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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].

Background: View of San Francisco from Telegraph Hill in 1850, by Wm. B. McMurtrie, draughtsman of the U.S. Surveying Expedition. (Library of San Francisco); Inset: A memorial to William Leidesdorff near the street in San Francisco that bears his name. (Wikimedia)
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Was America’s first Black millionaire also San Francisco’s first Jew?

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 9, 2026March 30, 2026
Bettina Devin as Ruth Gold in "Lox." (Screenshot)
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Boichik Bagels is the setting for short drama ‘Lox’ at East Bay Jewish film fest

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
Daniel Jontof-Hutter "catches" Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3), which was brightly visible in October 2024. (Courtesy)
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He spends his days searching for Earth-like planets beyond our solar system

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 25, 2026February 25, 2026
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He lives and breathes books at S.F.’s Jewish Community Library

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 19, 2026April 23, 2026
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In new PBS series, SFSU prof looks at complicated Jewish views around race relations

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 17, 2026February 20, 2026
Director Claude Lanzmann approaches Treblinka, Poland, in 1978. (Courtesy Jewish Film Institute)
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WinterFest returns in S.F. with Oscar nominee ‘The Sea’ and a look back at ‘Shoah’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 9, 2026February 9, 2026
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This ‘Weird Al’ burlesque show becomes an unlikely path to healing

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 2, 2026February 4, 2026
Clockwise from top left: Jessica B. Peixotto in 1923 (J. Archives); Gluten-Free Upside-Down Caramel Apple Cake (Micah Siva); a photo posted to social media of eight teens lying in the shape of a swastika on a football field; Rabbi Shua Brick in the sanctuary at Oakland's Beth Jacob Congregation. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Our top 10 Bay Area Jewish news stories of 2025

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 29, 2025December 29, 2025
A new fence surrounds Congregation Beth Israel in Chico. (David Gayheart)
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Good neighbors make good fence after antisemitic arson at Chico synagogue

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 24, 2025December 24, 2025
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Chinese food and a movie on Christmas? Here are our Bay Area recs

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

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