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Lea Loeb is J.’s reporter focusing on San Francisco, Marin and the North Bay.

Fireworks erupt as cars pass by on Marina Boulevard in San Francisco on July 4, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFourth of July

Jewish stars and stripes: Local clergy sew America’s 250th into Shabbat

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb July 2, 2026July 2, 2026

Independence Day will mark a rare convergence of the civic and the sacred as America’s 250th anniversary falls on Shabbat. For at least four Bay Area Jewish clergy, the overlap […]

Calif. state Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during the San Francisco Independent Media Coalition’s congressional candidate forum on April 15, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Video of anti-Zionist activist hounding Scott Wiener goes viral

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 26, 2026June 26, 2026
2023 Covenant Solomon Lot 70 by Covenant Wines is the first kosher wine to earn a perfect 100 from a major wine publication. (Courtesy)
Posted inFood

Berkeley wine earns first-ever perfect 100-point rating for a kosher vintage

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 25, 2026June 25, 2026
Clergy members of various faiths put their hands on Mayor-Elect Daniel Lurie for a communal blessing during an interfaith celebration for Lurie at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025. The photo was honored in the 2026 California Journalism Awards. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

J. wins seven honors from California Journalism Awards

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 24, 2026June 24, 2026
The Swenson Gate at San José State University. (Naoto Sato via Flickr)
Posted inNorthern California

SJSU professor fired over pro-Palestinian activism gets her job back

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 23, 2026June 23, 2026
A still from "Tell Me Everything," the opening night film of the 2026 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 17, 2026July 6, 2026
Crossword constructor Adam Wagner holds his first puzzle published in the New York Times. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

Jewish crossword constructors across the Bay Area find clues to community

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 10, 2026June 15, 2026
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Jewish groups in Silicon Valley invited to apply for grants to cover security needs

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
Former mayor of Sausalito Janelle Kellman (left) and former mayor of Novato Josh Fryday (right) are both Jewish candidates for lieutenant governor in the upcoming primary election on June 2. (Screenshots via Facebook/ Janelle Kellman, Josh Fryday)
Posted inPolitics

Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
Mark Basta, who now works as the Arabic outreach manager for JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, at the United Nations as a member of a civil rights society in April 2025. Basta's face is blurred due to safety concerns for his remaining family in Egypt. (Courtesy)
Posted inThe J. Interview

Meet the Egyptian Copt who translates Jewish history for the Arab world 

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 21, 2026May 27, 2026

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