About us
Mission
Shtetl is a non-profit media outlet serving as a free press for the Haredi community of New York and beyond. Shtetl covers issues in the Haredi community that matter to the community and to New Yorkers in general. Our mission is to report honestly and accurately on the Haredi community, to be a source of truthful and illuminating information that can inform the people and hold the powerful accountable.
Vision
Shtetl News believes that every community deserves a free and honest media. We envision a world where Haredi people can learn about events that are relevant to their lives without the filter of community leaders and gatekeepers. We envision a world where the broader Jewish community, New Yorkers, and policymakers are more knowledgeable about life in the ultra-Orthodox communities, their needs, their desires, their goals, their struggles, and their triumphs.
Naftuli Moster
CEO and Editor-in-Chief
Naftuli Moster grew up in the Hasidic community of Brooklyn NY. He attended Hasidic Yeshivas through post-high-school. He now has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and an MSW from Hunter College. He is the founder and former executive director of Yaffed. Naftuli has earned multiple distinctions, including being listed in the Jewish Week 36 Under 36, Forward 50, and City & State’s Education Power 100. Naftuli is Wexner Field Fellow alum and a member of Schusterman’s ROI Community.
Shulem Deen
Managing Editor
Shulem Deen is a writer and journalist, and author of the award-winning book All Who Go Do Not Return. He is the recipient of a National Jewish Book Award, a Great Lakes College Association New Writers Award, and a Housatonic Book Award, as well as the Prix Médicis Essai for the French edition of his book. He has written widely on the intersection of the Haredi and secular worlds, and was listed in the Forward 50 in 2015. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the New Republic, Salon, the Forward, Tablet Magazine, and other publications.
Lauren Hakimi
Reporter
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.
About us
Our Mission
Shtetl is a non-profit media outlet serving as a free press for the Haredi community of New York and beyond. Shtetl covers issues in the Haredi community that matter to the community and to New Yorkers in general. Our mission is to report honestly and accurately on the Haredi community, to be a source of truthful and illuminating information that can inform the people and hold the powerful accountable.
Our Vision
Shtetl News believes that every community deserves a free and honest media. We envision a world where Haredi people can learn about events that are relevant to their lives without the filter of community leaders and gatekeepers. We envision a world where the broader Jewish community, New Yorkers, and policymakers are more knowledgeable about life in the ultra-Orthodox communities, their needs, their desires, their goals, their struggles, and their triumphs.
Our Team
Naftuli Moster
CEO and Editor-in-Chief
Naftuli Moster grew up in the Hasidic community of Brooklyn NY. He attended Hasidic Yeshivas through post-high-school. He now has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and an MSW from Hunter College. He is the founder and former executive director of Yaffed. Naftuli has earned multiple distinctions, including being listed in the Jewish Week 36 Under 36, Forward 50, and City & State’s Education Power 100. Naftuli is Wexner Field Fellow alum and a member of Schusterman’s ROI Community.
Dan Friedman
Interim Managing Editor
Dan Friedman is the former executive editor of the Forward. A digital consultant and communications specialist, Dan has a PhD from Yale, an MA from Cambridge and his byline has appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times and the Washington Post.
Lauren Hakimi
Reporter
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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Shtetl serves as a free press for the Haredi community. Shtetl reports on news, politics, religion, culture and other topics that are relevant to the Haredi community in New York and beyond.
