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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.

A JewBelong billboard in San Carlos that originally said "Hamas is your problem too" was rewritten and defaced by activists to say "Zionism is your problem too." (Photo/Courtesy anonymous activists)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area billboards become another front in Israel-Hamas war

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2023December 19, 2023
There isn't much we can say to explain the imagery in "Who Stole Hanukkah?," a 1997 CD-ROM game. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inUncategorized

During the web’s infancy, exploring Hanukkah virtually was clunky and a bit miraculous

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2023May 29, 2024
protesters walk down a street holding a large banner that reads "ceasefire now!" many are carrying palestinian flags.
Posted inEducation

San Francisco teachers union says Gaza war harms ‘well-being of Palestinian students’ 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2023December 4, 2023
Wilderness Torah's signature annual event, Passover in the Desert, drew its biggest crowd yet to the Mojave Desert, April 5-10, 2023. (Photo/Julia Maryanska)
Posted inBay Area

Wilderness Torah presses pause on flagship ‘Passover in the Desert’ event

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2023
During World War II, Thanksgiving was a chance to sell war bonds, as in this ad that appeared in J. in 1944.
Posted inFrom the Archives

A bounty of holiday ads, from plum pudding to war bonds 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 20, 2023November 20, 2023
A Palestinian flag was held aloft during a San Francisco rally on Oct. 28, 2023, that called for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNews

Questions surround Palestinian flag raised outside Oakland public high school

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Gabe Stutman by Maya Mirsky and Gabe Stutman November 17, 2023
Mt. Eden High School teacher Paul Maciel speaks out against fellow teacher Henry Bens at the March 8, 2023 Hayward Unified School District board meeting, while holding a copy of "The Hidden Tyranny," a hoax antisemitic text Bens taught in class at Mt. Eden. (Screenshot)
Posted inEducation

Report: Hayward school district dragged feet on antisemitism in the classroom

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 16, 2023November 21, 2023
Oakland Unified School District teacher Joshua Diamant at a press conference where parents, teachers and Jewish leaders expressed their distress at a statement by the teachers' union they deemed antisemitic, Nov. 2023. (Photo/Dan Ancona)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland parents (and some teachers) organize against pro-Palestinian activism in schools

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 15, 2023
The demonstrator holds up a sign that reads "Fundraising 4 genocide & ethnic cleansing — SHAME"
Posted inBay Area

Oakland teachers union doubles down on support for Palestinians

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 7, 2023November 9, 2023
Katie Porter speaking to the Pass Democratic Club in Riverside County, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Instagram-@katieporteroc)
Posted inNews

Katie Porter tells Alameda County Dems Israel has right to self-defense

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 2, 2023November 2, 2023

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