Gabe Stutman

Jan 24, 2025 | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

A now-removed description of an upcoming event at UC Berkeley accused Israel of fabricating reports of widespread sexual assault on Oct. 7, 2023, to support its war against Hamas. The description of the event, a panel organizedby the gender and women's studies department, said it would "look at how Zionism has weaponized feminism, so as to serve Israel's genocidal intent, by upholding debunked accusations of systematic Hamas mass assault," according to a screenshot shared with J. The Feb.

Nov 18, 2024 | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. UC Berkeley has scrubbed a course description from its website that praised authoritarian communist governments, including North Korea’s, and referred to Hamas as a “revolutionary resistance force.” A spokesperson for the university said Monday that the course description was written by graduate students without the permission of the instructor overseeing the class, or of the department chair.

Nov 13, 2024 | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. Shocked and disheartened by the result of the presidential election, Bay Area Jewish liberals are trying to come to terms with another Trump win and grieving the end of a once-promising campaign season. Meanwhile, Jewish supporters of the 45th president are celebrating his return to the White House and what it might promise for Israel.

Oct 31, 2024 | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. The University of California San Francisco has suspended a controversial professor of medicine who published incendiary social media posts this year criticizing Zionism and raising questions about an unnamed first-year Israeli medical student.

Oct 9, 2024 | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. San Francisco business owner Manny Yekutiel says he’s “floored” by the outpouring of support he has received since his cafe and event space was defaced with antisemitic graffiti on Sunday. Supercharged with help from two major Jewish celebrities, a fundraising campaign to clean up and paint over the graffiti raised more than $58,000 between Monday and Wednesday, far surpassing its target of $36,500.