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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

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

Alice Walker at the "The Color Purple" Broadway opening night in New York City, Dec. 10, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Mark Sagliocco-Getty Images)
Posted inBooks

Alice Walker, author who has courted controversy about Jews, disinvited by Bay Area Book Festival

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 25, 2022February 12, 2024
Roman Vishniac holding the cover image of his book, "A Vanished World," New York, 1982. (Photo/The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, gift of Mara Vishniac Kohn)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Magnes receives $1 million gift for Vishniac archive project

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
"Spirit in Nature" episodes are available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and other platforms.
Posted inPodcasts

‘Spirit in Nature’: New Jewish ‘doing’ podcast fosters appreciation for nature

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 18, 2022March 18, 2022
Screenshot from "The Levys of Monticello," streaming this month as part of the East Bay International Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

‘The Levys of Monticello’: S.F. filmmaker tells story of the Jewish family who saved Jefferson’s estate

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 11, 2022March 11, 2022
Israeli actress Dana Ivgy as Rona, who leads a film workshop for Jewish and Arab women in "Cinema Sabaya."
Posted inCulture

WinterFest presents films on Joyce Carol Oates, “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Tree of Life attack and more

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Jay Rosenblatt is the director of the documentary short "When We Were Bullies," which has been nominated for an Academy Award.
Posted inCulture

S.F. filmmaker’s documentary on bullying incident nominated for Oscar

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 15, 2022February 16, 2022
This photo of the post-earthquake ruins of Temple Emanu-El's original building appeared on the cover of our Sept. 21, 1906 issue.
Posted inFrom the Archives

Archives Week: How we’ve covered the biggest Bay Area Jewish stories through the years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 14, 2022February 16, 2022
Jennieke Cohen is the author of the new historical novel “My Fine Fellow: A Delicious Entanglement.”
Posted inBooks

Author Jennieke Cohen draws on her Filipina-Jewish heritage in new take on ‘My Fair Lady’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2022February 1, 2022
Below the fold on the front page of our May 20, 1994 issue
Posted inNews

That time Stephen Breyer was kicked out of the Soviet Union, and five other tidbits from our archives

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 28, 2022June 21, 2022
covers of the seven books details in the article
Posted inAuthor! Author!

New books from local authors touch on big tech, parenting, dating and more

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 19, 2022May 25, 2023

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