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Stow Lake

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis waves to supporters at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Wade Vandervort-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

DeSantis and LGBTQ+ history; Stow Lake’s new name should be Jewish

by J. Readers July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

Stow Lake’s new name should be Jewish Our rare chance for retribution, by giving Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park a Jewish name to offset William Stow’s virulent antisemitism, could […]

Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)
Posted inNews

These are the 12 names in the running to replace Stow Lake

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher June 15, 2023June 20, 2023
Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inLetters

Sad farewell to Meira Academy; Don’t rename Stow Lake; Breed in Israel

by J. Readers June 7, 2023June 8, 2023
Big crowd at a vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims the day after the attack (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inLetters

Reactions to our ‘appalling’ Beth Am article; Kopp Lake has a nice ring to it; etc.

by J. Readers December 6, 2022
Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park (Photo/Flickr-Patrick G CC)
Posted inLocal Voice

So a lake in S.F. is named for an old-timey antisemite. Who cares?

Jonathan Harris by Jonathan Harris November 7, 2022November 9, 2022
Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inLetters

Cal parent weighs in on Berkeley Law; Change name of Stow Lake; etc.

by J. Readers October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
Stow Lake today in Golden Gate Park. (Wikimedia/Brocken Inaglory)
Posted inNews

S.F. supes’ resolution urges renaming Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake, named for politician who proposed ‘Jew-tax’

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher October 19, 2022October 19, 2022
Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

Will antisemite’s name finally be stripped from Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park?

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher July 25, 2022August 2, 2022
Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inBay Area

This S.F. lake is named after California’s most anti-Semitic politician. One man is trying to change that.

by Gabriel Greschler December 6, 2019December 9, 2019

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