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All content by Uriel Heilman
A man walks next to a synagogue that was set on fire in the central Israeli city of Lod following a night of violent protests, May 14, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

The Gaza fighting is over, but Jewish-Arab violence in Israel still has me afraid

Uriel Heilman, JTA
Published May 27, 2021

All the ways Biden and Harris (and their families) are making Jewish history on Inauguration Day

Uriel Heilman
Published January 19, 2021

This Catholic-born, Korean-American Jewish singer will touch your soul

Uriel Heilman
Published January 14, 2021

United States of Anxiety: The new fears of American Jews

Uriel Heilman
Published October 27, 2020
The empty entrance to the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, which closed its facility in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy of OFJCC) 

The pandemic has been buffeting American Jewry for months. What lies ahead?

Uriel Heilman
Published August 31, 2020

How to vacation in Israel in August (or not) during the summer of coronavirus

Uriel Heilman
Published August 19, 2020

In New Rochelle, where NY’s outbreak began, my parents’ community yearns for normal

Uriel Heilman
Published June 1, 2020

Rabbi Norman Lamm, longtime head of Yeshiva University and prolific author, dies at 92

Uriel Heilman
Published May 31, 2020

How the coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities worldwide

Uriel Heilman
Published May 5, 2020

Adam Yitz Friedman, 75, publicist and Hasidic scion

Uriel Heilman
Published April 14, 2020

Judith Lowin, 76, was a retired nurse and proud Hadassah member

Uriel Heilman
Published April 1, 2020

William Helmreich, sociologist of U.S. Jewry and inveterate New Yorker, dies of coronavirus

Uriel Heilman
Published March 30, 2020
Dr. Elli Rosenberg, right, with colleagues in the coronavirus unit of Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, Israel. (Courtesy of Rosenberg)

‘I’m mentally preparing for a few months’: Meet an Israeli doctor on the coronavirus front lines

Uriel Heilman
Published March 19, 2020

Welcome to Mount Hermon, Israel’s only ski mountain. It shuts down when it snows.

Uriel Heilman
Published February 24, 2020

America First: Trump doubles down on a term that makes many Jews queasy

Uriel Heilman
Published June 8, 2016

Donald Trump’s anti-Semitism controversies: A timeline

Uriel Heilman
Published June 2, 2016
United Nations hosted an anti-BDS summit at its New York City headquarters, May 31. Photo: Shahar Azran

Israel takes anti-boycott fight to halls of United Nations

Uriel Heilman
Published June 1, 2016

Beating health scares, Jonathan Sarna seals status as rock star Jewish historian

Uriel Heilman
Published May 17, 2016
Kathryn Hahn arriving at the FYC special screening of “Transparent” at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, May 5, 2016. (Michael Tran/FilmMagic)

Actress Kathryn Hahn talks about playing Rabbi Raquel on ‘Transparent’

Uriel Heilman
Published May 10, 2016

New video shows 2nd boy being caressed by Hasidic principal

Uriel Heilman
Published May 5, 2016

Survey: Sympathy for Palestinians over Israel up sharply among younger Americans

Uriel Heilman
Published May 5, 2016

Undercover video of Hasidic principal handling boy prompts sex abuse probe

Uriel Heilman
Published May 3, 2016

Smuggled out of ghetto, newly discovered photo trove turns out to be family of famous American scholars

Uriel Heilman
Published May 3, 2016

Trump: Obama is no friend of Israel

Uriel Heilman
Published April 27, 2016

What we know, and don’t know, about how Jews voted in New York

Uriel Heilman
Published April 20, 2016

Bernie Sanders and Israel’s ‘disproportionate’ use of force

Uriel Heilman
Published April 19, 2016

No experience necessary: Meet the Orthodox lawyer advising Trump on Israel

Uriel Heilman
Published April 18, 2016
Donald Trump held a 20-minute question-and-answer session with Jewish reporters at his offices at Trump Tower, April 14, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)

In meeting with Orthodox, Trump reveals Israel advisers: His Jewish lawyers

Uriel Heilman
Published April 14, 2016

John Kasich links Jesus’ blood to Passover at Hasidic matzah bakery

Uriel Heilman
Published April 14, 2016

Sanders supporters say he embodies their Jewish values

Uriel Heilman
Published April 12, 2016

The Hasidic bloc vote, Bernie and Hillary’s New York state of mind, and other notes from the NY primary campaign

Uriel Heilman
Published April 12, 2016

At Jews for Bernie event, anger boils over at Sanders campaign

Uriel Heilman
Published April 11, 2016

The time Hillary Clinton came to the rabbi’s family seder – and stayed for hours

Uriel Heilman
Published April 10, 2016

Ted Cruz to visit New York matzah bakery

Uriel Heilman
Published April 7, 2016
Participants in the San Francisco Pride Parade showing their Jewish and Israeli pride, too, June 30, 2014. (Wikimedia Commons)

Jewish denominations, even Orthodox, starting to wrestle with transgender issues

Uriel Heilman
Published April 5, 2016
Rabbi Seymour Rosen-bloom retired recently after 36 years as spiritual leader of Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. He is now the president of the Jewish Social Policy Action Network. His commentary was distributed by JTA.

