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Lauren Hakimi
Lauren Hakimi
Lauren Hakimi is a journalist whose work has appeared in The Forward, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, New York Jewish Week, WNYC/Gothamist and more. She graduated from CUNY Hunter College with degrees in history and English literature. Hailing from an Iranian Jewish community on Long Island, she looks forward to shining a light on stories that matter to the Jewish community. Follow her on Twitter @lauren_hakimi.

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Yeshivas
August 15, 2023

Enrollment has boomed in New York Haredi schools – especially Hasidic ones, report finds

Hasidic schools added over 55,000 students from 2000 to 2021

Kiryas Joel
August 11, 2023

Potential Kiryas Joel housing development for those “behaving appropriately,” announcement says

The development will be open to members of the village’s dominant Aaronite faction

Roundups
August 10, 2023

Roundup: Schumer and Jeffries in Boro Park, Hasidic woman judge, and more

Shtetl News Roundup: What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

Shomrim
August 4, 2023

Haredi leaders, activists react to former Shomrim leader’s guilty plea in child sex abuse case

“It’s an isolated incident, if it was whatever it was,” said rabbi Berish Freilich, who works with Shomrim

Roundups
August 4, 2023

Roundup: Mayor's advisory panel meeting at ADL, Agudah statement on Israel judicial reform, Haredi NYPD valedictorian, and more

Shtetl News Roundup: What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

Yeshivas
August 3, 2023

What you need to know about the new state guidelines affecting Haredi schools

The guidance "seeks to address several questions which are likely to arise," but some questions remain.

Yeshivas
July 28, 2023

New York State Education Department releases guidelines on private school regulations

The guidelines will be used to help determine compliance of Haredi schools

Roundups
July 28, 2023

Roundup: Yeshiva funding in New Jersey state budget, RFK Jr. Visits Ohel, kosher meat prices headed higher, and other Haredi news

Shtetl News Roundup: What’s new and interesting in the Haredi world this week

Politics
July 26, 2023

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' sit-down with Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum

Rep. Jeffries spoke with Satmar Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum about "the burning issue of the future of the holy education," says a Yiddish newspaper

Yeshivas
July 21, 2023

‘The cure before the plague’: Haredi leaders suggest enforcement against failing yeshivas won’t happen

Celebrations could be short-lived if state wins on appeal

Roundups
July 21, 2023

Roundup: Shomrim leader pleads guilty, Lakewood rabbi’s double life, and more Haredi news this week

Shtetl News Roundup: This week’s most important Haredi news

Crime
July 19, 2023

His sentence commuted by Trump after pleas from rabbis, Eli Weinstein is arrested on new charges

He’s alleged to have been involved in a $38 million "Ponzi-like scheme"

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