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Michael Gutnick

Michael Gutnick

Michael Gutnick is a freelance journalist based in San Jose. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in 2021 with a BA in sports journalism.

Dean Kremer pitches against Nicaragua in Israel's first game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, March 12, 2023, in Miami. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Team Israel)
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Three Bay Area Jews, including Giants’ Joc, step up to the plate for Team Israel at World Baseball Classic 

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 17, 2023

Team Israel exited the 2023 World Baseball Classic with a losing record earlier this week, but not before receiving notable contributions from three players from Northern California. Israel’s national baseball […]

Joc Pederson practices with his new team. (Photo/©S.F. Giants)
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Palo Alto-born Jewish slugger Joc Pederson returns home to play for Giants

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 22, 2022March 29, 2022
Congregation Emanu-El Forest School participants walk along the Mountain Lake Trail in San Francisco's Presidio. (Photo/Michael Gutnick)
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Emanu-El ‘forest’ preschool grows out of pandemic pivot

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 17, 2022
USF basketball coach Todd Golden at a game in 2019. (Chris Leung/USF Dons)
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A March Madness mazel tov to USF and Jewish head coach Todd Golden

Michael Gutnick by Michael Gutnick March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

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