian Lives Matter" fly outside a home in San Carlos. (Courtesy Masha Worthey)
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Hamas flag outside San Carlos home upsets neighbors

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 18, 2025March 21, 2025
Jamie Marx, "The Spiel Guy" (left) has written Purimspiels used by hundreds of synagogues — including Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, seen here enjoying his "Encanto"-themed spiel.
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450 synagogues have turned to ‘The Spiel Guy’ for their Purimspiel scripts

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Humboldt protest
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Cal Poly Humboldt, site of rancorous protests last year, faces federal complaint

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Gabe Stutman and Emma Goss March 10, 2025May 6, 2025
“Intifada” and an upside-down red triangle representing Hamas were spray-painted on a mailbox at UC Berkeley in May 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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UC Berkeley on list of 10 campuses targeted by DOJ in antisemitism probe

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 4, 2025March 4, 2025
Shaya Keyvanfar, 19, stands in front of UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall nearly one year after she watched a friend get "strangled" while attempting to keep protesters from storming Zellerbach's Playhouse. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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One year later, Jewish students and faculty reflect on violent protest at UC Berkeley

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 13, 2025February 13, 2025
Jason Veasey and Ana Yi Puig in rehearsal for "Nobody Loves You." (Sarah Sugg)
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Musical comedy from Berkeley pals aims Cupid’s arrow at dating shows

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 12, 2025February 18, 2025
a billboard on a rural highway says "call me Zionist. It only makes me prouder"
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Pro-Israel billboards are latest salvo in roadside rivalry

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

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