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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.

Rabbi Gil Leeds and UC Berkeley students do mitzvot to honor Poway shooting victim.
Posted inUncategorized

‘We’re all family’: Jews seek comfort at Berkeley Chabad

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 29, 2019
Scientist-turned-artist Larry Lagin at Bothwell Open Studios (Photo/Vanessa Thomas)
Posted inUncategorized

Nuclear scientist-turned-artist explores Holocaust

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 17, 2019April 17, 2019
Youth Spirit Artworks teens and staff (clockwise from left) Jackson Hardamon, Mary Stackiewicz, Jordan Foster and Jason Wilson (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area, News

Interfaith coalition building tiny houses for homeless youth

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 16, 2019April 18, 2019
Rabbi Ted in the studio at KPCA in Petaluma
Posted inCulture

Live from Petaluma, Rabbi Ted is on the air

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 15, 2019April 17, 2019
an exterior view of beth ami
Posted inNews

Local Jewish institutions get $825,000 in federal security grants

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 11, 2019April 11, 2019
Luigi Toscano's traveling exhibit, seen here in Ukraine, displays portraits of Holocaust survivors who live in the place where the exhibit is on display.
Posted inCulture

Globe-trotting exhibit shows portraits of local survivors at S.F. Civic Center

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2019
A four-part series on the story of King David will be the last of BimBam's signature short animated videos.
Posted inEducation

Animated Jewish video nonprofit BimBam to shut down

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 2, 2019April 2, 2019
Rabbi Perry Tirschwell (right) will replace Rabbi Shaye Guttenberg (left) as head of school at South Peninsula Hebrew Day School.
Posted inEducation

New head man for Peninsula Orthodox school

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 29, 2019April 1, 2019
Marnie Fienberg started 2 for Seder in memory of her mother-in-law, Joyce Fienberg (seen here), who was gunned down in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting last year.
Posted inPassover

‘2 for Seder’: To combat hate, invite two non-Jews to your seder

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 28, 2019March 28, 2019
Rabbi Me’irah Iliinsky with her painting “The Tree of Life Is Weeping”
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Gift for Pittsburgh: S.F. rabbi’s ‘Weeping’ painting

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 25, 2019

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