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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.

Jessie Mei Li stars in Netflix's "Shadow and Bone," based on a book series by Israeli-American writer Leigh Bardugo.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Shadow and Bone’ is Jewish; Rogen is done with Franco; Ethiopian Jew is going to Eurovision; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2021May 12, 2021
Architectural rendering of building and parking lot
Posted inNews

Pleasanton ‘excited’ for Chabad rebuild of fire-damaged center

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 30, 2021April 30, 2021
Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal star in "Here Today."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish, buddies on screen and off; A third girl for Gadot; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 28, 2021April 28, 2021
Tamar Bloch in the Beit Dakira museum, part of a JIMENA-sponsored virtual trip to Morocco.
(Screenshot/JIMENA)
Posted inTravel

Cure your travel blues with virtual trips to Morocco, Tunisia and beyond

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2021April 28, 2021
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish activists take climate change fight to halls of power

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 21, 2021April 22, 2021
Rebecca Rose and Peter Kacherginsky exchange NFTs after the ring ceremony at their March 14 wedding. (Photo/Julie Mikos)
Posted inTech

I am my beloved’s, and so is this nonfungible token

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 20, 2021April 21, 2021
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inNews

Pro-Palestinian group protests $10m Diller gift to Berkeley Law

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 14, 2021April 15, 2021
Deni Avdija wrote "yizkor" on his sneakers for Yom HaShoah, April 7, 2021. (Screenshot/JTA-Twitter)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Deni Avdija’s ‘yizkor’ sneakers; Trailer for ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’; Hank Azaria is sorry; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 13, 2021April 13, 2021
Edith Heine as a toddler in pre-war Holland.
Posted inYom HaShoah

East Bay Holocaust survivor, 83, shares history through a child’s eyes

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 5, 2021April 7, 2021
Two pieces of digital art by the street artist fnnch: On the left, an NFT auctioned off as part of a star-studded virtual seder. On the right: Its twin, which was hidden in an online profile as afikomen during the seder.
Posted inCulture

Matzah ‘NFT’ digital art fetches $4,200 in charity auction

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2021April 1, 2021

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