Niva Ashkenazi
@nivaashkenazi
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Reporter @JewishSF | Fellow @ California Local News Fellowship via @UCBerkeley Graduate School of Journalism | Graduate of Anthropology+Journalism @UW
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2024
Orangevale's Temple Or Rishon has a new Torah! Coming all the way from Domazlice, Czechia, the scroll was provided by the Memorial Scrolls Trust's collection of Torahs rescued from Czech Jewish communities during the Holocaust. Read more at @jewishsf:
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@adamgopnik paid a visit to the Bay Area last Tuesday to give a talk on the relationship between Jews and city life at the @JCCSF, as part of the @Jewseum's annual lecture series. My coverage of the lecture is up now on @jewishsf:
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My piece on the children's book "Miri's Moving Day" is out now! Read about how coauthors @SWildmanSF and @adamryanchang infused their personal histories into this story about a Chinese-Jewish family in my article for @jewishsf:
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Had the honor of speaking with @SFFDPIO firefighter Danielle Rosenthal, who just returned from a 15-day deployment in LA to help contain the #PalisadesFire. Read her Q&A at @jewishsf:
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This Monday I attended @IsraeliEcon's startup showcase as part of the @jpmorgan Healthcare Conference, where I spoke with health tech entrepreneurs, lawyers, and recruiters about the resilience of Israel's innovation landscape. Read more at @jewishsf:
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Had the pleasure of attending @SF_Interfaith's unity service for @DanielLurie last night at @templeemanuelsf along with @jewishsf's staff photographer @alevywolins, read my article here:
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The recent persistent graffiti that popped up near @ChabadOakland's communal menorah at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater got a lot of local media attention, I got to speak with @OJAlliance and add @jewishsf's input on the event over the weekend. Read more at
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Just in time for Hanukkah: my profile on the SF Fire Dept.'s Ner Tamid Society, a new affinity group for Jewish firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, etc. to strengthen their connections to each other and the wider community, read more at @jewishsf:
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Looking forward to seeing @OphiraE, @mattkirshen, and @BeckyFromAlaska at this year's @kungpaokosher comedy show at SF's Imperial Palace restaurant around Christmas! So much so that I wrote an advance article about it for @jewishsf, read more here:
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Went to Redwood City's Congregation Beth Jacob last Monday evening to hear @sherylsandberg speak about @ScreamsBefore, the documentary produced by Kastina Communications featuring Sandberg's interviews with Oct. 7 eyewitnesses. Read more at @jewishsf:
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RT @jnewsgabe: San Francisco Hillel was vandalized last night, one of many such attacks over the past year against the world's largest on-c…
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My latest for @jewishsf: a joint profile on @templeemanuelsf's new senior rabbi, and the three brand new additions to the SF synagogue's clergy team. Read more at The J.:
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I'm so thankful I get to talk to such interesting people throughout the Bay Area as part of my job at @jewishsf, among them are this beautiful Druz-Jewish American couple I had the chance to meet before the Thanksgiving holiday. Read their story here:
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Had the pleasure of speaking with @FleurHassanN prior to her talk at @BethSholomSF co-facilitated by @JIMENA_Voice and @IsraelinSF. Read my event coverage for @jewishsf here:
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My article was a follow up report to @jnewsgabe's initial reporting after the driver was indicted in early March:
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