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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 author's 101-year-old family siddur. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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My grandpa’s 101-year-old time-traveling siddur

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 8, 2025May 9, 2025
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New haggadahs for 2025 include sage wisdom, JewBelong’s take — and one ‘in the original Klingon’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 1, 2025April 4, 2025
Barbara Drapińska as Marta in "The Last Stage," a film made in the  ruins of Auschwitz by women who had been imprisoned there.
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Exploring the Holocaust films of the 1940s, ‘made in the shadow of the ruins’

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 22, 2025January 23, 2025
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Our 10 most popular Bay Area Jewish stories of 2024

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 27, 2024January 8, 2025
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Local musicians reanimate 1937 Yiddish horror film ‘The Dybbuk’ at JCCSF

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 17, 2024December 17, 2024
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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)
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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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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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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"
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‘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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