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Lauren Hakimi

Lauren Hakimi

Lauren Hakimi is a writer with bylines in the Forward, Alma, Lilith, Bon Appétit, CNN and more. She is also associate editor of New Voices Magazine.

Temple Beth-El in Great Neck, N.Y. (Courtesy of Temple Beth-El)
Posted inFirst Person

A pioneering Reform synagogue makes way for a booming Iranian Jewish community

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi April 20, 2026April 20, 2026

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Temple Beth-El is an island of Reform Judaism in […]

black and white photo of a man standing behind a boy on a bike
Posted inBooks

‘Glassmaker’s Son’: S.F. journalist tackles his father’s unspoken Holocaust story

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi January 13, 2023January 20, 2023
Part of "The Creation" by Ori Sherman, 1986-88
(Photo/The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life)
Posted inArt

Artist Ori Sherman’s full ‘Creation’ series on view at Magnes

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi October 21, 2022October 26, 2022
"Charlotte," an animated WWII film about a German Jewish painter voiced by Keira Knightley, will screen as part of the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.
Posted inCulture

Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival to feature stories of love, war and restitution

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi October 12, 2022October 20, 2022
Posted inBooks

6 short books to read this Yom Kippur

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi September 27, 2022November 7, 2022
From the cover of "Shmutz: A Novel" by Felicia Berliner
Posted inBooks

In ‘Shmutz,’ a young woman seeks sexual liberty — while staying Hasidic

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi and Forward July 21, 2022
Youth at a JQY drop-in center event. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Queer Youth)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world.’

Lauren Hakimi by Lauren Hakimi and Forward May 27, 2022May 27, 2022

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