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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.

Hadar Greenfield (right) talking with drone entrepreneur Dor Abuhasira at an IAC networking event (Photo/Yuval Greenfield)
Posted inBay Area

Gvanim helps Israelis in America navigate Jewish Americans

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 7, 2019
an old man and a younger man sit sipping whisky
Posted inJewish Life

At WhiskyFest, learn how a penniless immigrant built a whisky empire

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2019October 3, 2019
Sabrina (left) and Sydney Brandeis (Photo/Emma Hopkins)
Posted inEducation

East Bay sisters’ anti-hate project wins top USC Shoah prize

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2019
a line of smiling children next to a truck full of books
Posted inHistory

S.F.-based Pritzker Fund endows major historical photo collection in Israel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 24, 2019October 2, 2019
Preparing for a Yemenite Jewish wedding in the Bay Area. (Photo/Punam Bean)
Posted inEducation

Writing a new chapter in education about Mizrachi and Sephardi Jews

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 19, 2019September 18, 2019
Adam McKinney performs his original dance piece "HaMapah." (Photo/Courtesy Lafotographeuse)
Posted inCulture

Dancing across a ‘map’ of his diverse heritage at Emanu-El

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 13, 2019September 13, 2019
Raging Grannie Ann Davidson protests abortion restrictions. (Photo/Teri Vershel)
Posted inNews

‘Raging Grannies’ use political theater to fight injustice

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 13, 2019September 17, 2019
Susan Jaffe (center), her daughter Muriel Doering and granddaughter Savannah Thrower at the Mega Challah Bake (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area

At Mega Challah Bake, all you ‘knead’ is flour and a little prayer

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 9, 2019September 24, 2019
87-year-old Holocaust survivor Musiy Rishin was under threat of eviction until the Alameda city council stepped in. (Photo/Courtesy Svetlana Rishin)
Posted inSeniors

Holocaust survivor spared eviction in Alameda City Council vote

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 4, 2019September 4, 2019
Melissa Chapman comes to Berkeley by way of San Diego
Posted inBay Area

East Bay JCC’s new CEO is a ‘lifer’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 3, 2019September 4, 2019

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