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Ryan Torok

Ryan Torok is a freelance writer based in California.

The playground at the Osher Marin JCC's new satellite campus in Mill Valley. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Marin JCC’s new southern satellite campus is humming along

by Ryan Torok May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Woman speaks at podium while two men stand in background
Posted inEducation

State bill aims to make college campuses safer for Jewish students

by Ryan Torok March 21, 2024March 22, 2024
Sticky notes
Posted inNews

Federal complaint describes ‘severe, persistent’ antisemitism in Berkeley schools

by Ryan Torok February 29, 2024February 29, 2024
Holocaust survivor Lisa Brinner (left) with California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond at an event at El Cerrito High School last month. (Photo/Courtesy California Department of Education)
Posted inEducation

CA Department of Education brings survivor testimony to Bay Area schools

by Ryan Torok February 15, 2024February 16, 2024
UC Santa Cruz has been singled out by some critics as a campus especially hostile to Zionism. (Photo/ucsc.edu)
Posted inEducation

UC regents consider policy to keep anti-Zionist statements off official websites

by Ryan Torok January 26, 2024
Protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza hold a sit-in at the California Democratic Party convention in Sacramento, Nov. 18, 2023. (Photo/@SFBayResistance via X)
Posted inBay Area

Pro-Palestinian protests grind California Democratic Party convention to a halt

by Ryan Torok November 21, 2023November 22, 2023
Scott Wiener speaks as Jesse Gabriel listens
Posted inNews

California Jewish legislators demand that UC and CSU systems protect Jewish students

by Ryan Torok November 10, 2023November 10, 2023
Demonstrators hold one another during a rally demanding Hamas release hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

An agonizing wait for Bay Area families of Gaza hostages

by Ryan Torok October 23, 2023October 24, 2023
A Mother's Day celebration for Afghan families hosted by JFCS East Bay in 2011. (Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area

How local Jewish orgs are helping Ukrainian and Afghan refugees find jobs

by Ryan Torok September 21, 2023September 22, 2023
Dr. Adrienne Green, the new CEO of the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, in the main courtyard at the facility, which was formerly known as the Jewish Home, Aug. 28, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inSeniors

S.F. Jewish senior facility makes history with new CEO

by Ryan Torok August 28, 2023

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