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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.

From the cover of "The Gonif" by Andy Weinberger
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Guide to pithy phrases and stolen Torah mystery in new books from local authors

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Michele Berry (left) and Ken Bravmann stand in Embarcadero Plaza during a Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Majority of Bay Area Jews still felt ‘less safe’ in 2024, JCRC survey shows

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 28, 2025February 4, 2025
A poultry factory farm. (Carol Highsmith via rawpixel.com CC0)
Posted inHealth

What you want to know about bird flu but are (or should be) too afraid to ask 

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 27, 2025January 29, 2025
Firefighters respond to fire
Posted inTech

Iron Dome for fires? Israeli startup FireDome is coming to Northern California

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 15, 2025January 24, 2025
Noah Kahan performing in Edmonton, Canada, March 29, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inMusic

‘Stick Season’ singer Noah Kahan to headline Napa festival

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 14, 2025January 15, 2025
Michael Naishtut and Roni Geva star in the Braid's "Traveler's Prayer." (David Chiu)

(note file name says Jill Remez but she's cropped out)
Posted inTheater

Where next? L.A. Jewish theater troupe brings travelers’ tales to Bay Area

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 13, 2025January 13, 2025
The gasometer on what was then named Army Street and today is Cesar Chavez Street in San Francisco.(OpenSFHistory/wnp14.2249)
Posted inFrom the Archives

Gas, electric… coal? Customers have long bemoaned their energy bills

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
netanyahu talks on the phone inside his limousine
Posted inFilm

‘The Bibi Files:’ The documentary Netanyahu doesn’t want you to see is coming to the East Bay

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Sheet music for Belle Baker's hit "Eli, Eli" (Library of Congress/Irene Heskes Collection)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In 1929, Vaudeville’s Jewish ‘red hot mama’ Belle Baker was a hit in San Francisco

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
JCRC Bay Area CEO Tye Gregory holds an Israeli flag while singing the Israeli national anthem in front of Oakland City Hall before the city council considered a resolution in support of a cease-fire in Gaza, Monday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Decoding the alphabet soup: Acronyms of Jewish life in the Bay Area

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 30, 2024December 31, 2024

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