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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.

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

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2021April 1, 2021
Retired ballet dancer Debra Rose at her Gyrotonic studio.
Posted inCulture

Q&A: A former ballet dancer who isn’t done moving

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Al Baum, seen here at Miller's Deli in San Francisco, died March 28 at the age of 90. (Photo/Rajat Dutta)
Posted inObituaries

S.F. Jewish and LGBTQ icon Al Baum dies at 90 after ‘full, rich life’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 30, 2021March 31, 2021
George Segal in a 1965 publicity shot. (Photo/JTA-Silver Screen Collection-Hulton Archive-Getty Images)
Posted inCulture

Farewell to Yaphet, George and Jessica; Ilana Glazer is expecting (a movie and a baby); etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2021March 26, 2021
Adam de la Zerda in his lab at Stanford University. (Photo/Norbert von der Groeben-Stanford School of Medicine)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford prof from Israel creates a fast, portable Covid test

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 24, 2021March 25, 2021
"Jew street," as it is known locally, was once a hub for Judeo-Malayalam, the now endangered language spoken by the Jews of India's Cochin region. (Photo/JTA-Christabel Lobo)
Posted inHistory

The fight to save endangered Jewish languages, from Ladino to Judeo-Malayalam

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 22, 2021March 29, 2021
Rabbi Ruth Adar
Posted inBay Area

‘Coffee Shop Rabbi’ taking over as HaMaqom director

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2021
A middle school student at Brandeis Marin at an outdoor classroom, February 2021. (Photo/Anya Shuteroff)
Posted inEducation

Our Pandemic Year: Jewish day schools had to relearn the ABCs of teaching

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 16, 2021March 16, 2021
Netta sticks her tongue out, holding trophy and israeli flag, surrounded by supporters
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Netta joins Israeli ‘X Factor’; Celebs show off their ‘vaxxies’; Spielberg tells his own story; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 16, 2021
Oshman Family JCC in July 2020, after the facility had been mostly deserted for months due to the pandemic. (Photo/Seth Leslie)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Our Pandemic Year: 12 months of frenzied fundraising and philanthropy

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 12, 2021March 16, 2021

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