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

(From left) Avigail, 15, Yaakov, 16, and Sara, 13, were killed March 1, just before Purim, when a ballistic missile from Iran hit a synagogue in Beit Shemesh, Israel. (Courtesy)
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Oakland synagogue raises money for staffer’s family killed in Iranian strike

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
Stanford University has been in the headlines frequently since Oct. 7, 2023, with an increase in antisemitism and anti-Israel activity. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

FBI investigating threatening emails sent to Stanford Jewish leaders

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 4, 2026March 4, 2026
Shoshana von Blanckensee (left) and Chloe Sherman at the Dead Sea in Israel in 1999. (Courtesy Chloe Sherman)
Posted inBooks

Two Jewish authors look back at the rush of queer girl life in 1990s San Francisco

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 3, 2026March 3, 2026
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Disney princesses have let us down. VeggieTales’ Esther takes the crown.

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
Shanghai was home to a sizable number of Jewish refugees during the war. (SS Young via Wikimedia Commons)
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Yiddish-speaking Chinese professor studies the roots of antisemitism in China

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 23, 2026February 24, 2026
Berkeley Hillel
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Man charged with hate crimes for allegedly torching a Berkeley Hillel mezuzah

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 20, 2026February 20, 2026
Caco Ciocler and Valentina Herszage in "The Polish Women." (Courtesy East Bay International Jewish Film Festival)
Posted inTV & Film

East Bay Jewish film fest to screen 22 films from eight countries in March

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 19, 2026March 4, 2026
Demonstrators hold a UC Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine sign during a protest at UC Berkeley in August 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCalifornia

Watchdog group’s report targets anti-Zionist activism among UC faculty

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 18, 2026February 18, 2026
The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

Camp Tawonga’s CEO to leave; interim leader named

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 11, 2026February 11, 2026
One of the learning features on Virtual Tikkun is color-coded trope. (Courtesy)
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From scroll to screen: A new digital tool seeks to aid Torah chanters

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 10, 2026February 10, 2026

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