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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.

Taika Waititi accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "Jojo Rabbit" onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards. (Photo/JTA-Kevin Winter-Getty Images)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Waititi to direct a Star Wars movie; Seth Rogen in a ‘Pickle’; Beanie Feldstein’s big role; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 11, 2020May 13, 2020
Fun with water balloons at Maccabi Sports Camp during summer 2019. (Courtesy JCC Maccabi Sports Camp)
Posted inBay Area, News

Camp Tawonga, JCC Maccabi Sports cancel overnight summer programs due to coronavirus

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
“Probably 99 percent of the people in the Bay Area are not immune,” says Dr. Bob Wachter. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
Posted inHealth

Q&A: Next phase ‘wildly complicated,’ says prominent UCSF doctor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 5, 2020May 11, 2020
URJ Camp Newman (seen here before it was ravaged by fire in 2017) has decided to cancel summer 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area, News

Camp Newman cancels summer season because of coronavirus

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 30, 2020
a middle-aged man with a goatee and glasses sets at a laptop, his face illuminated by its screen
Posted inPhilanthropy

Craigslist founder gives $1 million to ADL’s efforts against online hate speech

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 29, 2020
Daniela Kaufer, professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley. (Photo/Courtesy Kaufer)
Posted inHealth

Israeli researcher’s work at UC Berkeley may be key to reversing aging’s cognitive decline

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
Israelis display their nation's flag as they revel in Independence Day celebrations, May 8, 2019. (Photo/Hadas Parush-Flash90)
Posted inCommunity

Local and global online events for Israel’s Independence Day

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020April 29, 2020
The cast of Canadian sitcom "Schitt's Creek."
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Rappers, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and homophobia in the time of Covid

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020
Yavneh Day School teacher Jenessa Schwartz's third-grade daughter Ramona at Yavneh's all-school tefillah. (Photo/Courtesy Jenessa Schwartz)
Posted inEducation

Jewish schools making the grade with distance learning

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020April 27, 2020
The Chinatown arch in San Francisco. (Photo/Wikimedia-Chensiyuan CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inNews

Jewish letter of support to appear in local Chinese newspaper

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 24, 2020April 24, 2020

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