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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten was J.’s culture editor from 2021 to 2024.

Kings center Domantas Sabonis at Chabad of Sacramento's Purim party, March 7, 2023.
Posted inSports

‘We’re gonna need a bigger mikvah’: Twitter reacts to news that Kings star Domantas Sabonis is converting

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 18, 2023April 18, 2023
Rabbi Mendy Cohen is dwarfed by 7'1" Kings center Domantas Sabonis, who attended Chabad of Sacramento's Purim party on March 7.
Posted inSports

Sacramento Kings’ Domantas Sabonis is joining Team Jewish

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 12, 2023June 17, 2024
Netta in her new music video, "I Love My Nails."
Posted inMusic

Upcoming Bay Area concerts: Netta, Mostly Kosher and more

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 12, 2023December 28, 2023
Pavel Krylov (left) with wife Izabel and son Nikolai outside Golden 1 Center, March 27, 2023.
Posted inSports

Jewish fans rally around NorCal’s other NBA team as Kings head to playoffs

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2023April 17, 2023
Iconic Israeli singer Arik Einstein (Photo/Yaakov Saar-National Photo Collection of Israel)
Posted inMusic

Why Israeli rock legend Arik Einstein wrote a strange song about San Francisco

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2023April 12, 2023
Brenda Romero's "Train" is a board game about complicity during the Holocaust. (Photo/John McKinnon)
Posted inGames

A bestselling novel, a Holocaust-themed game, and accusations of ‘uncredited work’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 27, 2023March 29, 2023
The “California Modernist Women: Groundbreaking Creativity” exhibit at SFO (Photo/Courtesy SFO Museum)
Posted inUncategorized

Before your flight, catch this SFO exhibit of midcentury art by California women

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 22, 2023March 29, 2023
A family of six — a white woman, a Black man, and a gaggle of kids — pose for a portrait
Posted inCulture

‘BrownWhite’: Biracial Israeli children talk about being ‘half and half’ in Sacramento Jewish Film Fest doc

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 13, 2023March 16, 2023
Norman Weiss (center) in Golden Gate Park in 1963
Posted inFilm

Like Sammy Fabelman (and Steven Spielberg), these Bay Area students faced antisemitism in the 1960s

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 10, 2023February 14, 2024
The weekly "Shabbat stroll" at Camp Tawonga in 2022. (Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inKids & Family

Tawonga to be first Jewish camp with full-time DEI director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 2, 2023March 17, 2023

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