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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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In ‘A Real Pain,’ tourists bring their own miseries to Holocaust sites

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 25, 2024November 26, 2024
A crowd enjoys the music at a concert celebrating the late singer Jewlia Eisenberg in front of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Oct. 2, 2022. (Robbie Sweeny)
Posted inLocal Voice

We should see the impending closure of the Contemporary Jewish Museum as a dire warning

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 21, 2024November 21, 2024
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Posted inReligion

San Francisco’s third eruv expands options for Shabbat-observant Jews in Noe Valley, the Mission and the Castro

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 23, 2024August 26, 2024
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Posted inLocal Voice

We need allies in the fight against antisemitism — and we can’t take them for granted

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane in "Between the Temples"
Posted inTV & Film

‘Between the Temples’ director’s biggest (and most Jewish) film yet is built on chaos

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 19, 2024August 19, 2024
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Posted inCulture

He died in the Holocaust. Then his artwork appeared on a bench in San Francisco. Now it will head to Paris.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 16, 2024August 20, 2024
"Joseph Maketh Himself Known to His Brethren" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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Why we use paintings by Catholic artist James Tissot with our Torah column

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 7, 2024August 7, 2024
Mallory Lewis, Shari Lewis’ daughter, smiles as she holds Lamb Chop during the opening night of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, July 18, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Lamb Chop at S.F. Jewish Film Fest opening night: ‘I 100% identify as a Jew!’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 19, 2024July 22, 2024
In "Lyd," the real-world documentary segments of the movie are intercut with animated visions of an alternate reality, in which the Palestinian city of Lyd never became the Israeli city of Lod. (Screenshot)
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S.F. Jewish Film Festival: Sci-fi documentary ‘Lyd’ tells two histories of one city

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 16, 2024November 28, 2025
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Exclusive: Watch the new S.F. Jewish Film Festival trailer!

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

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