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Teresa Drenick is the deputy director of the American Jewish Committee’s Northern California region. She formerly served as deputy director of the Anti-Defamation League’s San Francisco Regional Office and is a former assistant district attorney for Alameda County.

A man speaks at a lectern. Behind him, "Divest Now" signs can be seen among a seated crowd.
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Alameda County treasurer’s Israel divestment decision was personal and biased

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

The flawed decision by Alameda County Treasurer Henry Levy to divest from Caterpillar and support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement should alarm county residents, regardless of their opinion […]

A conspiracy theorist who claimed that "Israel murdered their own people on Oct. 7" at the Nov. 27 meeting of the Oakland City Council, as seen in a video of extreme comments from the meeting that went viral. (Photo illustration/Forward-Nora Berman; screenshot via KTOP-TV)
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I was shouted down for condemning Hamas in an Oakland City Council meeting

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick December 1, 2023December 1, 2023

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