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David A.M. Wilensky

David A.M. Wilensky is associate editor at J. He previously served as digital editor. For more David, find him on Instagram, Letterboxd and League of Comic Geeks. And you can email David about anything you want at [email protected].

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This San Francisco orphan sued Henry Ford for libel — and won

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 24, 2026June 24, 2026

“The boy who learned his A.B.C.’s in a San Francisco orphan asylum returned to [his] home town this week, acclaimed by all the Jewish world,” we wrote in 1927. That […]

Mimi Greisman adapted a secular song about a dinosaur into a hit Jewish children's song about a "Shabbat dinosaur." (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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She’s the Shabbat dinosaur knocking at your door — ‘Knocking 1, 2, 3’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 23, 2026June 23, 2026
J. won 12 Simon Rockower Awards for work produced in 2025, including for the bottom left photograph. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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J. wins 12 national awards for excellence in Jewish journalism

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 5, 2026June 5, 2026
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Meet J.’s new editor in chief: Award-winning journalist Asaf Elia-Shalev

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 4, 2026June 5, 2026
Nika Greenberg (second from left) receiving the Early J Impact Award. (Courtesy)
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Happenings, honors, comings and goings, opportunities — May 2026

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 15, 2026May 14, 2026
Sue Barnett on a reporting trip to Israel in January 1991.
Posted inFrom the Archives

As she retires, we look back on the career of longtime J. editor Sue Barnett

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen's cantor, is a performer and exponent of Sephardic and Mizrahi music. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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The Kitchen’s ‘Song of Songs’ weekend welcomes Sephardic musicians and scholars 

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 1, 2026May 4, 2026
Alex Malinas, 23, poses for a photo at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, April 22, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inMusic

This emerging composer turned a Torah portion into a musical masterpiece

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
British Jewish comedian Zach Margs will perform stand-up at JCC of San Francisco on April 27. (Courtesy)
Posted inComedy

‘Laugh Through the Heartbreak’ at this Jewish comedy show in S.F.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 17, 2026April 17, 2026
Five new haggadahs for 2026. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
Posted inPassover

New haggadahs for 2026: Literalism, ambivalence and metaphor

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2026March 26, 2026

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