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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Culture So you’re in an interfaith relationship. How should you navigate family disapproval?
The Forward talked to two multicultural couples and a therapist to get their advice for people in a similar boat
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Books The secret Jewish history of Layla Murad, Egyptian superstar
A new book highlights Murad’s conversion story — and the complex Arab culture that helped guide it
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News He captured rare images of Jewish life in Iran. Then he fled, fearing for his safety.
Former AP photographer Hassan Sarbakhshian talks about his nearly-15-year saga to publish the project
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Books Seeking sexual liberty, but staying Hasidic: In a new novel, a young woman tries to have it all
Felicia Berliner’s debut novel features an ultra-Orthodox pornography addict
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Books At this Lower East Side bookstore, customers exchange tchotchkes for pickles
Bookshelves here hold not just pickles, but also Hanukkah candles, bat mitzvah photos and other tokens of Jewish culture.
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News ‘Never felt a pain quite like this’: Jews react to Texas school shooting
With 21 people dead, including 19 children, Tuesday’s mass shooting was the worst at a school since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012
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News Jewish Queer Youth is growing. For closeted Orthodox and Sephardic teens, that ‘means the world’
The organization will soon open centers in Chicago, Baltimore, Florida, Teaneck and Monsey.
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News You’re not religious, and you’re in mourning. Here’s how to make Jewish rituals work for you.
Some advice: "Find the memory you'd like to bring to the occasion."
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