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Maya Mirsky
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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.

Theodor Herzl, father of modern political Zionism. (Photo/JTA-GPO via Getty Images)
Posted inFrom the Archives

What did Bay Area Jews make of Theodor Herzl in the 1890s?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 30, 2023
Flowers and a note left behind to honor the victims of the mass shooting at Mac Dutra Park in Half Moon Bay, Jan. 24, 2023. (Photo/Twitter @CAgovernor)
Posted inBay Area

Half Moon Bay rabbi after shooting: ‘Judaism calls upon us to take a leap of action’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 25, 2023January 26, 2023
JFCS Kosher Meals on Wheels program in San Francisco delivers hot, nutritious meals to homebound seniors who keep kosher. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inBay Area

Panel on Jewish poverty will shine a light on a hidden topic

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 25, 2023
Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, with a box of human compost at Recompose Seattle. (Photo/Mat Hayward-Getty Images-Courtesy Recompose)
Posted inReligion

Is human composting the next big thing in Jewish death practice? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 19, 2023January 24, 2023
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right) marching with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the second Selma to Montgomery civil rights march on Mar. 21, 1965.
Posted inFrom the Archives

When MLK’s favorite rabbi came to the Bay Area

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 17, 2023January 17, 2023
11th-graders Mirabai Ari (left) and Ben Imershein with their adopted drain, "Drain and Abel" (Photo/Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inEducation

‘Drain and Abel’: JCHS students join city’s punny ‘Adopt-A-Drain’ program

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Stanford University (Photo/File)
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Report on Stanford’s antisemitic quotas in 1950s sparks Jewish alums to link up

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 28, 2022
From our Jan. 6, 1899 issue
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the 1890s, Bay Area Jews said a cautious ‘yes’ to Christmas

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 22, 2022December 22, 2022
Israeli Golden State Warriors player Omri Casspi joins S.F. Chabad Rabbi Yosef Langer to light the menorah after the Warriors beat Dallas on the team's annual Jewish Heritage Night, Dec. 14, 2017 (Photo/Courtesy Golden State Warriors)
Posted inFrom the Archives

With Warriors Jewish Heritage Night coming up, a look back at the very first

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2022December 19, 2022
Players of games like the massively popular "Call of Duty" can often be subjected to "white supremacist ideologies" from other players, according to a new ADL report.
Posted inCulture

ADL: One in five adults is exposed to white supremacist ideologies while gaming

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 9, 2022December 12, 2022

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