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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

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

Nathan Thrall (right) discusses his book, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama," with moderator Mark Danner at the JCCSF on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inBooks

Bay Area native Nathan Thrall wins Pulitzer; S.F. reporter Peter Waldman named finalist

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2024June 24, 2024
Dean Linnard stars as drag queen Arnold Beckoff in Marin Theatre Company’s production of "Torch Song." (Photo/David Allen)
Posted inTheater

Harvey Fierstein’s Jewish and queer classic ‘Torch Song’ comes to Marin

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Israeli police arrest writer Ayelet Waldman at the Erez Crossing, April 26, 2024. (Photo/Emily Glick)
Posted inNews

Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman arrested during protest near Gaza border

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 26, 2024April 26, 2024
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inObituaries

With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 24, 2024May 14, 2024
Drake gets comfy in an armchair
Posted inMusic

Latest rap beef wraps in Drake, rhinoplasty and pastrami

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 15, 2024May 7, 2024
Nissim Black performs at the College of San Mateo, April 7, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inCulture

Rapper Nissim Black blesses crowd in first Bay Area show

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 12, 2024April 15, 2024
Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2024June 16, 2024
The pro-cease-fire mural at Lake Merritt in Oakland, as seen from a drone on April 7, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy SF Bay Activists for Peace)
Posted inArt

Mural calling to ‘end the war’ appears, then disappears, at Oakland’s Lake Merritt

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 9, 2024June 16, 2024
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, March 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCulture

Anti-Zionist Jewish artists pull out of CJM exhibit when demands are not met

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 5, 2024June 7, 2024
Jessica Cohen has translated more than 30 books and dozens of shorter works by some of the most renowned Israeli writers. (Graphic/Andrew Esensten; Photo/Soona)
Posted inBooks

How Jessica Cohen became the go-to English translator of Israeli literature

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 3, 2024May 19, 2024

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