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Niva Ashkenazi is J.’s reporter focusing on the East Bay and Yolo, Sacramento and San Joaquin counties, through the California Local News Fellowship.

The state’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program pays for physical barriers such as anti-ramming posts. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inCalifornia

Despite budget pressure, California commits to $80M a year for synagogue, nonprofit security 

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi July 6, 2026July 6, 2026

California has committed to $80 million in annual funding to protect vulnerable sites, including Jewish congregations, schools and community centers, from extremist violence, ending the yearly budget fights over the […]

Maccabi Sports Camp campers play against the Brandeis School of Marin in a basketball game at halftime during the Golden State Warriors’ Jewish Heritage Night in San Francisco in December 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Maccabi Sports Camp will move to Colorado after a dozen years in Bay Area

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 30, 2026July 1, 2026
Jewish California CEO David Bocarsly speaks at the second day of the group's annual legislative summit in Sacramento, May 12, 2026. (Courtesy Jewish California)
Posted inPolitics

California faculty union takes aim at Jewish group’s legislative win — again

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 29, 2026July 1, 2026
Irvin Ungar is the author of "Reviving the Artist who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk." (Courtesy University of Texas Press)
Posted inBooks

The rabbi and antiquarian who made artist Arthur Szyk famous again

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2026June 12, 2026
Olives trees
Posted inBay Area

JCC East Bay ready to take root on Oakland campus with August preschool opening

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 9, 2026June 10, 2026
Richmond Councilmember Claudia Jimenez (left), Mayor Eduardo Martinez (second from right) and Councilmember Cesar Zepeda listen
during a city council meeting on Jan. 6, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Richmond mayor, accused of antisemitism, appears headed for election defeat

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 8, 2026June 8, 2026
Amir Kol (third from right) gets up to leave the Davis Human Relations Commission meeting after announcing his resignation on May 28. (Screenshot via YouTube/City of Davis)
Posted inNorthern California

Citing persistent hostility, Israeli American resigns from Davis commission

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 5, 2026June 5, 2026
An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, Aug. 18, 2021. (Ronen Fefer via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

El Al is bringing back its direct flight to SFO. Will United Airlines follow?

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 2, 2026June 2, 2026
The SUHSD main office in Redwood City. (Ardenmachro via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)
Posted inEducation

Peninsula school district makes sweeping policy changes to settle antisemitism suit

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 1, 2026June 1, 2026
A composite of the candidates for Calif. Superintendent of Public Instruction, who appeared in a May 17 online forum put on by Jewish California. (Screenshots via Zoom/Jewish California)
Posted inPolitics

Candidates for state superintendent split on defending K-12 antisemitism law in court

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

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