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Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Niva Ashkenazi

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

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman speaks during the opening plenary at the Jewish California Legislative Summit at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento on May 11, 2026. (Courtesy Jewish California)
Posted inPolitics

Los Angeles DA calls judge’s ruling in Stanford protest case antisemitic

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 15, 2026May 19, 2026
(From left) Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay), Ella Schweizer, Debbie Michels and Jewish Silicon Valley CEO Daniel Klein meet during the Jewish California Legislative Summit in Sacramento, May 12, 2026. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

A record 700 volunteers lobby all 120 California lawmakers on Jewish priorities

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 14, 2026May 14, 2026
East Palo Alto's City Council meeting on May 5 drew dozens of opponents of a proclamation related to antisemitism. (Courtesy Mark Dinan)
Posted inBay Area

East Palo Alto becomes first local city to adopt contested definition of antisemitism

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 8, 2026May 8, 2026
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen
Posted inNorthern California

UPDATED: Judge kicks Santa Clara DA off Stanford anti-Israel protesters case

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 7, 2026May 12, 2026
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel speaks at the 2026 Jewish California Governor Candidate Forum in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2026. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Antisemitic screed in state voter guide spurs Jewish lawmakers to act

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Rabbi Zac Kamenetz discusses psychedelics and healing during last year’s San Francisco Jewish Week. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

2nd S.F. Jewish Week features ‘Robot Shabbat,’ comedy, Valkyries and a ball

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 28, 2026April 29, 2026
Fringe conservative political candidate Don Grundmann talking to reporters at a "Straight Pride" protest outside Planned Parenthood in Modesto, Aug. 24, 2019. (Gabe Stutman/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Antisemitic screed in California voter guide rattles state’s Jews

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 24, 2026April 24, 2026
The San Leandro High School campus in July 2015. (newtonapple via Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0 BY 2.0)
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Jewish San Leandro high schooler sues for ‘pervasive’ antisemitic harassment

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
Brooklyn-based author Jonathan Safran Foer (right) talks with Elizabeth Rosner about his family and newfound appreciation for Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay at its annual fundraiser in Oakland, Oakland, April 19, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBooks

‘Everything Is Illuminated’ author lauds JFCS East Bay’s social service mission

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 21, 2026April 22, 2026
Candidates vying to replace Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress this week amid sexual misconduct allegations, were the focus of a Bay Area Jewish Action webinar on issues of concern to Jewish voters, April 17, 2026. (Screenshot/BAJA webinar)
Posted inPolitics

The ‘genocide question’ grips California Democratic primaries

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 17, 2026April 29, 2026

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