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…
Bay Area Jewish group vows to refile suit against SFSU By Rob Gloster Nov 15, 2017 Updated 5:10 p.m., Nov. 15 to include plaintiffs’ intent to amend their complaint. A group of Jewish students and community members whose lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Semitism at San Francisco…
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…
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…
Letters Iran Deal bad; ethnic studies bad; Tikkun olam good; etc. By J. Readers Jan 23, 2020 Iran deal has serious flaws Your well-intended editorial (“Let’s dial down U.S.-Iran tension while there’s still time”) reflected a deep reluctance to examine the serious shortcomings of the “Iran…
Bay Area New SFSU president takes measured view of Israel fray By Gabe Stutman Nov 7, 2019 On her first day as president of San Francisco State University, Lynn Mahoney found herself in the middle of a simmering Israel controversy. Mahoney took office the week of July 15, becoming the…
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…
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…
Letters Poland puts survivors at risk; gun numbers don't lie By J. Readers Mar 9, 2018 Polish law puts survivors at risk for telling the truth While no one should falsely accuse Poles of crimes committed by Nazi Germany in Poland, there were many non-Jewish Poles who collaborated…
Israel on Campus Hillel students not impressed with SFSU president’s latest apology By Sue Fishkoff Feb 23, 2018 San Francisco State University President Leslie Wong this morning apologized to Jewish students and faculty in a campus-wide email that Hillel students say doesn’t go far enough to address their…
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…