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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

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

Playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner (left) speaks with Stanford students who attended his talk on "Munich," Oct. 19, 2022 (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inCulture

At Stanford, screenwriter Tony Kushner reflects on ‘Munich’ and the controversy surrounding it

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 20, 2022October 31, 2022
Joey Weisenberg (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inMusic

Joey Weisenberg coming to S.F. to help build ‘singing communities’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 14, 2022October 15, 2022
Attendees participate in a High Holidays tashlich ceremony organized by Jews on Ohlone Land in Berkeley. (Photo/Brooke Anderson)
Posted inNews

Through reparations, education and land statements, local Jewish activists are standing with Bay Area Indigenous people

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 13, 2022October 15, 2024
Ben Ammi Ben Israel celebrating New World Passover with his followers in Dimona, Israel, May 2013. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inAnalysis

‘Black people are actually Jew[s]’: The historical origins of Kanye West’s inflammatory comments

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and JTA October 12, 2022August 27, 2023
Idris Abdellaoui (left) as Osama and Mo Amer as Mo in "Mo." (Photo/Courtesy Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘Mo,’ groundbreaking series about a Palestinian American, pushes some Jewish buttons

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 13, 2022October 13, 2022
An immigrant family looking at Statue of Liberty from Ellis Island.
(Photo/Library of Congress)
Posted inUncategorized

Q&A: Ken Burns on his new series, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 8, 2022April 13, 2024
A Shabbat service at Urban Adamah in 2017. (Photo/File)
Posted inMusic

Berkeley Jewish music retreat will be ‘a mini university’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 22, 2022August 26, 2022
Background illustration by Josh Baum, from "Malkah's Notebook"
Posted inAuthor! Author!

Children’s books by local Jewish authors educate and delight

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 19, 2022July 23, 2024
Elana Dykewomon (Photo/Jane Tyska)
Posted inObituaries

Activist-writer Elana Dykewomon dies, just as her first play debuts

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 9, 2022August 17, 2022
Shabbat services at the inaugural Jewish Families of Color Weekend at Camp Tawonga, Sept. 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

‘Breath of fresh air’: Camp Tawonga weekend for Jewish families of color coming up Aug. 25-28

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 3, 2022August 4, 2022

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