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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.

Israeli filmmaker Yair Qedar, producer of 'Ha'Ivrim.' (Courtesy Yair Qedar)
Posted inCulture

Learn about 20th century’s most iconic Hebrew authors in new series

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 19, 2020February 20, 2020
Copies of Mosaic, the quarterly journal by seniors at the Moldaw Residences in Palo Alto. (Maya Mirsky)
Posted inSeniors

Read all about it! Why the residents of a Palo Alto retirement home started their own newspaper

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 12, 2020February 18, 2020
Rena Victor (center) with her sisters after WWII in 1946-47.
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

Rena Victor, 80, recounts surviving Holocaust and bombing of Hamburg

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 5, 2020February 13, 2020
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig. (Wikimedia)
Posted inMusic

Big win for Ezra Koenig; Jesse Eisenberg goes silent; Sam Mendes cleans up; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 4, 2020February 4, 2020
an open laptop computer
Posted inBay Area

Email scam targets Bay Area rabbis and their congregants

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 29, 2020February 4, 2020
Lori, a Holocaust survivor from the JFCS Holocaust Center speakers' bureau, addresses students in March 2019. (Photo/Trish Tunney)
Posted inHolidays

Survivors in shrinking community speak their truths

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 27, 2020January 27, 2020
Gwyneth Paltrow in "Goop Lab" on Netflix.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

‘Nanny: The Musical’; Gwyneth Paltrow’s ‘Goop’; farewell to Buck Henry

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 21, 2020January 21, 2020
Camille Menke (left) and Suzanne Amor at theBay Area Change Accelerator orientation. (Jaime Rapaport Barry)
Posted inTech

Program helps local Jewish organizations build their tech know-how

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 17, 2020February 3, 2020
Photos from Amnon Weinstein's violin restoration workshop in Tel Aviv will be on display in the Bay Area as part of "Violins of Hope." (Courtesy Amnon Weinstein)
Posted inCulture

Exhibit of Holocaust violins tells story of music as protest

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 9, 2020January 9, 2020
Norm, who lives at the Moldaw Residences in Palo Alto, participates in the Music and Memory program. (Courtesy Moldaw)
Posted inSeniors

Personal playlists help stimulate memory at Palo Alto senior home

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 3, 2020January 3, 2020

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