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Maya Mirsky

Maya Mirsky is the managing editor of J. She lives in Oakland and previously served as culture editor at J.

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Two alleged hate incidents linked to displays of Israeli flags in East Bay and S.F.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Emma Goss and Maya Mirsky September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
A man with a beard stands facing a man without a beard, who is wearing tefillin
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Chabad rabbis open the door to three San Francisco mayoral candidates

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2024September 18, 2024
Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Since Oct. 7, more Americans see antisemitism as a ‘very serious’ problem

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
Sophia Oberst, a sophomore public health student at SF State, paints a Hamsa during commUNITY, a session of healing through art and prayer, at SF Hillel in San Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Federation bumps up funding to Hillels 40% after year of protests and tension 

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 6, 2024September 18, 2024
A Trader's Joe sign and a box of their Israeli feta superimposed over a background of crumbled feta cheese
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Salty talk about Trader Joe’s: Where did the Israeli feta go?

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 30, 2024September 5, 2024
an old newspaper page with the headline "Stanford changes schedules to allow for Jewish holy days"
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Jews have griped about school calendars colliding with Jewish holidays for years

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
Yana Agranovsky Berger is the new executive director of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center. (Iris Giladi Photography)
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Contra Costa JCC gets new executive director, its first full-time staff in years

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Tye Gregory of JCRC speaking at the Here I Am: Press Conference Against Antisemitism and Hate in 2021. (Photo/Facebook)
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JCRC Bay Area expands into political organizing with new offshoot

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 19, 2024August 19, 2024
From an article in Elie Wiesel's return to San Francisco in our May 11, 2007 article. (Screenshot)
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When Elie Wiesel was assaulted in San Francisco in 2007, it was DA Kamala Harris who charged his attacker with a hate crime

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 31, 2024August 1, 2024
Claude Rains wears a tricorn and a tallis as Haym Salomon in a still from "Sons of Liberty" from 1939. (Screenshot)
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Saluting Jewish founding father Haym Salomon this Independence Day

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

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