Stewart Ain, an award-winning veteran journalist, covers the Jewish community. Follow him on Twitter @AinStewart or email [email protected].
Stewart Ain
By Stewart Ain
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Fast Forward Hecksher havoc: Should roast pork-flavored potato chips be certified kosher?
“It’s not coming into my shul,” said Rabbi Howard Buechler of the Dix Hills Jewish Center, when he saw a picture of the bag
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Fast Forward Defense bill targets religious freedom group run by Jewish veteran
It's an attempt 'to assassinate a well-respected large civil rights organization,' said the group's founder
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News For Jewish seniors who can’t visit loved ones’ graves on their own, free rides and a prayer book
Dorot, the New York-based nonprofit, has resumed its program to help scores of elderly make the trip to the cemetery
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News As violence flares, Jewish youth groups assure parents their kids are all right
Youth programs are letting parents know that they are in constant contact with Israeli officials who steer teens out of harm's way
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News Amid a rabbi shortage, some synagogues opt for a cantor instead
More cantors are taking on rabbinical roles, and some are seeking out dual ordination
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News Hey kid, do you want to be a rabbi? Facing a shortage, Conservative movement looks to teens
Only seven students have enrolled in the incoming first-year class at JTS, the Conservative movement's rabbinical school in New York
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News ‘Happy hour’ for Holocaust deniers? Yad Vashem chief anticipates the death of the last survivor.
In a wide-ranging conversation, Dani Dayan denounced recent incidents in Poland, weighed in on the new U.S. plan to combat antisemitism and discussed the 'post-survivor' era
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Fast Forward Israel will add diaspora victims of antisemitism to those mourned on Day of Remembrance
The U.S.-based Ruderman Family Foundation lobbied for the change, which was announced the day before a deadly attack on a Tunisian synagogue
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What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?
Mon., Aug 7, 2023 • 12 P.M. EST
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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