Bay Area Suit against S.F. State stalled, Jewish plaintiffs vow to refile By Rob Gloster Nov 8, 2017 A federal judge said today that he will dismiss a complaint filed by Jewish students and community members alleging systemic anti-Semitism at San Francisco State University, but he gave the Jewish…
Local Voice Who is really under attack at SFSU? By David Spero Jun 23, 2017 I am a member of Jewish Voice for Peace and a San Francisco State University neighbor who staffed a table at the Know Your Rights Fair, a February campus event from which the Jewish student…
Opinion SFSU president’s denial of anti-Semitism rings hollow By Abraham H. Miller Jun 9, 2017 One person cannot change the culture of an institution as large as San Francisco State. — Leslie Wong, S.F. State University president With these words, SFSU’s president absolved himself of any…
Bay Area San Francisco State’s Jewish problem By Dan Pine May 3, 2017 San Francisco State University has had a problematic reputation for decades in certain Jewish circles. The campus has been considered unfriendly to Zionism, and — at times — to Jewish life in…
Letters By J. Correspondent Oct 28, 2016 Posters at SFSU: facts or friction? Your article about the posters recently displayed at San Francisco State University leaves many questions unanswered (“Jewish groups slam…
Jewish groups slam pro-Israel poster campaign on campus By Dan Pine Oct 21, 2016 Posters accusing an individual professor and students of having ties to the Palestinian terror organization Hamas were put up around the San Francisco State University and U.C. Berkeley campuses last…
Study: 45 percent spike in anti-Semitic campus incidents By J. Correspondent Jul 29, 2016 Anti-Semitic incidents on campus have almost doubled so far this year, compared with the same period last year, according to a local watchdog agency. A new study by the Amcha Initiative, based in…
U.S. Eight locals among Mideast scholars calling for Israel academic boycott By J. Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 More than 100 Mideast scholars and research librarians have called for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions, according to a press release from Jens Hanssen, a professor at the University of…
SFSU challenged for funding professors trip By J. Correspondent Jun 27, 2014 Eight pro-Israel groups, headed by the AMCHA Initiative, sent a letter June 24 demanding that the California state controller investigate San Francisco State University for funding a…
New state panel hears about anti-Semitism By J. Correspondent Mar 28, 2014 California’s new Assembly Select Commit-tee on Campus Climate held its first public hearing March 21 at San Jose State University, where two speakers urged committee members to examine…
Columns Face to face with hate, and a plate of hummus By Dan Pine Jul 21, 2006 The smiles were pinched, the welcome tepid, but the folks at the media table waved me on through. I was now an official attendee of the 4t…