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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.

a black and white of bernstein seated at a piano, making annotations on a piece of sheet music
Posted inTV & Film

Orthodox mom ‘Ninja Warrior’; Leonard Bernstein documentary; Jake Gyllenhaal grilled by children; etc.

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

Bhad Bhabie backs Jewish dating app; Shatner talks about Nimoy; Jamie Lee Curtis rebuilds Hungarian synagogue; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 8, 2021June 9, 2021
Sisters Ari (left) and Mia. Says Mia, "I just feel so hurt ... because I want to put my whole heart, soul and mind into these issues."
Posted inNews

Students feeling hurt, harassed over anti-Israel rhetoric  

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 4, 2021June 9, 2021
Two antisemitic memes shared on Facebook and identified by the Anti-Defamation League.
Posted inTech

ADL says Facebook is allowing blatantly antisemitic posts

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 2, 2021June 3, 2021
A rendering of the greenhouse-like module headed to the International Space Station (left) and some hummus (right). (Illustration/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inFood, Bay Area, Jewish Life, News

Can you grow hummus on the moon? This Israeli at Stanford is going to find out.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 1, 2021
Yosef Rosen teaching a senior seminar, Issues in Jewish Thought, at Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy JCHS)
Posted inEducation

Graduation 2021: Socially distanced, but still together

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 28, 2021June 2, 2021
Isha Clarke (center), then a high school senior, emcees a Youth vs. Apocalypse protest in San Francisco, Dec. 6, 2019. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inNews

For Bay Area Jewish progressives, this time feels different

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Gabe Stutman, Gabriel Greschler and Maya Mirsky May 27, 2021
Drake wearing an oversized leather, shearling-lined coat on a balcony overlooking a busy city street
Posted inCelebrity Jews

No Eurovision win for Israel; Drake upstaged by toddler; Dylan turns 80; Judge Judy retires; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
Dec. 2018 reopening of the remodeled UC Berkeley Hillel building. (Photo/file)
Posted inNews

Berkeley police make arrest after vandalism at three Jewish sites

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2021
Though many Reform synagogues, such as San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El, remain large communities, the new study found that the share of American Jewry affiliated with the Reform movement is in decline. (Photo/file)
Posted inNews

New Pew study of American Jews: Deep questions, surprising answers

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

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