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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.

Herbert Heller in 2019. (Photo/Vivian Cohen)
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

Quick thinking saved this North Bay man’s life during Holocaust

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 12, 2020June 15, 2020
A police officer in the fictional haredi-run state in the Israeli TV series "Autonomies."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Fiddler’ returns to big screen; ‘Shtisel’ guys do alt-history; Daveed Diggs rides a train; Gal Gadot is Hedy Lamarr; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Bruce Bierman (seated) with husband Gilberto Melendez prepares to lead a virtual dance (Photo/Vaschelle André)
Posted inNews

As long as it’s fun, virtually anything goes in online gatherings

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 5, 2020
Sam Benabou, a junior at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, is one of the teens behind the Hamsa Fund. (Photo/Courtesy Benabou)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Covid-19 can’t stop these East Bay Jewish teen fundraisers

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 4, 2020June 9, 2020
Rabbi Ed Zerin at his 100th birthday party on May 10. (Photo/Courtesy Jill Kneeter)
Posted inCommunity

Cheerin’ for Zerin: San Francisco rabbi celebrates 100th birthday

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Loud Jewish comedian Sarah Silverman will soon voice an animated Santa Claus. (Photo/Gage Skidmore-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Sarah Silverman is Santa Claus; Disney’s Jewish prince; Ben Platt hangs with Beanie Feldstein; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 25, 2020
Kathryn Winogura of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay and Michaela Schiffer of Julia’s Kosher Kitchen ready meals for delivery. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS East Bay)
Posted inNews

JFCS East Bay casts ‘safety net’ to Jews set back by pandemic

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 21, 2020May 21, 2020
Miriam Streicker-Hirt with an S.F. Strong poster created by Susan Stanger.
Posted inHealth

S.F. coronavirus posters: A Jewish-led grassroots effort

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 18, 2020May 27, 2020
Campers at Camp Ramah Northern California. (Photo/Courtesy Camp Ramah)
Posted inNews

Ramah NorCal and Eden Village West latest overnight summer camps to cancel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Rabbi Lavey Derby (center) of the Peninsula JCC leads a group meditation class before the pandemic. (Photo/Courtesy PJCC)
Posted inUncategorized

How Jewish meditation is helping people silence the pandemic anxiety

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 12, 2020May 13, 2020

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