Editing Jon Stewart (section)

==Personal life==
Stewart is [[irreligion|irreligious]], but of [[Zera Yisrael|Jewish heritage]].<ref name=stewart-and-judaism>{{cite news |last=Berrin |first=Danielle |title=Jon Stewart's version of Judaism |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/jon_stewarts_version_of_judaism_20101015 |access-date=November 7, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|JewishJournal]] |date=October 15, 2010 |archive-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216170906/http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/jon_stewarts_version_of_judaism_20101015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Marriage and family ===
A production assistant on ''Wishful Thinking'' arranged a 1995 blind date between Stewart and Tracey Lynn McShane.<ref name="CNN020322">{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/22/lkl.00.html |title=Interview With Jon Stewart |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 30, 2008 |date=February 7, 2001 |archive-date=December 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206082223/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0203/22/lkl.00.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=DailyShow4.23.02>{{cite video |url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=115735&title=beau-bridges&tag=%20Earth%20Day&itemId=109947&to=7 |title=Beau Bridges |work=The Daily Show |date=April 23, 2002 |time=4 minutes, 50 seconds |access-date=July 18, 2008}}</ref> Stewart proposed to her through a personalized crossword puzzle created with the help of [[Will Shortz]], crossword editor at ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0616/p15s01-almo.html |title=Play on words |last=Steve |first=Irene |date=June 16, 2006 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |work=The Christian Science Monitor |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220030246/http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0616/p15s01-almo.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/dr-sudoku-prescribes-a-modest-proposal/ |title=Dr. Sudoku Presents: A Modest Proposal |last=Snyder |first=Thomas |magazine=Wired |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2012 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220123522/http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/01/dr-sudoku-prescribes-a-modest-proposal |url-status=live}}</ref> Married in 2000,<ref name="CNN020322"/><ref name=DailyShow4.23.02/><ref>{{cite video |url=http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2001/8/15/1/an-hour-with-the-host-of-the-daily-show-jon-stewart |title=An hour with the host of 'The Daily Show' Jon Stewart |publisher=[[Charlie Rose]] |date=August 15, 2001 |time=51 minutes, 28 seconds |access-date=July 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807090038/http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2001/8/15/1/an-hour-with-the-host-of-the-daily-show-jon-stewart |archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> the two filed a joint [[name change]] application legally changing their surnames to "Stewart" on June 19, 2001.<ref name=SmokingGun/> With the help of [[in vitro fertilisation|in vitro fertilization]], the couple has two children.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |title=Tracey Stewart's Animal Planet |first=Judith |last=Newman |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 10, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222093645/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Baker |first1=KC |last2=Silverman |first2=Stephen M. |date=February 7, 2006 |title=A Baby Girl for Jon Stewart |magazine=People |url=https://people.com/celebrity/a-baby-girl-for-jon-stewart/ |access-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126162555/https://people.com/celebrity/a-baby-girl-for-jon-stewart/ |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, he adopted a [[vegetarian]] diet for ethical reasons; his wife is a long-time [[veganism|vegan]].<ref name="vegetarian">{{cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Judith |title=Tracey Stewart's Animal Planet |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=October 10, 2015 |url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |author-link=Judith Newman |access-date=April 14, 2016 |archive-date=May 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517060827/http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/fashion/tracey-stewart-farm-sanctuary.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Later, he became vegan as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livekindly.com/jon-stewart-vegan-because-pigs-with-personality/ |title=Jon Stewart Is Vegan Because of Pigs With 'Personality' |last=Smith |first=Kat |website=LIVEKINDLY |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=October 8, 2022}}</ref>

=== Animal sanctuary ===
In 2013, Stewart and his wife bought a {{convert |12 |acre |adj=on}} farm in [[Middletown, New Jersey]], called "Bufflehead Farm". The Stewarts operate it as a sanctuary for abused animals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/nyregion/tracey-stewart-counts-her-sheep-and-more.html |title=Tracey Stewart Counts Her Sheep, and More |first=Tammy |last=La Gorce |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 23, 2015 |access-date=October 26, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026072425/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/nyregion/tracey-stewart-counts-her-sheep-and-more.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Four years later, they received approval to open a 45-acre (18 ha) animal sanctuary in [[Colts Neck, New Jersey]], a home to animals saved from slaughterhouses and live markets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jon and Tracey Stewart's animal sanctuary gets key approval |url=https://www.njherald.com/story/news/nation-world/2017/01/11/jon-tracey-stewart-s-animal/3156617007/ |access-date=July 23, 2024 |work=New Jersey Herald |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=January 11, 2017}}</ref>

=== Interests ===
After leaving ''The Daily Show'', Stewart took up playing the [[drum]]s, saying it was partly to give his life the structure he no longer had without a daily late-night show to work on. He has been taking drum lessons from New Jersey–based drum teacher Andy Bova, a former member of the [[Indie rock|indie-rock]] band No Wine For Kittens.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/jon-stewart-plays-drums-benefit-suicide-prevention |title=Jon Stewart Plays Drums To Benefit Suicide Prevention |first=Renée |last=Fabian |work=[[Grammys]] |date=November 9, 2017 |access-date=October 26, 2023 }}</ref>

Stewart is a lifelong fan of the [[New York Mets]] and was in attendance when [[Johan Santana]] threw the first no-hitter in franchise history on June 1, 2012.<ref name="v029">{{cite web | title=Jon Stewart Witnesses Johan Santana's No-Hitter | website=MLB.com | date=2024-10-05 | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jon-stewart-witnesses-johan-santanas-no-hitter/c-32789308 | access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref> Shortly before he left the ''Daily Show'' in 2015, a compilation played of Stewart's jokes about the team during his time on the show.<ref name="i859">{{cite web | title=The Mets are in first place and no one's more excited than Jon Stewart | website=MLB.com | date=2024-10-05 | url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/jon-stewart-celebrates-mets-on-the-daily-show/c-141543330 | access-date=2024-10-06}}</ref> He is also a fan of the [[New York Knicks]], [[New York Giants]], and [[New York Rangers]].

Stewart is a known fan of the musical group [[Beastie Boys]]. Following the death of member [[Adam Yauch|Adam "MCA" Yauch]], Stewart dedicated his next Daily Show's Moment of Zen to the artist.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@beastieboys_tiktok/video/7229174779125763371}}</ref> Member [[Ad-Rock|Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz]] also later appeared on the show as a guest to promote his appearance in the [[A24]] movie [[While We're Young (film)|While We're Young]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= The Daily Show - Adam Horovitz| website=[[YouTube]] | date=April 14, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZwmkBi4xIY}}</ref> Stewart narrates a chapter written by [[Mike D|Michael "Mike D" Diamond]] in the audio version of their biographical [[Beastie Boys Book]].