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Anastasia Torres-Gil

Anastasia Torres-Gil

Anastasia Torres-Gil is a former Assistant District Attorney for Santa Cruz County, served as the Santa Clara County District Attorney's first Hate Crimes Unit Coordinator and is a national board member of Hadassah. She is the creator of the pro-Israel comic strip “Zionist Pugs.”

Anastasia Torres-Gil holds up a sign demanding the return of Bipin Joshi, a 23-year-old man from Nepal who is among the hostages still being held in Gaza, at a May 20, 2024 protest at UC Santa Cruz. (Courtesy Torres-Gil)
Posted inLocal Voice

Being pro-Palestinian doesn’t have to mean you oppose the release of hostages

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

It was a beautiful day for a protest. The sun was shining, flowers were blooming and good music was emanating from the UC Santa Cruz across the road. Grad students […]

Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz in 1944. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

I say their names. Every night. Not just on Yom HaShoah.

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Visitors look at items well-wishers left behind along the fence at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first anniversary of the shooting attack on the synagogue, Oct. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Swensen-Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Can’t I even define my own hatred? Antisemitism is real

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil January 14, 2022January 19, 2022
Protest at UC Irvine after a speech sponsored by the Muslim Student Union entitled "Israel: The Fourth Reich," Feb. 2016. (Photo/JTA-Mark Boster-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

How Jewish Voice for Peace gives voice to antisemites

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
Posted inEducation

Hurray for Congress’ vitally needed ‘Never Again Act’

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil June 8, 2020June 8, 2020
Liz Alpert on Lake Merrit with Anastasia Torres-Gil. (ANASTASIA TORRES-GIL)
Posted inFirst Person

Mentoring is a gift, asking for help a blessing

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil March 23, 2020
Anastasia Torres-Gil (left) with her daughters Cassy (center) and Crystal (right). (Courtesy Torres-Gil)
Posted inFirst Person

My Jewish journey: What a long, strange trip it’s been

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
The author donated the shoes off her feet to 12-year-old Jose Arturo.
Posted inLocal Voice

There is no hierarchy of suffering for refugees fleeing home

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil December 11, 2018December 11, 2018
The back of an SUV with "Jews are terrorist" written on it
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Protest bigotry, yes — but don’t leave out anti-Semitism

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil January 25, 2017
Posted inOpinion

At BDS event, Leila Khaled is the magic word

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil May 19, 2016September 4, 2020

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