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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.

Marilyn Heiss is a regular volunteer in Glide Memorial Church's meal program — which is where she'll be on Christmas.
Posted inHolidays

Even Christmas is different for Jews this pandemic year

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 21, 2020December 21, 2020
Legendary director David Cronenberg is now in front of the camera on "Star Trek: Discovery."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

David Cronenberg does Star Trek; Hallmark does Hanukkah; and Shia LaBeouf gets sued for abuse; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 16, 2020
Bari Weiss at her old desk at the New York Times in 2019. (Photo/JTA-Josefin Dolsten)
Posted inNews

Bari Weiss shakes things up on race and antisemitism in Z3’s ‘town square’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 14, 2020December 15, 2020
Game designer Max Fefer based Hanukkah Goblins on Eric Kimmel’s classic children’s book, "Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins." (Art/Kali Hayes, KH Illustration)
Posted inHolidays

Take on the Hanukkah goblins in Oakland designer’s new tabletop game

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 8, 2020December 9, 2020
Youth Spirit's Tiny House Village in Oakland will begin housing homeless youth in January 2021. (Photo/Daniel Arauz)
Posted inUncategorized

Tiny colorful houses for homeless Oakland youth almost ready

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel at the MTV European Music Awards in Seville, Nov. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Europa Press Entertainment-Europa Press via Getty Images)
Posted inFilm

Drake-scented candles; Israeli pop star Noa Kirel looks to US; Andy Samberg defends Oscar diversity requirements; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
In this session at the Z3 conference in Palo Alto, Nov. 10, 2019, Stanford Hillel students led round table conversations asking participants how they would have handled real-life campus situations. (Photo/Courtesy Z3)
Posted inNews

Z3’s shift online brings big names and bigger audiences

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 30, 2020
A recent session of Temple Isaiah's JQuest Hebrew school. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Isaiah)
Posted inEducation

Learning Hebrew in ‘Hebrew school’? That’s not always the point.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020November 24, 2020
In Hollywood if a female Jewish character "is courageous, or she deserves love, or is altruistic in any way, she's played by a non-Jew," says comedian Sarah Silverman. (Photo/file)
Posted inComedy

Sarah Silverman on being typecast; Your new Jewish heartthrob; Haddish and Glazer go to the ‘Afterparty’; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020
This Solano County supervisors meeting on Nov. 17 was disrupted at the beginning by rowdy anti-maskers who compared pandemic safety precautions to the Nazi regime. (Screenshot from livestream)
Posted inNews

Anti-maskers disrupt Solano County supes meeting with Nazi salutes

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 23, 2020

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