It’s time to allow Conservative rabbis to officiate at interfaith weddings

Uriel Heilman
Published April 4, 2016

Shmura matzah for Passover: The real reason it’s so expensive

Uriel Heilman
Published March 30, 2016

5 shocking quotes by Israel’s chief rabbis

Uriel Heilman
Published March 28, 2016

Pew study: Israel only country where men pray more than women

Uriel Heilman
Published March 22, 2016

Leon Charney, Jewish TV show host and property tycoon, dies

Uriel Heilman
Published March 22, 2016

Donald Trump’s AIPAC speech: What to expect

Uriel Heilman
Published March 21, 2016

Jewish Exponent’s ex-publisher, current editor hired for new news venture

Uriel Heilman
Published March 21, 2016

Inside the Jewish life of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland

Uriel Heilman
Published March 18, 2016

Obama to nominate Jewish judge, Merrick Garland, to Supreme Court

Uriel Heilman
Published March 16, 2016
Anti-Israel students at Columbia University erected a mock “apartheid wall” in front of the iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week, March 3, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)

On Israel Apartheid Week, some pro-Israel students find silence is best response

Uriel Heilman
Published March 15, 2016

Obama, Elvis and 5 other famous Shabbos goys

Uriel Heilman
Published March 14, 2016

These may be America’s proudest Shabbos goys

Uriel Heilman
Published March 13, 2016

To understand the American Jews who support Trump, read this

Uriel Heilman
Published March 8, 2016

Schmear campaign: Baking a perfect bagel in Utah

Uriel Heilman
Published March 6, 2016

HotMat, new Shabbat hotplate, offers design and safety appeal

Uriel Heilman
Published March 3, 2016

Meet the ‘Jewish Batman’ who saved the KKK from an Anaheim mob

Uriel Heilman
Published March 1, 2016

With 75% non-Jewish students, Utah’s Jewish school seeks to universalize Judaism

Uriel Heilman
Published February 29, 2016

Ramah camps a bright spot for Conservative movement, but 9 of 10 kids don’t go

Uriel Heilman
Published February 28, 2016

Brian Hendler, longtime JTA photographer, dies

Uriel Heilman
Published February 24, 2016

For Jewish Mormons, hybrid identity seen as no contradiction

Uriel Heilman
Published February 21, 2016

Key to good sex and relationships? Take risks, says Orthodox sex therapist

Uriel Heilman
Published February 17, 2016
An Israeli flag is posted at Deer Valley’s Sunset Cabin every Friday afternoon to alert skiers to the weekly Kabbalat Shabbat service. (Uriel Heilman)

A Jewish skier’s picks: Prayer, kosher food and divine snow

Uriel Heilman
Published February 12, 2016
Laurent Masliah runs the nation’s only slopeside kosher restaurant, Prime at Canyons, in Park City, Utah. (Uriel Heilman)

At kosher ski restaurant in Park City, an avalanche of challenges

Uriel Heilman
Published February 12, 2016

At Utah’s on-slope Shabbat service, ski boots required

Uriel Heilman
Published February 12, 2016
Israeli Minister of Religious Services David Azulay visits a luxury mikvah in the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut, as he tours the Gush Etzion bloc on August 25, 2015. Photo: Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Israeli mikvahs must allow non-Orthodox conversions, Supreme Court rules

Uriel Heilman
Published February 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire primary, makes Jewish history

Uriel Heilman
Published February 9, 2016
Shmarya Rosenberg

Founder of Orthodox muckraker blog Failed Messiah sells – but did he sell out?

Uriel Heilman
Published February 9, 2016

Once Orthodox, eclectic rabbi finds Conservative home in New Hampshire

Uriel Heilman
Published February 1, 2016
Temple Israel in Portsmouth is the oldest Jewish house of worship in New Hampshire; today it’s a Conservative synagogue. Photo: Uriel Heilman

Who are the Jews of New Hampshire?

