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

A version of this poster hung outside the classroom of a Montera Middle School teacher.
Posted inBay Area

State findings of antisemitic discrimination mount against Oakland school district

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 11, 2025December 18, 2025
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, who is also a cantor, performs "Over the Rainbow" at the end of her Dec. 3 event at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Courtesy JCCSF/Justin Halgren)
Posted inIdeas

In S.F., first Asian American rabbi describes how she found her ‘truest home’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 4, 2025December 5, 2025
graffiti
Posted inBay Area

Wave of violent anti-Israel graffiti hits Albany

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 3, 2025December 3, 2025
Enikia Ford Morthel in Congress
Posted inBay Area

House committee to probe Berkeley schools over antisemitism allegations

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
Pro-Israel demonstrators march across Stanford University in Palo Alto on May 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford’s Israel studies program becomes permanent after three-year pilot

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 21, 2025January 6, 2026
Fred Brill
Posted inOn Stage

Monthly ‘story slam’ in S.F. opens the door to ‘The Jew in You’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 20, 2025November 21, 2025
Each of around 1,200 folding chairs on UC Berkeley's Memorial Glade on Nov. 18 holds a photo of a person killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre or during captivity in Gaza. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Trio of Israel-related events at UC Berkeley face protests but no disruptions

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 19, 2025November 19, 2025
Jon Polin (left) looks on as his wife Rachel Goldberg-Polin talks about the loss of their son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, to Oshman Family JCC CEO Zack Bodner during the closing plenary of the Z3 Conference at the OFJCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Goldberg-Polins discuss grief, God and Israel’s future at Z3

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 14, 2025November 17, 2025
(From left) J. Culture editor Maya Mirsky moderates a panel with NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief CEO Alice Miller, Shittah Institute for Local Policy CEO Maria Jiries and Gaza Children Village CEO Dr. David Hasan at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 panel: Don’t be afraid, keep an open heart, and build something new

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 12, 2025November 12, 2025
Z3 Project Institute Director David Hazony (left) chats with Z3 Insitute Associate Fellow Benjamin Kerstein (center) and author Sarah Hurwitz before a packed room at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 panel: Define your own Zionism — or someone else will

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 11, 2025November 11, 2025

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