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Niva Ashkenazi is a J. staff writer through the California Local News Fellowship.

Musician Mikey Pauker is suing Harbin Hot Springs. (Courtesy River Siobhan-Sensation Media)
Posted inNorthern California

Harbin Hot Springs sued after canceling Hanukkah concert

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 7, 2025April 14, 2025
Protesters gathered outside a Santa Cruz theater on April 1 to demonstrate against a documentary detailing antisemitism. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inFilm

Anti-Zionist groups protest screening of ‘October 8’ in Santa Cruz

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 2, 2025April 29, 2025
"Any flag with the Nazi symbol is unacceptable, and it represents an act of hate against the Jewish community and others,” says Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz of Congregation Emeth in Morgan Hill. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Distress over Nazi flag on US 101 overpass unites Morgan Hill residents

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 1, 2025April 1, 2025
Albert Einstein Residence Center at UC Davis, July 12, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNorthern California

UC Davis law school suspends student government over Israel boycott

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 27, 2025March 27, 2025
3D-printed handguns (left) and two 3D-printed devices (right) that can convert semi-automatic guns into fully automatic ones were allegedly found in Noah Bauer's home on Sept. 6, 2024. (U.S. Attorney's Office)
Posted inNews

Feds arrest East Bay man who ‘researched mass shootings’ targeting Jews

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 25, 2025April 1, 2025
The sign reads "Release Mahmoud Khalil, Defend Academic Freedom"
Posted inBay Area

At UC Berkeley rally, speakers decry Trump administration’s threats to pull funding

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 20, 2025March 21, 2025
"Be an activist, be a teacher," reads a T-shirt at an educators rally in Berkeley in May of 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Some Jewish educators are exiting the San Francisco teachers union over its anti-Israel activism

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 19, 2025March 21, 2025
During a talk at Congregation Emanuel-El in San Francisco on March 5, Israeli law professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari discusses the efforts to establish the facts about the sexual assaults on Oct. 7, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIsrael

Israeli legal expert keeps working to give a voice to Oct. 7 rape victims

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 7, 2025March 10, 2025
Chai Cycle, a group of local Jews who bike around the Bay Area and break for learning Torah and Talmud, put their branded water bottles together outside the Orinda BART Station on Feb. 23, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Tour de Torah? East Bay Jewish cycling group looks to expand its radius

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 27, 2025February 27, 2025
Matthew Finkelstein grieves during a Feb. 23 memorial service held in San Francisco for the Bibas family members and Oded Lifshitz. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Across Bay Area, hundreds share heartbreak over Bibas family and Oded Lifshitz

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Aaron Levy-Wolins by Niva Ashkenazi and Aaron Levy-Wolins February 24, 2025February 27, 2025

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