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Gabriel Greschler

Randi Weingarten, with megaphone, marches in a New York City rally, June 27, 2018. (Courtesy Professional Staff Congress/via JTA)
July 17, 2021, 3:12 am
US teachers’ unions increasingly debate Israel, and in some places back boycotts
With Jews spearheading initiatives on both sides of the issue, votes across America on whether to support the anti-Israel BDS movement ensnare prominent Jewish labor leaders
By Andrew Lapin and Gabriel Greschler
Illustrative: Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 15, 2021, 8:01 am
In public letter, Silicon Valley tech leaders take a stand against antisemitism
‘To be too Jewish in America, or to be a Jew, is still a dangerous mark,’ warn former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, media mogul Ariana Huffington, current Google executives and others
By Gabriel Greschler
BDS supporters protesting in New York, October 2015. (BDS Facebook page)
May 27, 2021, 10:42 am
San Francisco teachers group becomes first US K-12 union to endorse BDS movement
Jewish community pans ‘inflammatory’ resolution from United Educators of San Francisco that says US aid to Israel is being used to ‘fund apartheid and war crimes’
By Gabriel Greschler
Cantor Stephen Saxon was inspired by a radio interview to help the author of 'Kiss My Gay Ass' get his long-denied varsity letter denied because of his sexuality. (Courtesy of Saxon via JTA)
March 9, 2021, 10:38 pm
California cantor helps fix a 63-year-old homophobic snub
Cantor Stephen Saxon convinces NJ Catholic Immaculate Conception High School to honor LGBTQ activist, politician and comedian Tom Ammiano’s track prowess 6 decades earlier
By Gabriel Greschler
Abbas Ghassemi, a teaching professor at University of California, Merced's School of Engineering. (Screenshot: YouTube)
January 1, 2021, 12:12 pm
UC Merced opens inquiry into professor’s anti-Semitic tweets
California university denounces as ‘abhorrent and repugnant’ posts by Abbas Ghassemi accusing Jews of seeking world domination and controlling US banks
By Gabriel Greschler
University of California Merced Professor Abbas Ghassemi. (Courtesy of UC Merced/ via JTA)
December 24, 2020, 10:41 pm
University of California professor deletes Twitter account full of anti-Semitism
After an inquiry by J. the Jewish News, Abbas Ghassemi deactivates account launched in 2019 with over 2,200 tweets that include claims the US is controlled by money-hungry Zionists
By Gabriel Greschler
San Francisco State University. (Courtesy/J. the Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)
November 20, 2020, 5:52 am
San Francisco college’s student gov’t passes resolution targeting settlements
Motion would have San Francisco State University withdraw investments from firms that do business in Israeli towns in West Bank, though none currently have ties with school
By Gabriel Greschler
A fire in Napa County as seen from Middletown in Lake County, Calif., Aug. 19, 2020. (Jade May via JTA)
August 21, 2020, 8:24 am
Torahs packed, synagogues on alert as wildfires bear down on Northern California
With huge blazes threatening thousands of residents and evoking ‘Biblical’ connotations, some shuls are preparing to evacuate, while pandemic prevents others from providing shelter
By Maya Mirsky and Gabriel Greschler
Stanford University student Zohar Levy is the outreach coordinator for Jewish on Campus. (J. The Jewish News of Northern California/ via JTA)
August 15, 2020, 4:09 am
Instagram account shares anonymous stories of Jew-hatred on US college campuses
Since July, Jewish on Campus racks up 13,000 followers; reported anti-Semitism ranges from a mezuzah repeatedly torn from a dorm room to a professor teaching anti-Semitic canards
By Gabriel Greschler
Satya Zamudio, 15, urged Oakland's school board to eliminate its police force. (Rucha Chitnis/ via JTA)
June 27, 2020, 4:27 am
Jewish teens help successful effort to abolish Oakland’s school police force
Large contingent of synagogue youth urge school board president — a fellow congregation member — to vote for long-sought measure in light of racial justice movement
By Gabriel Greschler
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