Lauren Hakimi is a reporter at Shtetl, a new news outlet covering New York's Haredi communities. She's also written and reported for the Forward, JTA/New York Jewish Week, WNYC Radio and more. She graduated from CUNY Hunter College in 2022. Please use this website to view her clips, and find her on Twitter @lauren_hakimi.
Selected writing and journalism:
"‘For Women and Girls Only’: new book explores Haredi women artists and performers" Shtetl, March 5, 2024
"Why Haredi leaders ran a massive campaign for a family court judge in Rockland County" Shtetl, Nov. 5, 2023
"How Haredim learned about the attacks in Israel during the holidays without access to technology" Shtetl, Oct. 10, 2023
"Ad campaign suggests judicial candidate would side with Haredi-practicing parents over ex-spouses" Shtetl, June 22, 2023
"Satmar grand rabbi heard bragging about deceiving state lawmakers on education bill" Shtetl, March 29, 2023
"Long Island’s new Jewish history museum means business" New York Jewish Week, Oct. 14, 2022
"He captured rare images of Jewish life in Iran. Then he fled, fearing for his safety." JTA, Aug. 31, 2022 (reposted in The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Enlace Judío, The Forward, The Jewish Journal (Boston), Cleveland Jewish News, Ynet News and Arutz Sheva/Israel National News)
"New York City’s Bukharian Jews find their voice in a dispute over damaged graves" New York Jewish Week, Aug. 25, 2022
"At this Lower East Side bookstore, customers exchange tchotchkes for pickles" The Forward, June 2, 2022
"Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world’" The Forward, May 21, 2022 (reposted in J. Weekly)
"Her Bronx Jewish characters ‘hate history’ — and are finally back on bookshelves" The Forward, Feb. 11, 2022
"Jews have been rejected by adoption agencies for years. This couple hopes to force a change." The Forward, Jan. 28, 2022
"In My Search for Khiar Shoor, I Found My Dad Again" Bon Appétit, Dec. 20, 2021
"Kosher restaurants fear losing customers over NYC vaccine mandate" New York Jewish Week, Sept. 13, 2021 (reposted in The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Arutz Sheva/Israel National News, The Forward, The Jewish Exponent, Cleveland Jewish News and St. Louis Jewish Light)
"We Asked Mayoral Candidates About CUNY. Here’s What They Said" The Envoy, April 16, 2021
"24-year-old aims to be NYC's first Bukharian City Council member" New York Jewish Week, April 16, 2021 (reposted in The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Cleveland Jewish News, St. Louis Jewish Light, The Jewish Voice and Arutz Sheva/Israel National News)
"NY Budget Will Freeze CUNY & SUNY Tuition For Three Years" WNYC, April 7, 2021
"State Legislation Seeks to Make CUNY Tuition-Free" The Envoy, Feb. 8, 2021
"Hunter Students Took Advantage of Flexible Spring Grading Policy, Documents Show" The Envoy, Sept. 9, 2020
"‘A Sour Life Lesson’: Pell Recipients Disqualified From Receiving Summer Scholarships" The Envoy, July 25, 2020
