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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 Kristallnacht event held by the Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Catholic Schools at Mercy High School in San Francisco, Nov. 2018. (Photo/Adrian Schrek)
Posted inEducation

A recent survey found young adults ignorant about the Holocaust — or did it?

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 22, 2020September 30, 2020
Jordan Jackson-Clark needs a Black and Jewish bone marrow donor to help him fight his leukemia.
Posted inBay Area

Oakland 24-year-old with leukemia seeking multiethnic bone marrow donor

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
a man in full firefighter gear poses at the back of a firetruck with a grim expression
Posted inNews

Israeli firefighter in California: ‘The mind can’t understand the size of this fire’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 18, 2020September 18, 2020
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inEducation

New grant boosts UC Berkeley antisemitism education program

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2020
Jurnee Smollett, seen here in "Lovecraft Country," recently spoke to Vogue about growing up with a white Jewish father and a black mother.
Posted inTV & Film

Bar Refaeli sentenced for tax evasion; Daveed Diggs gets (another) TV series; etc.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 15, 2020
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inReligion

Oakland synagogue celebrates new year with long-awaited eruv

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020September 14, 2020
Tashlich at Wilderness Torah's 2019 Rosh Hashanah retreat. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inReligion

Tashlich ritual will give people a rare chance to gather together during pandemic High Holidays

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2020
Marty Tanenbaum, founder of Cancer Commons. (Photo/Courtesy Cancer Commons)
Posted inUncategorized

Local cancer survivor starts information hub for latest cancer treatments

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 11, 2020September 14, 2020
seen from above, a woman strikes a dancer-like pose outside her house
Posted inCulture

Pandemic isolation fosters creativity for busy dancer and choreographer

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 4, 2020September 14, 2020
Santa Clara University is one of nine Northern California universities that benefit from the Koret Foundation's latest round of higher education grants. (Photo/Wikimedia-BrokenSphere CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inEducation

Koret Foundation grants $10 million more to nine Bay Area universities

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 2, 2020

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