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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

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

Paziyah Baht Israel (far left), a member of the African Hebrew Israelites' renowned New Jerusalem Fire Choir, is one of dozens of members of the community to receive surprise deportation notices from the Israeli government. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inAnalysis

Israel’s new call to deport African Hebrew Israelites reopens old wounds

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 28, 2021December 10, 2021
JCHS senior Nathan Hasegawa with his April 14 puzzle in the New York Times.
Posted inCulture

JCHS senior can’t solve crosswords, but just had one published in New York Times

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 27, 2021April 27, 2021
Philip Roth with Allegra the cat, Manhattan, 1959. (Photo/Courtesy W.W. Norton & Company)
Posted inBooks

Highly anticipated Philip Roth biography delivers the goods

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 31, 2021March 31, 2021
Hannah Hassid, a second-grader at Oakland Hebrew Day School, on the Magical Bridge Playground in Redwood City: "It’s all just extremely awesome." (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inKids & Family

Local ‘magical,’ inclusive parks inspired by one in Israel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 23, 2021March 23, 2021
Andy Cheng (left) with his wife and their sons.
Posted inBay Area, News

Asian synagogue president leads community during turbulent time

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 19, 2021March 19, 2021
Artist Naomie Kremer giving a virtual tour of her painting exhibit “Embodiment” at Modernism in San Francisco, which closed temporarily due to the pandemic.
Posted inCulture

Our Pandemic Year: Artists faced a choice — pivot or perish

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 15, 2021October 15, 2024
A view from the entrance to Kol Emeth's new sanctuary, looking straight at the Ark.
Posted inNews

Palo Alto shul’s new building blends Biblical old and Silicon Valley new

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 23, 2021March 4, 2021
This building, at Geary Blvd. and 20th Avenue, will be home to a new San Francisco Russian Jewish community center.
Posted inReligion

San Francisco Russian Jewish community gets its own center

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 28, 2021February 8, 2021
“It’s comforting not to feel like a Martian. Living in California felt like living on a different planet,” says Wendy Feldman, seen here with her husband, Lance. The couple moved to Idaho in August. (Photo/Mary Slater Hicks)
Posted inNews

Why some right-leaning Jews are leaving California for redder pastures

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 8, 2021January 12, 2021
Screenshot from the Z3 panel "Athletes, Allyship and Actions to Repair the World"
Posted inNews

Star athletes at Z3 address racial justice, antisemitism and ‘what pulls at your heart’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 14, 2020

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