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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].

Rabbi Yossi Marcus, coeditor of a new edition of the Megillah. (FILE PHOTO)
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Chabad edition offers mystical insights into Book of Esther

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 4, 2020September 23, 2022
The scene at the always raucous Jewish Family and Children’s Services Émigré Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. (Courtesy JFCS)
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — February, 2020

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 20, 2020
Rabbi Dev Noily (center) with members of Jews on Ohlone Land in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco on Feb. 12. (David A.M. Wilensky)
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Jewish activists for indigenous rights take issue with CJM’s Levi Strauss exhibit 

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 18, 2020February 19, 2020
Cantor Jack Mendelson in "A Cantor's Head"
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A master of synagogue music finds his style and career fading in touching documentary

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 14, 2020August 17, 2021
The "silent disco" at Jewbilee SF's Latke Ball, Dec. 24, 2019.
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — January, 2020

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 23, 2020January 27, 2020
The cover of the first issue of Captain America, published in 1941, famously features Captain America giving Hitler what for.
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Is it permitted to punch a Nazi? Consult the internet Talmud.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 21, 2020August 17, 2022
2019 was the year that was. (Gabriel Greschler)
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Our 10 most read stories of 2019: genetics, TV, ‘Barbie Death Camp’ and more

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 30, 2019January 28, 2020
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Four local Jews on annual ‘Forward 50’ list

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 24, 2019December 24, 2019
(From left) Linda Wegmann-Servat, Jean Luc Servat, Marilyn Sarig, Mark Bernhard and Debra Bogaards on Friends of the Israel Defense Forces’ fifth annual Israel Bike Mission.
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — December 2019

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2019February 1, 2024
The V'ahavta page of Siddur Masorti: An Egalitarian Səfaradi Siddur. (siddurmasorti.com)
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3 Hanukkah gifts for the liturgy lover in your life

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 10, 2019December 17, 2019

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