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Andrew Esensten

@esensten.bsky.social
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Religion journalist. Working on a book about Israel's African Hebrew Israelite community. יה חי andrewesensten.net

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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Chevy Chase, what on earth does this mean? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a...
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Greetings from the Oakland LDS Temple.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
No.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
#ShabbatShalom
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Historic 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.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Minneapolis 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/...
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Just two Jews (of many) who love the Knicks
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Here's Drake performing in 2021
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I’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?
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The Academy of the Hebrew Language using a “White Lotus” meme to educate about grammar on social media. Very hip
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The ceremony was cut short as the skies opened up.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Israeli Agam Berger, who was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, plays the violin.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It’s pouring rain at the Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland. “God is crying with us,” the MC says.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Ah yes, it’s the traditional Passover blueberry galette
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
😂 www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Whoa #MarchMadness
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Best FB comment
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Whether or not the story turns out to be true, this is not what professional, trustworthy, accountable journalism looks like.
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
They’re real, and they’re spectacular
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The Rwandan Jewish character in “A Real Pain” is based on a real friend of writer-director Jesse Eisenberg. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Andrew Esensten @esensten.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Received a neat Hanukkah gift (I enjoyed THE PLOT), made neater by the epigraph. Is this a first for you, @michaelchabon.bsky.social?
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