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

an arch over a quaint downtown street says "Fairfield: Seat of Solano County"
Posted inNews

Gang graffiti mistaken for antisemitic symbols in North Bay town of Fairfield

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 24, 2023
Manny Yekutiel, co-founder of the Civic Space Foundation, at Clean Up the City in San Francisco's Hayes Valley neighborhood, May 6, 2023. (Photo/Alexandra Liss)
Posted inBay Area, News, Philanthropy

Amid downturn, two Jews create $2M fund to promote ‘Civic Joy’ in S.F.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 19, 2023May 25, 2023
The Hebrew Cemetery in Marysville takes up a corner of the city cemetery, located right off Highway 70. The gate is originally from a Jewish cemetery in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inFrom the Archives

How the Gold Rush sprinkled Northern California with Jews

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023
Shereen Bhalla, who previously worked at the Hindu American Foundation, is the Anti-Defamation League's new director of education for Northern California, Utah and Hawaii.
Posted inNews

ADL’s new hire brings her Hindu perspective to org’s civil rights mission

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 16, 2023January 4, 2024
Governor Gavin Newsom talks with Holocaust survivor Martha Sternbach at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles in 2023. (Courtesy Newsom's office)
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Gov. Newsom makes his first proclamation of Jewish heritage month, touts antisemitism measures

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
A US census taker during the 2020 census. (Photo/US Census Bureau)
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Are Jews white? Proposed census change wades into issue

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 4, 2023May 3, 2023
Rep. Jared Huffman speaking at a campaign event.
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Two Bay Area reps vote no on resolution congratulating Israel on 75 years of independence

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 3, 2023May 8, 2023
In our May 17, 1985 issue, we profiled three Russian emigres making it big in Silicon Valley.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Jews have been part of Silicon Valley from the start

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
five little girls, one little boy, and two parents, both holding infants, pose together for a family picture
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East Bay Chabad couple welcomes fourth set of twins

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
picture of Halie Soifer standing on stage with a sign behind her that says "welcome to the unofficial white house hanukkah after party"
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Halie Soifer, head of Jewish Democratic Council of America, talks 2024 in Bay Area

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2023April 25, 2023

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