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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.

A large group aliyah during the Shabbat morning Torah service at Wilderness Torah's Sukkot on the Farm, Oct. 2016 (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJewish Life

6 outside-the-booth Sukkot events around the Bay

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 2, 2017October 6, 2017
Debórah Eliezer in “(dis)Place[d]” (Photo/Ben Yalom)
Posted inCulture

One-woman play recalls dad’s life in Jewish Baghdad

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 1, 2017March 23, 2018
Camp Tawonga program coordinator Sam Quintana (in purple) with a group of Israeli counselors at their training in Israel.
Posted inNews

Trump visa plan could ax Israelis as U.S. camp counselors

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2017March 19, 2018
An unstoppable force, Chabad grows by 3 in East Bay
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With unstoppable energy, Chabad grows by 3 in East Bay

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 14, 2017September 19, 2017
An article about Tel Burshtain as the first Ethiopian reporter in Israel from the magazine LaIsha
Posted inJewish Life

At 10 she was airlifted out of Ethiopia. Now she shares her story around the Bay.

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 4, 2017September 6, 2017
Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Tri-Valley Chabad poses with Hebrew school students. (Photo/Courtesy Tri-Valley Chabad)
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30-hour fundraiser puts Tri-Valley Chabad into new digs

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 31, 2017
Hina Mukhtar of San Ramon Valley Islamic Center speaking at an interfaith unity event at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, Aug. 29, 2017 (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
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Good energy flows at East Bay interfaith unity rally

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 30, 2017September 6, 2017
Rabbi Mordechai Wolvovsky father of Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky, head of Chabad of Sonoma County (Photo/Robinson Visuals)
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Sonoma County Chabad celebrates new home, new Torah

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 30, 2017August 30, 2017
Rabbi Menachem Creditor of Netivot Shalom speaks at the launch of the One American Movement at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, Aug. 23, 2017. (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
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New ‘One America Movement,’ launched in Berkeley, seeks to bridge political divides

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 25, 2017
Screenshot of the "Adopt-a-Nazi" page on GoFundMe
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S.F. lawyers’ ‘Adopt-a-Nazi’ fundraising campaign goes viral

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 21, 2017

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