Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Chevy Chase, what on earth does this mean? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a... 000 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Historic moment as Cantor Jenni Asher is ordained by the Academy for Jewish Religion California. She is the first Black American woman cantor ordained in the U.S. 000 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Minneapolis mayor: George Floyd Square should be a sacred place…but not so sacred that it hinders the most American and sacred thing of all—capitalism. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 000 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 11/05/2025I’m intrigued by the phenomenon of Jews wearing cross necklaces—in this case Sandi Graham, Drake’s mother. Drake also wears crosses. Do they not see it as a Christian symbol? 100 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The Academy of the Hebrew Language using a “White Lotus” meme to educate about grammar on social media. Very hip 000 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The ceremony was cut short as the skies opened up. 000 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Israeli Agam Berger, who was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, plays the violin. 100 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025It’s pouring rain at the Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland. “God is crying with us,” the MC says. 110 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Ah yes, it’s the traditional Passover blueberry galette 130 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Whether or not the story turns out to be true, this is not what professional, trustworthy, accountable journalism looks like. 000 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The Rwandan Jewish character in “A Real Pain” is based on a real friend of writer-director Jesse Eisenberg. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 010 0
Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Received a neat Hanukkah gift (I enjoyed THE PLOT), made neater by the epigraph. Is this a first for you, @michaelchabon.bsky.social? 120 0