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Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten

Andrew Esensten was J.’s culture editor from 2021 to 2024.

a man stands arms akimbo in front of a large mural of a yellow ribbon
Posted inLocal Voice

A tale of two street murals about the Israel-Hamas war

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 1, 2024October 1, 2024

Something caught my eye the other day as I was driving on busy Charleston Road in Palo Alto. A splash of yellow on a red brick wall. Some Hebrew letters […]

Harvey Milk is one of the book's subjects. (Illustration/Iris Gottleib, Courtesy Harper Collins)
Posted inCulture

‘What Jewish Looks Like’: Children’s book highlights 36 diverse ‘heroes’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 3, 2024November 21, 2024
Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inCulture

With the passing of Rabbi Michael Lerner, looking back on Tikkun magazine

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 29, 2024August 30, 2024
Samson Nderitu Njogu in Los Angeles in April 2024. (Andrew Esensten/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

For Beth Sholom’s new Kenyan rabbinic intern, San Francisco is a long way from home

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
Lilaq Logan poses in front of an Iron Dome unit. (Courtesy IDF Spokesperson's Office)
Posted inAnalysis

The Israeli army once excluded African Hebrew Israelites. Now one is an IDF social media star.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 6, 2024August 11, 2024
Rabbi Shoshana Nambi graduated from Hebrew Union College in May and is the new assistant rabbi at Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

First woman rabbi from Uganda steps into role at Beth Am in Los Altos Hills

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 1, 2024August 20, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg wears a gold pendant with the lyrics of "Mi Shebeirach" engraved on it. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

Why Mark Zuckerberg sings ‘Mi Shebeirach’ to his daughters at bedtime

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 26, 2024July 28, 2024
Several men and women crowd around a piano while a man plays
Posted inCulture

Meet the fiercely Zionist French Jews who have created a ‘kibbutz’ on the Peninsula

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 24, 2024August 2, 2024
Security guard Frank Collins confronts NAG protester Marvis Saunders at Glen Echo Amusement Park on June 30, 1960. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inTV & Film

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ revisits first Black-Jewish civil rights protest

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 8, 2024July 12, 2024
"Shari & Lamb Chop" is the opening night selection of this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (Courtesy SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival 2024: New venues, new voices and a guest festival director

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 3, 2024July 12, 2024

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