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

87-year-old Holocaust survivor Musiy Rishin is under threat from being evicted from his apartment in Alameda where he has lived for 17 years. (Photo/Courtesy Svetlana Rishin)
Posted inBay Area

Holocaust survivor, Russian immigrant, faces eviction in Alameda

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Alyssa Fagel, 21, of San Carlos played on the U.S. soccer team at the 2019 Maccabi Games in Hungary (Photo/Maccabi USA)
Posted inSports

The Hungary Games: Northern California athletes win big in Budapest Maccabi Games

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Anne Brodofsky in Shanghai in the 1920s
Posted inHistory

Treasured letters recall Berkeley 99-year-old’s adventurous aunt

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 12, 2019
Dora Sorell, Holocaust survivor and popular educator on the Holocaust, passed away May 27, 2019.
Posted inObituaries

Survivor and Holocaust educator Dora Sorell of Berkeley dies at 98

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 11, 2019
Rabbi Jill Perlman will take over as senior rabbi of Temple Isaiah in Lafayette in July, replacing interim rabbi Steven Chester, who has led Isaiah for a year following the retirement of longtime leader Rabbi Judy Shanks.
Posted inBay Area, News

New rabbi in East Bay has a thing for Temples Isaiah

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2019June 10, 2019
Shoshana, Yossi and Dan Fendel will teach at the East Bay JCC's Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Posted inReligion

Three generations pulling Shavuot all-nighter in Berkeley

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 6, 2019
Sammy Miller and the Congregation will play at "Night Shift," a late-night Shavuot event in a Palo Alto shopping center, June 8, 2019.
Posted inShavuot

An eclectic Shavuot all-nighter in a Palo Alto shopping center

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 5, 2019June 5, 2019
Earl Raab was a prolific writer who led the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council for decades.
Posted inBay Area

Columns by Earl Raab, Bay Area writer and Jewish community legend, now online

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 26, 2019May 24, 2019
a father holds a plate of food and his young daughter, who is drinking juice, at an outdoor event
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Contra Costa JCC is back — as partner of East Bay JCC

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 23, 2019May 29, 2019
Anti-Semitic vandalism discovered in a restroom at San Francisco State University, May 22, 2019
Posted inBay Area, News

Anti-Semitic graffiti found in S.F. State restroom

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 22, 2019May 28, 2019

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