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

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)
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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
Luai Ahmed speaks at a Malka Productions event on Oct. 27 in San Francisco. (Courtesy Malka Productions)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATED: Gay Muslim speaker canceled at Bay Area schools over his pro-Israel views

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 5, 2025November 7, 2025
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Haifa’s lesser-known queer history tells its own story

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 3, 2025November 3, 2025
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Local JFCS prepares for influx of need as SNAP cutoff looms

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 31, 2025November 2, 2025
"STU," reads the belt buckle on Broke-Ass Stuart, aka Stuart Schuffman, seen here outside San Francisco City Hall. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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From zines to zeitgeist: 20 years of Broke-Ass Stuart, chronicler of the city

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 23, 2025October 23, 2025
5th graders at the AI Tinkery space at Gideon Hausner Jewish High School in Palo Alto. (Smita Kolhatkar)
Posted inEducation

How a Jewish school is navigating AI, education and ethics

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 17, 2025October 27, 2025

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