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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

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

Keith Naftaly (white shirt) with the seminal rap group Run-DMC. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inCulture

How a Jewish radio savant turned San Francisco’s KMEL into the top rap station

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 16, 2023August 18, 2023
(Photos/Getty Images; Screenshot/YouTube; Collage by Mollie Suss)
Posted inCulture

The 10 most influential Jewish rappers of the past 50 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 11, 2023April 17, 2024
Clockwise from top left: The Beastie Boys, Doja Cat and Rick Rubin, shown with Russell Simmons, are a few of the prominent Jewish figures from the first 50 years of hip-hop. (Photos/JTA-Getty Images; Design/JTA-Mollie Suss)
Posted inMusic

From Rick Rubin to Doja Cat, Jews have helped shape the first 50 years of hip-hop

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 11, 2023August 16, 2023
Richard Kluger's new book is "Hamlet's Children."
Posted inBooks

Q&A: Pulitzer-winning Berkeley author’s new novel tells story of Danish Jews in World War II

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 4, 2023May 2, 2024
Detail from the cover of "The Wolf Hunt" by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Posted inBooks

Antisemitism haunts Israeli family in Silicon Valley in ‘The Wolf Hunt’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 3, 2023August 3, 2023
Marnina Schon, a Berkeley-born member of SAG-AFTRA, picketing outside Netflix's Los Angeles office on July 26, 2023. (Photo/Darnell M. Johnson)
Posted inCalifornia

‘There’s no giving up’: Jewish voices from the Hollywood strikes

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten and Dan Pine July 26, 2023July 31, 2023
Rabbi Tamar Manasseh speaks at her ordination at Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, July 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Brad Rothschild)
Posted inTV & Film

In ‘Rabbi on the Block,’ meet the first woman to become a Hebrew Israelite rabbi

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 17, 2023February 15, 2024
A crowd enjoys the music at a concert celebrating the late singer Jewlia Eisenberg in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Oct. 2, 2022. (Robbie Sweeny)
Posted inArt

‘Shabbat at the Jewseum’: New Saturday programs start at CJM in the fall

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 13, 2023July 18, 2023
Ahbir Ben Israel, a priest in the African Hebrew Israelite community, has lived in Israel without status for more than 30 years. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inAnalysis

‘I’m not just visiting’: More African Hebrew Israelites win fight against deportation, but larger struggle continues

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 7, 2023December 3, 2023
Cleavon Little (left) and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Fest 2023 lineup announced: Gene Wilder, Bella Abzug, ‘Prince of Egypt’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten June 20, 2023July 5, 2023

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