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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.

“Das Purim-Fest” by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, 1873
Posted inPurim

With pear salad and ‘La Bamba,’ it’s time for a Bay Area Purim

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 2, 2023
Oren Tsur, a professor at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, is using AI to fight hate speech. (Photo/Ben-Gurion University)
Posted inTech

Can AI fight hate online? This Israeli expert says it can

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 22, 2023February 22, 2023
A student's annotated copy of an antisemitic conspiracy text assigned by teacher Henry Bens (inset) at Mt. Eden High School in Hayward.
Posted inBay Area

East Bay high school teacher called out for antisemitic lessons

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 21, 2023January 25, 2024
Dr. Michael Baker next to a monument in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv protected by sandbags, Aug. 2022 (Photo/Courtesy Baker)
Posted inNews

This retired Bay Area surgeon is teaching trauma care to doctors in Ukraine

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 20, 2023
The many bagels of Boichik Bagels. (Photo/Lydia Daniller)
Posted inFrom the Archives

From ‘beigels’ in 1921 to bagels in 2023, we love ’em

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 16, 2023
The Alco truck that drove to Petaluma with a load of soap in 1912, the first transcontinental delivery made by automobile. (Photo/Courtesy Sonoma County Library)
Posted inFrom the Archives

110 years ago, ‘motor wagon’ delivery was all the rage

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 13, 2023
A house on 22nd Avenue in the Sunset District of San Francisco exploded and collapsed on Feb. 9, 2023; the yellow house next door was rented by members at Congregation Adath Israel, who lost everything. (Photo/Sue Barnett)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish family’s home destroyed in Sunset District house explosion

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 13, 2023February 14, 2023
A rendering of the planned JCC East Bay's campus in Oakland. (Courtesy JCC East Bay)
Posted inNews

More green, more light — updated plans for new Oakland JCC campus

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 9, 2023June 9, 2026
San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman
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New bills sponsored by Jewish pols could legalize noshing at cannabis cafés

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 8, 2023February 8, 2023
Morgan Blum Schneider, director of the JFCS Holocaust Center in San Francisco, leads students in a workshop on the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism. (Photo/JFCS Holocaust Center)
Posted inNews

Poll: Most Americans know about the Holocaust, but details are fuzzy

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 31, 2023

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