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Lea Loeb
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Lea Loeb

Lea Loeb is a reporter at J. She previously served as editorial assistant.

Farley's East in Oakland. (Photo/Farley's East)
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Oakland coffee shop apologizes after scuffle over anti-Israel graffiti

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 7, 2023December 8, 2023
A Palestinian American teenager urges the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to support a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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S.F. supervisor introduces cease-fire resolution amid ‘very real pain’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Aaron Levy-Wolins by Lea Loeb and Aaron Levy-Wolins December 6, 2023December 7, 2023
A Hanukkah feast from One Market Restaurant in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy One Market)
Posted inJewish Life

Hanukkah without the hassle: where to find latkes, sufganiyot and more around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 4, 2023December 20, 2023
A happy kid at a menorah making workshop in Contra Costa County. (Photo/Courtesy Chabad of Contra Costa)
Posted inJewish Life

Hanukkah events around the Bay Area for every age

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 29, 2023December 4, 2023
Smitten Ice Cream reopened on Nov. 21, a month after vandals broke the windows and left pro-Palestinian graffiti. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Vandalized Jewish-owned Smitten Ice Cream reopens with gratitude

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 24, 2023November 24, 2023
The giant menorah in Union Square in San Francisco on the first night of Hanukkah, Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inJewish Life

Light in the darkness: Public menorah lightings around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 22, 2023December 7, 2023
San Francisco artist Tiffany Shlain with her exhibit "Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring," which was on display in Washington on the National Mall in November 2023. (Courtesy)
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Honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — Nov. 2023

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 21, 2023November 27, 2023
Israeli paramedics Zvi Tibber (left) and Ronit Glaser speaking to community members at the Osher Marin JCC in San Rafael, Nov. 8, 2023. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli first responders visiting Bay Area describe a day ‘straight out of hell’

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 10, 2023November 10, 2023
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Honors, happenings, opportunities, comings and goings — Oct. 6, 2023

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 6, 2023October 6, 2023
a man holds up a young boy, who is reaching for the decorations hanging inside a sukkah
Posted inJewish Life

Where to celebrate Sukkot around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

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