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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

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

Lisa Geduldig and her mom, Arline, in Boynton Beach, Florida. (Photo/Wanda Altidor)
Posted inComedy

S.F. comedian’s side hustle: helping people get vaccines in Florida

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 27, 2021August 27, 2021
Michael Chabon looking at Twitter birds
Posted inTech

After abandoning Instagram in disgust, @MichaelChabon is speaking his mind on Twitter

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 18, 2021August 18, 2021
(Clockwise from top left) Analucía Lopezrevoredo, Ginna Green, Angel Alvarez-Mapp and Janu Mandel at the Aug. 12 Zoom unveiling of the “Beyond the Count” study.
Posted inNews

‘We are not alone!’ How a new study validates the feelings of many Jews of color.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 13, 2021July 7, 2024
Sheera Frenkel is a cybersecurity reporter at the New York Times and the author of a new book about Facebook. (Photo/Beowulf Sheehan)
Posted inCulture

Oakland author of Facebook exposé cut her teeth in the Mideast

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 2, 2021August 6, 2021
Screenshot of the new rebooting.com
Posted inCulture

Reboot launches new website in honor of 20th anniversary

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 22, 2021July 23, 2021
Chad Coerver has been named executive director of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco.
Posted inCulture

CJM taps Chad Coerver, longtime SFMOMA staffer, to be new executive director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 21, 2021July 21, 2021
Documentarian Debra Chasnoff (right) with wife Nancy Otto in “Prognosis: Notes on Living.”
Posted inFilm

‘Prognosis’: S.F. documentarian turns camera on herself as she battles cancer

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 12, 2021
From “Charlatan,” playing at this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish film fest roars back into Castro — and online, too

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 2, 2021July 6, 2021
Screenshot from "The Day Will Come"
Posted inMusic

Sunnyvale sabra scores another pandemic YouTube hit

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 30, 2021June 30, 2021
A still from the musical "A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff," one of many films screening at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival this year.
Posted inFilm

Madoff musical, Holocaust revenge and Saul Bellow at 2021 S.F. Jewish Film Festival

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 24, 2021July 21, 2021

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