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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].

The “1968 Room” at Art House Gallery and Cultural Center in Berkeley (Photo/Art House)
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Q&A: At his gallery, and in his heart, the ’60s live on

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 8, 2019June 6, 2022
Rabbi Jaymee Alpert leads a prayer during “Neshama Body & Soul” at Congregation Beth David in Saratoga on Dec. 16. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Is it an exercise class or a prayer service? All I know is I’m very sore.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 9, 2019January 9, 2019
The 10 adults who became b’nai mitzvah at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette on Dec. 8, along with Rabbi Alissa Miller (bottom left), Cantor Leigh Korn (top left) and Rabbi Jay LeVine (top right) (Photo/Michael Fox)
Posted inJew in the Pew

Called to the Torah for the first time — as adults

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 19, 2018December 19, 2018
a little boy and his dad light the menorah
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8 reasons why Hanukkah is our best holiday

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 26, 2018November 28, 2018
A smoky view of the Bay Bridge from San Francisco, Nov. 15, 2018
Posted inReligion

UPDATED: Will this Oakland rabbi’s three-day fast bring the rains?

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 20, 2018November 21, 2018
Alter, smiling, seated in a sunlit office full of books
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Robert Alter’s epic, literary one-man Bible

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 15, 2018July 5, 2024
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Q&A: Michael Chabon heads for the final frontier — ‘Star Trek’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 29, 2018
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What happens when a Jew dies in poverty?

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 16, 2018February 24, 2021
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‘The fast I desire’: marking Yom Kippur with political protest

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 21, 2018September 21, 2018
Book of J duo Jeremiah Lockwood and Jewlia Eisenberg
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Where delta blues, queer liturgy and Yiddish protest songs meet

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky September 21, 2018December 3, 2025

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