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Maya Mirsky is the managing editor of J. She lives in Oakland and previously served as culture editor at J.

Joy Sisisky will serve as the S.F.-based Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund's interim CEO starting Dec. 31, 2021.
Posted inBay Area

S.F. Federation announces philanthropy ace Joy Sisisky as interim CEO

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 30, 2021December 2, 2021
Paul "Sexiest Man Alive" Rudd in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Paul Rudd is sexy; Batsheva Haart is separated; Carole King is crowned; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2021
Brian Epstein riding a horse at his 30th birthday party. (Photo/JTA-Ron Joy-Belle Schwartz Estate)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Brian Epstein gets a statue; Omar Sharif goes to Israel; Scarlett Johansson settles with Disney; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Families enjoy a day on the hiking trail, organized by the Contra Costa JCC during the pandemic.
Posted inBay Area

What’s a ‘JCC without walls’? In Contra Costa, it’s a community.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 4, 2021November 8, 2021
"It's time to adopt a mindset that this may be what our lives are like," says Dr. Bob Wachter of UCSF. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inBay Area

Herd immunity? ‘Not going to happen,’ says UCSF doctor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 3, 2021November 3, 2021
Smoke from the Walbridge Fire near Santa Rosa looms over a vineyard in August 2020. (Photo/GibsonOutdoorPhoto)
Posted inNorthern California

Jewish winemakers press forward on a warming planet

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 29, 2021March 15, 2022
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in "Dune."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Timothée Chalamet goes to space; Zoë Kravitz goes to Gotham; The Jews go to the ‘Jewish Nobels’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 27, 2021
The surgical room in Israel where one of the kidney transplants took place. (Photo/Courtesy Itai Ashlagi via Stanford Engineering Magazine)
Posted inNews

Historic kidney exchange between Israel and UAE started at Stanford

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 21, 2021October 21, 2021
William Shatner on stage during “Star Trek: Mission New York,” Sept. 4, 2016 (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Gen Z loves Adam Sandler; Captain Kirk goes to space; Lena Dunham gets hitched; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 8, 2021October 13, 2021
Addison-Penzak JCC in Los Gatos
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Los Gatos JCC tagged with swastika over High Holidays

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 5, 2021

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