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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.

Freddie Lee Smith aka Zachary RunningWolf occupying an oak tree in Berkeley in 2006. (Photo/Twitter)
Posted inNews

Berkeley man known to police charged with Oakland synagogue vandalism

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 22, 2020October 23, 2020
A swastika was found painted on Temple Sinai’s carved wooden door in Oakland, Oct. 18, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Temple Sinai)
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Temple Sinai hit with swastika, police investigating as hate crime

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 20, 2020October 22, 2020
Poet Louise Glück, seen here at the National Book Awards in New York City in 2014, is the winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature. (Photo/JTA-Robin Marchant-Getty Images)
Posted inPoetry

WNBA’s Jewish Bird; Gadot as Cleopatra causes a flap; stars get naked for democracy; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
Burlingame High worker Victor Delaplaine scrubs a swastika from a school banner, Aug. 5, 2019. (Photo/The Burlingame B)
Posted inBay Area

Grand jury releases report on hate speech in San Mateo public schools

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2020
Wayne Reynolds looks through the rubble of the home and studio he shared with his wife, Caryn Fried. (Photo/Courtesy Maya Reynolds)
Posted inCulture

North Bay artists built a sanctuary, then fire wiped it out

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 7, 2020October 7, 2020
An animated Stephen Miller in Hip Hop Hoodíos' "Mexican Miller"
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‘Mexican Miller’: Jewish Latino rappers take aim at Stephen Miller in new music video

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 6, 2020October 7, 2020
Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaking to members of the media in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Alex Wong-Getty Images)
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Jews in Congress beset by online hate, new ADL report says

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 6, 2020October 9, 2020
A house just outside St. Helena, Napa County, burns in the Glass Fire, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo/Napa County Sheriff)
Posted inBay Area

In North Bay, fire and smoke disrupt an already unusual Yom Kippur

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Gabe Stutman by Maya Mirsky, Dan Pine and Gabe Stutman September 29, 2020September 30, 2020
jones and murray looks perplexed as they sit in the front seat of a small old red convertible
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Disney Channel does Rosh Hashanah; Abbie Hoffman on Netflix; Rashida Jones costars with Bill Murray; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 29, 2020September 29, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg at UC Berkeley in 2019 with professor Amanda Tyler. (Photo/Courtesy Berkeley Law)
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How RBG touched and inspired these local Jewish attorneys

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Laura Pall by Maya Mirsky and Laura Paull September 25, 2020September 29, 2020

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