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Max A. Cherney

Max A. Cherney is a former J. staff writer.

San Francisco Assistant District Attorney David Merin
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: Growing up off the grid, now working in the system

max cherney by Max A. Cherney March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

Name: David M. Merin Age: 46 City: San Francisco Position: S.F. assistant district attorney, chief of criminal division, specialized teams J.: You’ve been a prosecutor at the San Francisco District […]

San Francisco assistant district attorney Ben Mains in his office (Photo/Max Cherney)
Posted inNews

This S.F. prosecutor is driven by Star Trek, Judaism and ‘sense of humanity’

max cherney by Max A. Cherney September 12, 2017September 19, 2017
Colonel Joseph P. Gleichenhaus
Posted inTalking With ..., Jewish Life

Q&A: U.S. Army colonel on life in a suddenly very hot Korea

max cherney by Max A. Cherney July 10, 2017July 10, 2017
Rabbi Steven Chester (center), now interim rabbi at Temple Israel in Alameda, speaks with a volunteer (right) and a refugee from a housing complex in Thessaloniki, Greece, in April 2017. (Photo/IsraAid-Boaz Arad)
Posted inBay Area, News

Familiar rabbinic face will help Alameda temple through financial woes

max cherney by Max A. Cherney July 7, 2017July 12, 2017
the two sit together smiling
Posted inJewish Life

A Wider Bridge goes millennial with new executive director

max cherney by Max A. Cherney July 5, 2017July 3, 2017
Daniel Lurie — now mulling a run for mayor, according to one report — was chair of the host committee for Super Bowl 50. (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inUncategorized, Bay Area, News

Is Tipping Point CEO Daniel Lurie mulling bid for S.F. mayor?

max cherney by Max A. Cherney July 3, 2017
Keith Weisenberg pitching for Stanford
Posted inBay Area, California, News, Sports

Stanford junior Weisenberg drafted by Atlanta Braves

max cherney by Max A. Cherney June 30, 2017
Israeli NASCAR driver Alon Day with his car at the Sonoma Raceway, June 25, 2017 (Photo/Max A. Cherney)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, News, Sports

Israel’s first NASCAR driver makes his debut in Sonoma

max cherney by Max A. Cherney June 28, 2017June 30, 2017
she stands at a podium talking
Posted inUncategorized, Food

Nostalgia is key ingredient in your pastrami on rye, says SFSU prof

max cherney by Max A. Cherney June 27, 2017June 27, 2017
capozzola on stage
Posted inComedy, Culture, On Stage

Jewish shtick just comes naturally to S.F. comedy entrepreneur and his ‘Aleph-Men’

max cherney by Max A. Cherney June 25, 2017March 23, 2018

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