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

Sara Glass is the author of "Kissing Girls on Shabbat."
Posted inBooks

‘Kissing Girls on Shabbat’: Gay ex-Hasidic therapist coming to OFJCC

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2025April 28, 2025
A 1952 editorial cartoon distributed by  JTA that appeared in the Jewish Bulletin, the former name of this publication.
Posted inFrom the Archives

The 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act put ‘Jewish’ labels on visas

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 22, 2025April 28, 2025
Fashion designer and cabaret signer Isaac Mizrahi will perform in the Bay Area in April. (David Andrako Photo)
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‘I Know Everybody’: Isaac Mizrahi brings his flair for the dramatic to the Bay Area

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 16, 2025April 16, 2025
Dancers in rehearsal for Marika Brussel's "Slant of the Earth." (Courtesy)
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New ballet on Peninsula reinvents Genesis as a love quadrangle

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 8, 2025April 14, 2025
An ad for a Sept. 18, 1985, performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in San Francisco, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. (J. Archives)
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Israel Philharmonic, an ‘orchestra of soloists,’ was formed by musicians forced out of Germany in 1930s

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 28, 2025April 3, 2025
Guri Alfi in New York City for "The New Jew: Days of War." (Screenshot)
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Israeli comedian examines post-Oct. 7 angst of Bay Area Jews

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 25, 2025March 25, 2025
From the cover of "Witchwood: A Ravenfall Novel" by Kalyn Josephson
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5 local authors touch on Braille, Jewish magic, joy, memoir, climate change

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 24, 2025April 15, 2025
Anita Magnus Frank before she had to leave home. (Screenshot from "A Great Big Secret.")
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JCC East Bay hosting two events for teens and parents to hear Holocaust survivors

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 14, 2025March 14, 2025
a bald middle-aged man in a suit holds up a poster/brochure titled "Your Voice Shapes Our Future" as he speaks to an indoor audience
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60 Northern California Jews are running to have a say in how billions are spent by World Zionist Congress

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Maya Mirsky and Lea Loeb March 12, 2025March 13, 2025
Israeli DJ Itzik Lachmani playing in San Francisco for Purim 2024. (Courtesy)
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This Israeli expat DJ wants the Bay Area to party like Tel Aviv

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 10, 2025March 10, 2025

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