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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.

The counter at Oakland Kosher after it was ransacked by thieves on Nov. 2, 2022. (Screenshot/Twitter @ljfernandez)
Posted inNews

Oakland Kosher burglary: ‘astute’ thieves took two cash registers of money

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inNews

Newsom’s state council on genocide education, established last year, takes shape

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
The Beresheet moon lander getting ready to travel to its launch site (Photo/Courtesy Space IL)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, News, Tech

Israeli space scientists stop by Bay Area to talk about their successes — and failures

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2022October 31, 2022
Portrait of Florence Prag Kahn in the collection of the Library of Congress
Posted inFrom the Archives

How this San Franciscan became the first Jewish woman in Congress

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 24, 2022October 27, 2022
Michal Strutin of Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley calls Senator Feinstein's office to demand she vote for climate action at the "Make a Holy Noise for Climate Change" demonstration on Aug. 25 in San Jose.(Photo/George Barahona)
Posted inNews

Jewish climate action group Dayenu urges voters to the polls

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
Conklin Bros. carpet dealers delivering by mule, as seen in a 1902 issue of the Emanu-El (this publication's original name).
Posted inFrom the Archives

Vintage newspaper ads: 120 years ago, your carpets came by mule

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 19, 2022
David Broockman researchse antisemitism at UC Berkeley.
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: This Berkeley prof studies how personal stories can combat antisemitism

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 17, 2022October 18, 2022
Yuri Milner (left) and Mark Zuckerberg at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Mountain View, November 2019. (Photo/JTA-Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)
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Yuri Milner, ‘Richest Russian in Silicon Valley,’ gives up Russian citizenship

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 14, 2022October 17, 2022
Three Sacramento synagogues were attacked in summer of 1999 by white supremacists, as seen on our front page at the time.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Synagogue security? It’s long been on Bay Area Jews’ minds.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2022October 12, 2022
This photo of the post-earthquake ruins of Temple Emanu-El's original building appeared on the cover of our Sept. 21, 1906 issue.
Posted inBay Area

Why the S.F. Planning Department is mapping Jewish history

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 7, 2022October 13, 2022

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