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

Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ‘80s, Jews protested and camped out against apartheid — and it worked

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
Three people talking
Posted inBay Area

Why this Jewish teen program in Palo Alto leaned into antisemitism after Oct. 7

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 3, 2024May 15, 2024
A pro-Palestinian tent encampment sits in the middle of White Plaza at Stanford University in Palo Alto, April 30, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inAnalysis

What’s happening at Gaza tent protests spreading on Northern California campuses?

Gabe StutmanMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Gabe Stutman and Maya Mirsky May 1, 2024May 2, 2024
One tent among many that have been set up as part of a pro-Palestine protest encampment in UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza, April 24, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley’s pro-Palestinian tent camp joins others across nation

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Five protesters inside a Google exec's office
Posted inPolitics

Google fires 28 workers after sit-in protest against Israel cloud contract

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 18, 2024
Jonathan Levin has been named the 13th president of Stanford. (Photo/Aubrie Pick)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford’s first Jewish president will inherit a tense climate

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 18, 2024April 18, 2024
Foreground: The very first mention of Manischewitz in this publication in 1905 (Screenshot/J. Archives). Background: Some years later, the brand received a very orange visual refresh (Graphic/Courtesy Manischewitz).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Man, oh Manischewitz! How newspapers like this one boosted the brand for over a century

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 12, 2024
UC Berkeley law professor Catherine Fisk attempts to get law student Malak Afaneh to leave the home Fisk shares with her husband, Berkeley law dean Erwin Chemerinsky, on April 9, 2024. (Screenshot via Instagram)
Posted inBay Area

Anti-Israel protester disrupts Berkeley law dean’s backyard dinner, refuses to leave

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2024April 15, 2024
Yael Nidan Kirsht holds a poster of her brother-in-law, Yagev Buchshtab, one of the hostages held in Gaza, at a vigil commemorating six months since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel in Lafayette on Sunday, April 7, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

East Bay overpass vigil brings attention to hostages at 6-month mark

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 8, 2024April 12, 2024
Women confront one another at a meeting
Posted inPolitics

‘We’re wiped out’: Hostility has overwhelmed Berkeley council meetings since Oct. 7

Aaron Levy-WolinsMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Aaron Levy-Wolins and Maya Mirsky March 27, 2024March 29, 2024

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