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Maya Mirsky is the managing editor of J. She lives in Oakland and previously served as culture editor at J.

Rabbi Moshe Tom Heyn of Coastside Jewish Community
Posted inNorthern California

Drawn to the beauty of the coast, JuBu rabbi lucks into a congregation too

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 31, 2019January 7, 2020
Michael Berenbaum, director of the Sigi Ziering Institute for Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust. (American Jewish University)
Posted inNews

Scholar’s talks on Peninsula could touch ‘raw nerve’ with tough topics

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019
Rabbi Mayer Hirsch with barrels of sacramental kosher wine during Prohibition in San Francisco, ca. 1930. (The Magnes Collection)
Posted inHistory

100 years ago, Prohibition put booze and Jews in the news

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 24, 2019
URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Two local Jewish camps get grants to increase accessibility

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 23, 2019
The cover of the Nice Jewish Dogs calendar. (Dena Goldberg Linder)
Posted inHanukkah

Local pups nuzzle their way into Nice Jewish Dogs calendar

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 6, 2019December 9, 2019
From the cover of "The Chanukah Bears of Marin Circle" written by Hope Alper and illustrated by Jennifer Silverman.
Posted inHolidays

The story of Berkeley roundabout’s bear cubs becomes Hanukkah children’s book

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 4, 2019December 4, 2019
Hernán Rustein (right) at the Vatican, where he sang in 2014. (Fotografia Felici)
Posted inReligion

Latin America’s rising ‘passion’ for Reform Judaism coming to Bay Area this Shabbat

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Abstract visualization of DNA results
Posted inBay Area, Israel, U.S., Kids & Family, Jewish Life, News

Who is a Jew? DNA home testing adds new wrinkle to age-old debate

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 29, 2019December 2, 2019
Prospective Berkeley Moshav members at a 2014 planning meeting. (From file)
Posted inNews

After years of planning, Jewish co-housing site to be revealed at Berkeley meeting

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Barry and Jackie Hoffner in India.
Posted inBooks

Marin man’s memoir recounts love for his late wife and their adventures

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 26, 2019November 27, 2019

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