Stewart Ain, an award-winning veteran journalist, covers the Jewish community. Follow him on Twitter @AinStewart or email stewartain@gmail.com.
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By Stewart Ain
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News These young people came to Israel to study. Now the streets are their classroom too
Four young people explain their decisions to join —or avoid — the protests
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News Reform Jews say they’ve created their first New York City burial society
50 volunteers will follow the intricate Jewish laws governing the preparation of a Jewish body for burial
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News From the pain of miscarriage, a Jewish space to mourn pregnancy loss is born
Two women suffered miscarriages, and built the place they needed to heal — Jewishly
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News At the UN, a ‘Book of Names’ invites visitors to touch the names of more than 4.8 million Jewish Holocaust victims
The idea is "to connect physically with their memories," said Simmy Allen, of Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel which created the exhibit
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News Founded by New York social workers, this non-profit rescues Israeli youth from suicide, prostitution and despair
Founded by a group of social workers on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ELEM now serves 12,500 Israeli youth a year, both Jewish and Arab
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Culture Preparing Jewish bodies for burial, an artist finds inspiration
'I could have painted landscapes,' says Karen Benioff Friedman. Instead, she's portraying the rituals around death.
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News More and more Jews are choosing cremation. These rabbis aren’t happy about it.
According to one rabbi’s estimate, about half of American Jews are choosing cremation
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News Kwanzakkah: A way to celebrate dual heritage, and combat hate
This year's observance of both Hanukkah and Kwanzaa leads to 15 Days of Light
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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