July 22, 2014
8:35 am

Donn Ungar, who is making aliyah, posing in in Alaska with a grizzly bear in the background. (photo credit: Donn Ungar)

Alaskan immigrants trade grizzlies for Gaza rockets

Undeterred by ongoing conflict, new arrivals brave 5,848 mile relocation to Israel

By Uriel Heilman

July 2, 2014
6:59 pm

Illustrative photo of an ancient Torah scroll (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hasidim censor Torah’s naughty bits

Book published for New Square, New York, girls school cuts saucy stories of Onan, Tamar, Potiphar — and Adam and Eve

By Uriel Heilman

July 2, 2014
8:50 am

Men pray at the gravesite of the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson on the 20th anniversary of his death in Queens, New York, July 1, 2014. (Adam Ben Cohen/Chabad.org)

Chabad still carving its path 20 years after leader’s death

Movement has grown exponentially, but while messianic strain has not taken over, Schneerson’s absence has left divisions and vacuum

By Uriel Heilman

June 20, 2014
5:09 pm

Seth Galena and Hindy Poupko, on his right shoulder, celebrate the birth of their son Akiva at his bris, June 15, 2014. (Piha Studio/via JTA)

Bereaved parents find joy with new baby, thanks to NIH

Their blogs on daughter’s terminal struggle spanned a virtual community, Ayelet Nation. Now, with the help of medical breakthrough, the Galenas have welcomed a son

By Uriel Heilman

June 20, 2014
5:44 am

Claims Conference representatives meet with German officials during Holocaust restitution negotiations in Israel in 2013. (photo credit: Courtesy Claims Conference)

Claims Conference weighs shutting down vs. Holocaust education

Panel appointed after $57-million fraud scandal recommends that the organization shift its long-term focus to remembrance

By Uriel Heilman

June 18, 2014
4:15 am

Demonstrators rally outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan to express solidarity with three Israeli teens who were abducted in the West Bank, June 16, 2014. (photo credit: Miriam Moster/JTA)

American Jews take up cause of missing Israeli teens

Denominations across US unite, hold prayer sessions, rallies in bid to raise awareness over kidnapping

By Uriel Heilman

June 10, 2014
1:51 pm

The Bais Menachem yeshiva in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., focuses on wayward Chabad youths. (photo credit: Uriel Heilman/JTA)

Chabad’s ‘lost boys’ find themselves in rural PA

At an alternative yeshiva in Pennsylvania, teens who don’t follow ultra-Orthodox teachings still find a way to connect

By Uriel Heilman

June 4, 2014
11:23 am

The popular bridge club gathers at the Wilkes-Barre JCC, where the Jewish community is aging and has declined in numbers. (Uriel Heilman/JTA)

Jews gamble $11m. to save fading Pennsylvanian community

Faced with withering institutions and a mean age of 60, residents of Wilkes-Barre form an ambitious plan for a central Jewish hub

By Uriel Heilman

June 3, 2014
11:19 pm

Agudath Israel rabbinical leader Rabbi Yaakov Perlow speaking on May 27, 2014 in New York City. (photo credit: YouTube screen capture)

Orthodox condemnation of Reform and Conservative nothing new

The rant by Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, a.k.a. the Novominsker rebbe, against ‘heretic’ Jewish movements was hardly unprecedented

By Uriel Heilman

May 29, 2014
5:05 pm

Parents and teachers of the closing Kehillah Schechter Academy meet in Easton, Mass., to discuss launching a new area day school on May 25, 2014. (Devorah Daniels/JTA)

Boston-area parents aim to open new pluralistic school

With shul scandal and school closing, Conservative Jews reeling in Sharon, Mass. are trying to reboot

By Uriel Heilman

May 14, 2014
4:23 pm

An illustrative photo of a spray-painted swastika on a window. (photo credit: ADL/JTA)

ADL: More than a quarter of the world is anti-Semitic

Results of global survey are ‘sobering but, sadly, not surprising,’ director Abraham Foxman says

By Uriel Heilman

May 8, 2014
6:17 am

The 92nd Street Y, New York City (photo credit: Jim Henderson/WIkimedia Commons/File)

92nd Street Y chooses non-Jewish leader. So?

Should executive positions at Jewish institutions be reserved for Jews?

By Uriel Heilman

May 6, 2014
12:34 am

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is pictured here with V. Stiviano to his left at a 2013 basketball game. (photo credit: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images/JTA)

Jewish charities face dilemmas with tainted donors

Should non-profits be free to accept cash from disgraced public figures or even criminals?

By Uriel Heilman

May 3, 2014
12:17 am

Ukraine airlines (photo credit: Alec Wilson/ Wikipedia)

How to get a cheap flight to Israel

New analysis pinpoints Monday for booking from US, suggests stopping over in, er, Russia or Ukraine

By Uriel Heilman

May 2, 2014
5:07 pm

A cotton candy vendor roams the Wrigley Field stands in 1994. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images via JTA)

At Wrigley Field, the Cubs — and Orthodox vendors — strike out

Once the ultimate job for observant teenage baseball fans, the trend of selling concessions in Chicago is gone with the wind

By Uriel Heilman

Writer: Uriel Heilman

Alaskan immigrants trade grizzlies for Gaza rockets

Undeterred by ongoing conflict, new arrivals brave 5,848 mile relocation to Israel

Hasidim censor Torah’s naughty bits

Book published for New Square, New York, girls school cuts saucy stories of Onan, Tamar, Potiphar — and Adam and Eve

Chabad still carving its path 20 years after leader’s death

Movement has grown exponentially, but while messianic strain has not taken over, Schneerson’s absence has left divisions and vacuum

Bereaved parents find joy with new baby, thanks to NIH

Their blogs on daughter’s terminal struggle spanned a virtual community, Ayelet Nation. Now, with the help of medical breakthrough, the Galenas have welcomed a son

Claims Conference weighs shutting down vs. Holocaust education

Panel appointed after $57-million fraud scandal recommends that the organization shift its long-term focus to remembrance

American Jews take up cause of missing Israeli teens

Denominations across US unite, hold prayer sessions, rallies in bid to raise awareness over kidnapping

Chabad’s ‘lost boys’ find themselves in rural PA

At an alternative yeshiva in Pennsylvania, teens who don’t follow ultra-Orthodox teachings still find a way to connect

Jews gamble $11m. to save fading Pennsylvanian community

Faced with withering institutions and a mean age of 60, residents of Wilkes-Barre form an ambitious plan for a central Jewish hub

Orthodox condemnation of Reform and Conservative nothing new

The rant by Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, a.k.a. the Novominsker rebbe, against ‘heretic’ Jewish movements was hardly unprecedented

Boston-area parents aim to open new pluralistic school

With shul scandal and school closing, Conservative Jews reeling in Sharon, Mass. are trying to reboot

ADL: More than a quarter of the world is anti-Semitic

Results of global survey are ‘sobering but, sadly, not surprising,’ director Abraham Foxman says

92nd Street Y chooses non-Jewish leader. So?

Should executive positions at Jewish institutions be reserved for Jews?

Jewish charities face dilemmas with tainted donors

Should non-profits be free to accept cash from disgraced public figures or even criminals?

How to get a cheap flight to Israel

New analysis pinpoints Monday for booking from US, suggests stopping over in, er, Russia or Ukraine

At Wrigley Field, the Cubs — and Orthodox vendors — strike out

Once the ultimate job for observant teenage baseball fans, the trend of selling concessions in Chicago is gone with the wind

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