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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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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
Uptown Oakland (Photo/Eddie Hernandez via Shutterstock)
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Israel’s S.F. consulate offers grants to Oakland community projects

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 24, 2023
The defendants in the dock at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. (Photo/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy Gerald Schwab)
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Stanford releases full digital archive of Nuremberg trials

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 11, 2023
A charoset competition covered in our pages in 1978, with contestants (left to right) Augusta Levin, Kate Shannen, Sonia Mintz, Frieda Gross, Rachel Fishman, Celia Gold, Ruby Tobias and Bessie Goldberg. There's no word on who won! (Photo/J. Archives)
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Decades ago, our Passover recipes boldly name-dropped brands

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 4, 2023April 4, 2023
Left: Devorie and Rabbi Menachem Levin inside the former movie theater now being used by Chabad West Portal. Right: The Portal Theater when it opened in 1925.
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Chabad brings new life to S.F. cinema with a Jewish backstory

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 22, 2023March 22, 2023
an older woman happily holds out her arms to greet an old friend in a large synagogue sanctuary
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After three years of Covid, synagogues have ‘new normal’ 

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
Rafi Brinner gives a presentation on active shooters at the offices of the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation, Feb. 16, 2023. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Federations’ new hate incident reporting form amplifies cooperation

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 16, 2023
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Marijuana: In Israel they researched it, but blamed its use on Americans

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 14, 2023March 24, 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)
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‘Why is nothing being done?’ Tensions high after suspension of Hayward teacher who taught antisemitic lessons

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2023March 15, 2023
The sign reads "Birobidzhan" in Russian and Yiddish. (Photo/Wikimedia-Rusik_z CC BY-SA 3.0)
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History of Jewish homelands harbors a strange chapter: Birobidzhan

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 8, 2023

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