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Valerie Demicheva

Valerie Demicheva

Valerie Demicheva is a journalist and photographer whose work has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Women's Wear Daily and Silicon Valley Magazine. She's covered culture, tech, media, restaurants and philanthropy in the Bay Area for over a decade.

Chai Preschool Director Esty Marcus sits with children at Chai Preschool in San Mateo on May 9, 2025, the day she was given the EarlyJ Impact Award. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

Preschool director who ‘values excellence’ wins EarlyJ’s first award

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 13, 2025May 14, 2025

Esty Marcus, founding director of Chai Preschool in San Mateo, designs her classrooms as oases of calm. They intentionally evoke the landscapes of Tzfat and Beersheva in Israel, with abstract […]

a man seated on stage speaks while flanked by three seated women who look on with interest
Posted inBay Area

Do the Jewish people need a rebrand?

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva November 20, 2024November 25, 2024
Palo Alto vigil
Posted inNews

Local vigils continue for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, other hostages killed by Hamas

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva September 3, 2024September 7, 2024
A woman holds an Israeli flag aloft at an UnXeptable rally in Redwood City on June 9, 2024, calling for the Israeli government to agree to Biden's plan to the end war and bring the remaining hostages home. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Seal the deal!’ Israeli, U.S. Jews rally in Redwood City for release of hostages

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva June 11, 2024June 11, 2024
Anita Friedman, executive director of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, discusses children's education with Tony Thurmond, California's superintendent of public instruction, at the JCCSF on May 5, 2024, during a Yom HaShoah observance. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inNews

Education is best tool against hate, California schools chief says at Yom HaShoah event

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 9, 2024May 17, 2024
Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen and educator Hilary Hawn at the "Cultivating Hope in a Post-Oct. 7 World" event on Feb. 25. (Photo/Courtesy Ozun Ulucan)
Posted inBay Area

Young adults facing antisemitism at work are getting new tools to fight back

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva April 11, 2024April 18, 2024
Michael Levy, brother of Gaza hostage Or Levy, at the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation office on March 13, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Or Levy lived the ‘new Israeli dream’ until Oct. 7, brother says in San Francisco

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva March 18, 2024March 20, 2024
Kidney recipient Paul (left), who asked to remain anonymous, wraps tefillin with kidney donor Rabbi Raleigh Resnick in the hospital. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNews

Pleasanton rabbi donates a kidney to save the life of a congregant

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva February 12, 2024February 21, 2024
Two women light memorial candles
Posted inHistory

Lone protester interrupts Holocaust remembrance event in S.F.

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva January 27, 2024January 29, 2024
Kimberly Schroder shows off her 23andMe results. (Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inTech

Data on Ashkenazi Jews hacked from 23andMe

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

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