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

Near the UC Berkeley campus, a truck from the organization Accuracy in Media encourages potential employers to pledge not to hire Berkeley Law students who AIM says are antisemites, Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy of Accuracy in Media)
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Truck that doxxes alleged antisemites returns to UC Berkeley

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2024February 7, 2024
Hajem Almukdad is the owner of Old Jerusalem restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District, which was recently targeted with anti-Palestinian graffiti. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Palestinian restaurant in San Francisco targeted with anti-Palestinian graffiti

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2024February 7, 2024
Attendees at a rally for peace in Gaza in front of the Ferry Building in San Francisco, Jan. 28. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Vigil and car procession in S.F. spotlight hostages and hopes for peace

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 29, 2024
An article on a scandal within the Jewish National Fund in a July 2000 issue of J.
Posted inFrom the Archives

The Jews (and this newspaper) love trees

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 24, 2024May 29, 2024
JCRC Bay Area CEO Tye Gregory holds an Israeli flag while singing the Israeli national anthem in front of Oakland City Hall before the city council considered a resolution in support of a cease-fire in Gaza, Monday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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JCRC Bay Area steps into the spotlight amid post-Oct. 7 uptick in antisemitism and anti-Zionism

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 18, 2024
The front page of the 1968 issue of J. immediately following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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MLK first graced our pages in 1957, but civil rights coverage went back decades

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 11, 2024May 29, 2024
A group of East Bay residents rally in support of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza every day on an East Bay overpass. (Photo/Instagram @24_bring_them_home)
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For nearly 100 days, this group has hung ‘Bring Them Home’ banners on a Walnut Creek overpass

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 10, 2024February 1, 2024
State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco addresses the State Senate. (Photo/California State Senate Democratic Caucus)
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California Jewish lawmakers send colleagues anguished letter asking for support

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 4, 2024January 7, 2024
Chabad of Oakland's menorah at Lake Merritt on Dec. 10, 2023 (right), two days before it was vandalized, pulled down and thrown in the lake (left). (Courtesy Chabad of Oakland)
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Most Bay Area Jews are more fearful since Oct. 7, survey finds

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 21, 2023
A dozen Northern California synagogues were included in a bomb threat email. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Bay Area synagogues hit in wave of bomb threats across U.S.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 19, 2023December 19, 2023

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