Lauren Hakimi is a digital reporting and writing intern at The Forward. Email her at [email protected] and find her on Twitter @lauren_hakimi.
Lauren Hakimi
By Lauren Hakimi
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News With special menorah, VP Harris and Doug Emhoff honor ‘mensch’ who kept paying employees after massive factory fire
This Hanukkah, as Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, the nation’s first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president, light their menorah, they are honoring a man famous for taking care of his workers. Aaron Feuerstein died of pneumonia last month at the age of 95, some 26 years after his…
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Culture Do we seriously need ugly sweater-themed cookie kits for Hanukkah?
Just in time for Hanukkah, Manischewitz has debuted two new twists on what it claims is a festive tradition: Hanukkah-themed — wait for it — sugar cookies. The new kits, including one that is ugly sweater-themed, join the company’s longstanding Hanukkah dessert line, which also includes donut mix and do-it-yourself Chanukah Houses — because everyone…
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Fast Forward State attorneys general urge Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever to reverse West Bank decision
Twelve state attorneys general have issued a letter to Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company, Unilever, urging them to reverse the ice cream company’s decision to stop selling its products in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “Today I was proud to lead a 12-state coalition in calling on Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s to reverse…
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Fast Forward Kosher restaurants fear losing customers over NYC vaccine mandate
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last month that beginning Sept. 13, restaurants would have to ask customers for proof that they received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in order for them to dine indoors or else be fined. With the…
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