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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.

Tomer Persico is a visiting professor at UC Berkeley and a Shalom Hartman Institute scholar-in-residence.
Posted inReligion

For Israeli scholar of New Age Judaism, there’s no place like Berkeley

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 1, 2019February 4, 2019
Contemporary Jewish Museum: An angular, modern annex designed by Daniel Libeskind joins the older brick building. (Photo/Courtesy CJM)
Posted inCulture

Architect Daniel Libeskind digs for meaning in his designs

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 22, 2019January 23, 2019
Campers at Newman’s temporary home by the bay, California State University Maritime Academy
Posted inBay Area, Northern California, News

Camp Newman still away from home for at least one more summer

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 17, 2019
From the poster for "Days of Atonement" / "Slichot"
Posted inTheater

Hebrew-language play tells a Mizrachi family mystery

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 7, 2019January 9, 2019
Gabi Ilinetsky with Yoel and Yael in November (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
Posted inBay Area

East Bay parents trying to save twins from rare Ashkenazi disease

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 28, 2018January 7, 2019
Aerial view of the Agahozo-Shalom Village in Rwanda.
Posted inWorld, News

Son of local rabbi helps genocide orphans in Rwandan Jewish-sponsored ‘youth village’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 28, 2018January 7, 2019
an Asian man stands on a stage holding a mic
Posted inCulture

Comedians in the Bay Area know that being funny isn’t always enough

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 20, 2018
a woman teaches a group of children as she holds a poster that says "healthy relationships"
Posted inEducation

How are Jewish schools teaching sex education in the era of #MeToo?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 14, 2018December 17, 2018
in dramatic blue lighting, an acrobatic couple do an improbable thing with each other's bodies
Posted inOn Stage

Folk-singing duo and circus group partner up for ‘holy goofing’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2018
Collection center set up in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Chico. (Photo/Courtesy Chico Hillel-Kristy Collins)
Posted inBay Area

JCC Sonoma collects 1,300 coats for fire victims

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 11, 2018

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