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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.

From left, Michal Sadan, 59, of Jerusalem; Mohamed Hassouna, 50, of Arad; and Zev Padway, 52, of Tsfat. (David Shlachter)
Posted inPhotography

‘Hinenu’: Bay Area man’s camera reflects Israel’s diversity in 100 portraits

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 2, 2026January 5, 2026
two musicians
Posted inMusic

In Bay Area, ‘Jewish Nightlife’ will resurrect music, vibes of ‘the roaring 1570s’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 2, 2026January 2, 2026
Miss Ray Frank in Stockton's Daily Record newspaper in 1897. (CDNC)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Was Ray Frank of Oakland the first woman rabbi?

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 26, 2025December 26, 2025
“Coexistence, My Ass!” is SFJFF's opening-night film. The documentary features former U.N. diplomat turned standup comedian Noam Shuster-Eliassi examining her shifting perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

Three docs on Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one with local ties, make Oscars shortlist

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 19, 2025December 19, 2025
Director Rob Reiner in a discussion following a screening of the film "LBJ" at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 (Jay Godwin)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Rob Reiner told J. he saw political activism through a Jewish lens

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
teenagers in school hallway
Posted inBay Area

What motivated the teenagers who made the ‘human swastika’ in San Jose? 

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
A still from "Among Neighbors" with Pelagia Radecka, who was an eyewitness to murder as a child. (Courtesy)
Posted inFilm

One day to see ‘Among Neighbors,’ the local film causing controversy in Poland

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
In the 1940s, we often wrote of "the Palestine Problem."
Posted inFrom the Archives

A second look back at 130 years of our publication

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 2, 2025December 2, 2025
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 inFrom the Archives

A trip through 13 decades of this paper’s archives, and a happy 130th to us

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 21, 2025November 21, 2025
Jerry Ross Barrish in his studio in "Plastic Man." (Screenshot)
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Bail bonds to artwork, trash to treasure: Sculptor Jerry Ross Barrish gets his due

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 17, 2025November 24, 2025

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