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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].

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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — Aug. 2021

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 18, 2021August 19, 2021
Afghans at the Kabul airport on Aug. 16, 2021, hoping to flee as the Taliban retake the country. (Photo/JTA-AFP via Getty Images) INSET: Yasamin Taher, Afghan case manager at JFCS East Bay.
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Q&A: Insider view from an Afghan employee at JFCS — and how you can help

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
From the cover of “Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1945: Immigrants in the Golden Age” by Valerie Estelle Frankel
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Q&A: New book explains how Jews invented science fiction

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 13, 2021June 10, 2024
Sam Salkin, executive director of Sinai Memorial Chapel, was profiled in a recent issue of American Funeral Director magazine.
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — July 2021

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Dr. Laura Stachel, founder of We Care Solar.
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — June 2021

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 24, 2021June 28, 2021
Salih Hudayar (center, with bullhorn), the prime minister of the East Turkistan government-in-exile, leads a protest in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Safe in the Bay Area, a Uyghur fears for his family at home

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The Jeff Astor Foundation, named for a Los Altos native who died in a plane crash at the age of 24, is holding a 30th anniversary fundraising campaign to benefit the Israel Tennis and Education Centers
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — May 2021

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 27, 2021June 1, 2021
Our former culture editor, recently retired, in her new idyllic surrounds in Amador County.
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Honors, happenings, comings & goings — April 2021

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 29, 2021
Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland held its first indoor service in a year, March 14, 2021.
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Bay Area synagogue doors start to swing open again 

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

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