Andrew Esensten

Journalist focused on religion, race and culture

san francisco, california, united states

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Journalist focusing on race, religion, and their intersection. Writing a book about Israel's African Hebrew Israelite community.

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Rabbi Angela Buchdahl shows Asian American Jews they can lead in Jewish spaces

SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) – A few years ago, Grace Elizabeth Dy, who then worked for the University of Washington’s Jewish studies center , was attending a conference in Jerusalem for Jewish lay leaders when several attendees began questioning Dy’s Jewishness. ... See more

religionnews.com•Andrew Esensten•Dec 11, 2025

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Masters, Middle Eastern Studies at Tel Aviv UniversityGraduated: 2016

Bachelors, African American Studies, English at Harvard UniversityGraduated: 2007

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