sot: mel waldorf, father// "great grandparents in russia. up here we have my great great grandparents"this east bay family is proud of their jewish heritage. but their daughter alameda high student natasha waldorf received texts from students one could say were intended to make her feel otherwisenat: "hans, get the gas, i heard you family was one of the furher's biggest failures"she says classmates along with a german exchange student sent these antisemetic texts back in january. sot: natasha waldorf, alameda high student// "not only is going through the situations painful and kind of scary but having to see the perpetrators everyday it's like them knowing they've won." natasha says she had to finish the school year sharing a classroom with the alleged buillies with no obvous sign of punishment.although the alameda unified school superintendent assures proper disciplinary action was taken but legally cannot be discussed- her father argues unseen kind of consequences won't send a message to the rest of the student body that this behaviour is

waldorf, israel temple congregation member// "the fact that the windows that were smashed were covered in jewish symbols in a children's classroom where they had drawn stars of david and written in hebrew. there's no question that whatever the intention the individual who did this knew they were attacking a jewish institution."but alameda police at first reported there was not enough evidence to call the vandalism a hate crime.until this announcement at the vigil by the acting police chief.sot: lance leibnitz, acting police chief of alameda// "based on the totality of the circumstances we've had the opportunity to review the video in detail, process some more evidence and we are treating this as a hate crime." the hundreds who gathered at the front steps cheered at the news and listened intently as congregation and local government leaders shared a message that they will not tolerate intolerance not here not anywhere.sot: malia vella, vice mayor of alameda // "to denounce all of the hate and the bigotry in charlottesville on behalf of white supremacists and neo nazis and we're going to

sot: mel waldorf, father// "great grandparents in russia. up here we have my great great grandparents"this east bay family is proud of their jewish heritage. but their daughter alameda high student natasha waldorf received texts from students one could say were intended to make her feel otherwisenat: "hans, get the gas, i heard you family was one of the furher's biggest failures"she says classmates along with a german exchange student sent these antisemetic texts back in january. sot: natasha waldorf, alameda high student// "not only is going through the situations painful and kind of scary but having to see the perpetrators everyday it's like them knowing they've won." natasha says she had to finish the school year sharing a classroom with the alleged buillies with no obvous sign of punishment.although the alameda unified school superintendent assures proper disciplinary action was taken but legally cannot be discussed- her father argues unseen kind of consequences won't send a message to the rest of the student body that this behaviour is

waldorf, israel temple congregation member// "the fact that the windows that were smashed were covered in jewish symbols in a children's classroom where they had drawn stars of david and written in hebrew. there's no question that whatever the intention the individual who did this knew they were attacking a jewish institution."but alameda police at first reported there was not enough evidence to call the vandalism a hate crime.until this announcement at the vigil by the acting police chief.sot: lance leibnitz, acting police chief of alameda// "based on the totality of the circumstances we've had the opportunity to review the video in detail, process some more evidence and we are treating this as a hate crime." the hundreds who gathered at the front steps cheered at the news and listened intently as congregation and local government leaders shared a message that they will not tolerate intolerance not here not anywhere.sot: malia vella, vice mayor of alameda // "to denounce all of the hate and the bigotry in charlottesville on behalf of white supremacists and neo nazis and we're going to

sot: mel waldorf, father// "great grandparents in russia. up here we have my great great grandparents"this east bay family is proud of their jewish heritage. but their daughter alameda high student natasha waldorf received texts from students one could say were intended to make her feel otherwisenat: "hans, get the gas, i heard you family was one of the furher's biggest failures"she says classmates along with a german exchange student sent these antisemetic texts back in january. sot: natasha waldorf, alameda high student// "not only is going through the situations painful and kind of scary but having to see the perpetrators everyday it's like them knowing they've won." natasha says she had to finish the school year sharing a classroom with the alleged buillies with no obvious sign of punishment.although the alameda unified school superintendent assures proper disciplinary action was taken but legally cannot be discussed- her father argues unseen kind of consequences won't send a message to the rest of the student body that this behaviour is

waldorf, father// "if the school district had handled this initial incident appropriately where the students had apologized where they had shown contrition. what would the problem be? they would be in class together and it would be people who had both learned from the experience." her parents have sent letters to the alameda unified school superintendent requesting more be done to show there are visible consequences to such acts of bullying - and in turn that would send a strong message to others that this behaviour is not tolerated. superintendent sean mcphetridge responded to kron 4 news saying, " we denounced anti-semitism and all other forms of bigotry and bias in letters home to families in june and this past week. we remain committed to working with all students, families, and staff to address these concerns, and we hope that all will communicate and report any such incidents of bias to our school administrators so we can work with them to ensure alameda schools are inclusive and safe." (ella)the superintendent went on to assure us disciplinary action was taken but legally can

waldorf, israel temple congregation member// "the fact that the windows that were smashed were covered in jewish symbols in a children's classroom where they had drawn stars of david and written in hebrew. there's no question that whatever the intention the individual who did this knew they were attacking a jewish institution."but alameda police at first reported there was not enough evidence to call the vandalism a hate crime.until this announcement at the vigil by the acting police chief.sot: lance leibnitz, acting police chief of alameda// "based on the totality of the circumstances we've had the opportunity to review the video in detail, process some more evidence and we are treating this as a hate crime." the hundreds who gathered at the front steps cheered at the news and listened intently as congregation and local government leaders shared a message that they will not tolerate intolerance not here not anywhere.sot: malia vella, vice mayor of alameda // "to denounce all of the hate and the bigotry in charlottesville on behalf of white supremacists and neo nazis and we're going to