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Ryan Torok

Ryan Torok is a freelance writer based in California.

The gate to the football field at Mountain View High School in Mountain View on July 3, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Two Bay Area school districts sued for access to ethnic studies records

by Ryan Torok July 5, 2023
Oren Segal, vice president of the ADL Center on Extremism, speaks at a press conference outside the Capitol in Sacramento about a new ADL report on hate in California, May 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy ADL)
Posted inCalifornia

ADL report: Extremism rising alongside antisemitism in California

by Ryan Torok May 10, 2023
Rep. Barbara Lee speaking at the Library of Congress, April 5, 2022. (Photo/Facebook-Congresswoman Barbara Lee)
Posted inNews

East Bay’s Rep. Barbara Lee touts support of Israel amid Senate bid

by Ryan Torok April 21, 2023April 27, 2023
Chalk writing at San Francisco State University, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy SF Hillel)
Posted inNews

‘Antisemitic statements’ at S.F. State meeting prompt university response

by Ryan Torok March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
Two young men walk in a Jewish neighborhood in Shiraz. On the wall behind them, a derogatory term for Jews is written in graffiti. (Photo/Hassan Sarbakhsian via JTA)
Posted inBay Area

Upcoming USF event: Why ‘we have to pay attention’ to Jews of Iran

by Ryan Torok February 15, 2023February 16, 2023
A dozen people stand holding up a blue banner that reads "Refugees Welcome" in large white letters.
Posted inBay Area

On Refugee Shabbat, stories of welcoming and concern for security

by Ryan Torok January 24, 2023January 24, 2023
Then-President of Israel Reuven Rivlin during a visit to an Israeli desalination plant in 2018. (Photo/Marck Neyman via Wikicommons)
Posted inCalifornia

Israel has water expertise aplenty to offer California, says S.F.-based consul

by Ryan Torok December 6, 2022December 7, 2022
California Department of Education headquarters in Sacramento. (Photo/California Department of Education)
Posted inUncategorized

Survey: how local school board candidates see ethnic studies

by Ryan Torok October 25, 2022October 26, 2022
The JCHS girls soccer team after winning the North Coast Section championship. (Photo/Sean Moler)
Posted inSports

JCHS girls soccer makes history with first-ever conference title

by Ryan Torok May 23, 2022
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inEducation

California earmarks $1.9M for Holocaust and genocide education

by Ryan Torok April 18, 2022April 19, 2022

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