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Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Natalie Weinstein

Natalie Weinstein is J.'s senior editor. She previously worked as a senior editor at CNET News and, in the 1990s, as a reporter and editor at J., which was then called the Jewish Bulletin.

Attendees sing and put their arms around each other during a community gathering at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco on Oct. 8, 2023, the day after the Hamas massacre in Israel. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Sherith Israel series will assess Israel’s future as initial shock over Oct. 7 wanes

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‘A trauma upon a trauma’: Denial of Oct. 7 sexual violence haunts local survivors

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A memorial exhibit in Tel Aviv recreates the scenes at the Nova musical festival, where scores of women were raped and murdered during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. (Photo/Miriam Kaim)
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World has turned its back on Israeli women, leaders of rape crisis centers tell Bay Area Jews

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Rabbi Nosson Potash of Cole Valley Chabad fills a menorah made out of a Qassam rocket with candles as his 4-year-old son Shimon looks on. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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S.F. Chabad rabbi’s menorah turns a Qassam rocket into a beacon of peace

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Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area CEO Tye Gregory (far left) sits in the Oakland City Council chambers near supporters of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Oakland City Council OKs cease-fire measure after hours of vitriol

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The level of antisemitism in the district is “quite rampant,” parent Mara Kolesas told the Berkeley Unified School District board on Nov. 1, 2023. (Screenshot)
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Berkeley parents’ petition asks school board to protect Jewish students

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Israeli flags at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square, Sept. 18, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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UPDATED: Bay Area groups plan solidarity, prayer events for Israel as reactions pour in

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Merger to save millions, CJF chief says here

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Pils take the Fifth in depositions about their home

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