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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.

(From left) Saikat Chakrabarti, S.F. District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan and Calif. state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-S.F.) during the San Francisco Independent Media Coalition’s congressional candidate forum at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco, April 15, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Facing local press in S.F., House candidates support synagogue security grants

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 16, 2026April 16, 2026
S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie gave the keynote address at the city's Yom HaShoah commemoration at the JCCSF. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

How a Nazi bookstore led to S.F.’s Yom HaShoah observance and the ‘courage to act’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 14, 2026April 14, 2026
Shulamith performing at a Seder in Rome, Italy, 1971. Left to Right: Rachel Neiman, Rina Neiman, Shulamith Dubno Neiman, Becky Neiman, David Neiman. (Courtesy Rina Neiman)
Posted inFashion

Her dresses, now archived, tell Israeli and Arab fashion history

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 13, 2026April 14, 2026
Roya Hakakian (left) listens to a question from Rabbi Sarah Joselow Parris at Congregation Emanu-El. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

‘We can’t quit’: Jewish Iranian human rights advocate urges complete victory

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 10, 2026April 13, 2026
Amy Goodman hosts progressive news program Democracy Now. (Wolfgang Schidt/Right Livelihood)
Posted inFilm

‘Steal This Story, Please!’ heralds progressive journalist, Democracy Now co-founder

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 7, 2026April 8, 2026
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Posted inBay Area

Top three candidates for Pelosi’s seat differ on Iron Dome funding

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 3, 2026April 4, 2026
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Posted inBay Area

Defense for Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters seeks DA’s recusal

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 31, 2026March 31, 2026
Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian Muslim political analyst and author, speaks on March 24 in San Francisco about her hope for Israel-Arab relations after  the current war with Iran. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Muslim Arab Zionist who fled Egypt still sees hope for Mideast coexistence

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 26, 2026March 27, 2026
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Posted inThe J. Interview

PTSD expert helps people create meaning after painful experiences

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 24, 2026March 24, 2026
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Posted inNorthern California

How J. verifies, maps antisemitic incidents in K-12 schools across the region

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

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