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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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Happenings, honors, comings and goings, opportunities — May 2026

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 15, 2026May 14, 2026

HONORS A team of students from The Kehillah School in Palo Alto, led by seniors Chava Roy and Charlotte Kofman and advised by dean of Jewish studies Moshe Goodman, has […]

Sue Barnett on a reporting trip to Israel in January 1991.
Posted inFrom the Archives

As she retires, we look back on the career of longtime J. editor Sue Barnett

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen's cantor, is a performer and exponent of Sephardic and Mizrahi music. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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The Kitchen’s ‘Song of Songs’ weekend welcomes Sephardic musicians and scholars 

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky May 1, 2026May 4, 2026
Alex Malinas, 23, poses for a photo at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, April 22, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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This emerging composer turned a Torah portion into a musical masterpiece

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
British Jewish comedian Zach Margs will perform stand-up at JCC of San Francisco on April 27. (Courtesy)
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‘Laugh Through the Heartbreak’ at this Jewish comedy show in S.F.

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky April 17, 2026April 17, 2026
Five new haggadahs for 2026. (David A.M. Wilensky/J. Staff)
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New haggadahs for 2026: Literalism, ambivalence and metaphor

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 25, 2026March 26, 2026
Judy Stein and family stand before the ark in 1957, with Rabbi Saul E. White. (Courtesy)
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A 1957 bat mitzvah made San Francisco history — after a key compromise

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 23, 2026March 23, 2026
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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