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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.

Left: Jacob Kaplan-Lipkin as a bar mitzvah with Cantor Doron Shapira at Peninsula Sinai in Congregation, 2010. Right: Years later, he's getting ready to help lead Peninsula Sinai for the High Holidays.
Posted inHigh Holidays

As a kid he loved his Foster City synagogue. This High Holidays, he’s going to help lead it.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 24, 2021August 24, 2021
(From left) Leo Zacky, Angelyne and Dan Kapelovitz are among the dozens running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Posted inCalifornia

A lawyer, a poultry prince and a billboard queen walk into a recall election

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 23, 2021August 25, 2021
A syringe and a bottle reading "Covid-19 Vaccine" next to the Pfizer company logo in Jerusalem on December 10, 2020.
(Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Posted inBay Area

Q&A: Fighting the war against vaccine misinformation and fear

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
Beanie Feldstein has been cast to star in a revival of "Funny Girl." (Photo/File)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Mayim Bialik (sort of) gets ‘Jeopardy!’ gig; Beanie Feldstein in ‘Funny Girl’; Carrie Brownstein’s weird new movie; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
Rabbi Menachem and Devorie Levin, founders of the new Chabad in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood.
Posted inBay Area

New West Portal Chabad brings the beef

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 9, 2021August 10, 2021
Google headquarters in Mountain View. (Photo/JTA-Wikimedia Commons)
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Israel to serve as hub for Google’s ‘data arms race’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 9, 2021
man in Oaksterdam hoodie in front of blue wall
Posted inBay Area

This East Bay cannabis guru wants you to grow your own

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 29, 2021July 29, 2021
woman playing basketball
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Bird waves the flag; Israel gets on a horse; Pink gets mad; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 29, 2021
Scarlett Johansson performing a superheroic feat of derring-do in "Black Widow."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Black Widow’ rakes it in; Baseball gets even Jewish-er; Geffen shells out in Israel; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 20, 2021
Harvey Keitel stars as Meyer Lansky in "Lansky." (Photo/Vertical Entertainment)
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Keitel does Lansky; Jurnee joins the Academy; Fox makes hockey history; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 7, 2021July 7, 2021

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