Samantha Grant

Samantha Grant is a documentary filmmaker, journalist and educator who lives in San Francisco. She joined the board of J. The Jewish News of Northern California in 2023.
Posted inTisha B'Av, First Person, Local Voice, Kids & Family, Religion, Holidays, Jewish Life, Opinion

I lost my family home in a fire. Tisha B’Av is a chance to mourn many losses.

by Samantha Grant

A version of this piece first appeared on the Wexner Foundation blog. September 23, 2016, began like most Fridays, with my girls, then ages 5 and 8, happily off to school and me hanging back to feed my 10-month-old baby before heading out to teach my class at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.  As I […]