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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].

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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
Tzion Baruch as the title character in the Israeli vampire series "Juda." (Screenshot from YouTube)
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S.F. State scholar sinks her teeth into vampires and horror on Israeli TV

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 27, 2019November 27, 2019
Sara Felder juggling and telling stories at LABA's DRUNK event at the East Bay JCC in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019. (Photo/Pete Rosos)
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Getting drunk on Jewish texts and arts at LABA launch

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 25, 2019November 26, 2019
Korean War Memorial Foundation president and chair Judge Quentin L. Kopp (Ret.) (third from right) and Rabbi Danny Gottlieb (fourth from right) joined other local dignitaries at a Nov. 11 ceremony to commemorate the Korean War. (Courtesy Korean War Memorial Foundation)
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — November 2019

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 15, 2019
Rabbi Tsipi Gabai is the leader of Congregation Zohar Yisrael, which held its monthly Friday night service in Berkeley, Nov. 8, 2019. (Courtesy Gabai)
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I was in a strange, new world: Egalitarian Sephardi Shabbat

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 13, 2019November 13, 2019
The first issue of Sh'ma, First issue, Nov. 1970, was four-page bi-weekly journal. The last issue, Nov. 2019, was a monthly publication available online as a PDF.
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Sh’ma, storied journal of ideas, is no more

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
Under the planned renovation of Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, the main entrance on Lake Street will be reopened after decades of disuse due to security and accessibility issues. /Rendering courtesy of Mark Cavagnero Associates
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Emanu-El reveals details of $72 million remodel of an S.F. icon

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 30, 2019October 30, 2019
Daniel Shorr (far right) and other members of Stanford’s Student Space Initiative escort a rocket he built (Photo/Courtesy Daniel Shorr)
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Tashlich in spaaaaaaaacce: Send your sins to the heavens on Stanford rocket

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 21, 2019

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