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

Branham High School senior Cormac Nolan addresses the Campbell Union High School District board on Dec. 11. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

At first school meeting since swastika post, speakers share concerns, solidarity

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
Branham High School in San Jose. (Wikimedia)
Posted inBay Area

Students who formed ‘human swastika’ at school to face ‘full scope’ of law

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
Still from "Love, Danielle," a film about genetic cancer and the decisions a woman has to make. (Courtesy)
Posted inHealth

This advocate found dark comedy in her cancer ‘previvor’ journey and film

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 8, 2025December 9, 2025
This image of eight teenagers laying in the shape of a swastika on a football field has been circulating online, along with a quote from Hitler about annihilating the Jews.
Posted inBay Area

‘Human swastika’ at San Jose high school prompts investigation

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 5, 2025March 6, 2026
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and artists
Posted inBay Area

In Rabbi Angela Buchdahl’s story, local Jews of color find hope

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 1, 2025
Isaac Zones and Shamati are featured on J.'s Spotify list for Hanukkah. (Courtesy)
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25 songs from local musicians to light up your Hanukkah nights

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 1, 2025December 10, 2025
J. reporter Lea Loeb (right) with her husband George and their two kids. (Courtesy)
Posted inFirst Person

For my mixed Jewish-Salvadoran family, Thanksgiving is complicated

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 21, 2025November 21, 2025
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at UC Berkeley Nov. 10, 2025, to protest a Turning Point USA event on campus.(Naomi Toubian)
Posted inBay Area

DOJ takes aim at UC Berkeley for Turning Point protest that called for ‘Zionists, Out!’

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 14, 2025November 25, 2025
San Anselmo Councilmember Yoav Schlesinger’s career path has been “delightfully nonlinear,” from nonprofit leadership, to tech ethics and, now, small-town government. (Gina Logan Photography)
Posted inThe J. Interview

Ethics and responsible tech underpin his uncommon career

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 7, 2025November 7, 2025
Fremont High School in Sunnyvale was one of the schools that canceled a talk by Luai Ahmed after organized protests by anti-Zionist groups. (DanielPenfield via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inBay Area

School districts sued after canceling talks by pro-Israel Yemeni speaker

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

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