Uriel Heilman
Published February 1, 2016

NH Jews like Sanders’ authenticity, but voting all over the map

Uriel Heilman
Published February 1, 2016

At Sundance, ‘The Settlers’ trains lens on movement’s extremist fringe

Uriel Heilman
Published January 29, 2016

For Orlando vacations, kosher food easy to find at Disney

Uriel Heilman
Published January 28, 2016

Poll: 10% of Americans ‘less likely’ to vote for a Jew for president

Uriel Heilman
Published January 27, 2016

Jewish pediatrician murdered by husband in Scarsdale home, police say

Uriel Heilman
Published January 21, 2016
Lila Kagedan is the first graduate of Yeshivat Maharat to use the title rabbi. (Courtesy of Lila Kagedan)

Rabbi Lila Kagedan poised to make history with job at Orthodox shul

Uriel Heilman
Published January 13, 2016

County drops bid to disqualify Hasidic votes in Bloomingburg, NY

Uriel Heilman
Published January 11, 2016

Will 2016 be the year of the female Orthodox rabbi?

Uriel Heilman
Published January 5, 2016
Kesher Israel has yet to hire a permanent replacement for Rabbi Barry Freundel more than a year after his arrest for recording women undressing in the mikvah. (Uriel Heilman)

Barry Freundel’s former DC synagogue trying to move past mikvah trauma

Uriel Heilman
Published December 28, 2015

Silent night: How the Hasidim observe Christmas Eve

Uriel Heilman
Published December 22, 2015

Brandeis selects Ronald Liebowitz as next president

Uriel Heilman
Published December 17, 2015

State panel recommends tighter monitoring of E. Ramapo school board

Uriel Heilman
Published December 16, 2015
A man using the mikvah at Mayyim Hayyim, a community ritual bath in the Boston suburbs. Photo courtesy of Mayyim Hayyim

More men making monthly mikvah dunks as menstrual rite

Uriel Heilman
Published December 16, 2015

Reform and Conservative leaders to Israeli president: We want equal rights

Uriel Heilman
Published December 11, 2015

Messianic San Bernandino victim was ‘gentile’ supporter of Israel, the Jewish people

Uriel Heilman
Published December 4, 2015

Naftali Bennett: Time to annex parts of West Bank

Uriel Heilman
Published December 3, 2015

Silver’s guilty verdict in NY brings ignominious end to Jewish politician’s career

Uriel Heilman
Published December 1, 2015

Study: Conservative shuls spend on operations at expense of engagement

Uriel Heilman
Published November 30, 2015

Mayor of Spring Valley, NY, secretly vowed to block Jewish developers

Uriel Heilman
Published November 23, 2015
More than 200 members of United Synagogue Youth came to the opening session of the conference of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in Schaumburg, Ill., Nov. 15, 2013. (Courtesy of USCJ)

Amid identity crisis, Conservative Jews pay for rebranding

Uriel Heilman
Published November 20, 2015

Amid YU financial troubles, President Richard Joel got $1.6M in deferred pay in ’14

Uriel Heilman
Published November 19, 2015

Teaming up, Welch’s and Manischewitz challenge kosher grape juice monopoly

Uriel Heilman
Published November 17, 2015

Isaac Herzog wants ‘NATO-like’ alliance of Israel and moderate Arab states

Uriel Heilman
Published November 12, 2015
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the Union for Reform Judaism president, speaking at the movement’s biennial conference in Orlando, Fla., Nov. 7, 2015. (URJ)

At Reform biennial, focus on social justice and tradition

Uriel Heilman
Published November 9, 2015

U.S. Reform leader: Diaspora Jews should oppose ‘misguided’ Israeli policies

Uriel Heilman
Published November 6, 2015

Bronfman to Reform Jews: Take back Birthright from Chabad

Uriel Heilman
Published November 4, 2015
Rabba Sara Hurwitz, right, is the dean of Yeshivat Maharat in New York, which since its founding in 2009 has ordained 11 Orthodox clergywomen. (Uriel Heilman)

With resolution against hiring women rabbis, RCA votes for confrontation

Uriel Heilman
Published November 3, 2015

Marco Rubio’s big Jewish backer and 7 other things to know about him

Uriel Heilman
Published October 29, 2015

Ben Carson is a Seventh Day Adventist. Here’s why it matters

Uriel Heilman
Published October 28, 2015

On eve of biennial, 9 things to know about Reform Jews

Uriel Heilman
Published October 27, 2015

Court orders town to allow Bloomingburg mikvah

Uriel Heilman
Published October 23, 2015
Julius Rosenwald with students from a Rosenwald School. Phot courtesy of Fisk University, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library

New film, ‘Rosenwald,’ tells story of Jewish philanthropist who transformed black lives

Uriel Heilman
Published October 22, 2015

Study: Jewish community day school leaders are newbies

Uriel Heilman
Published October 21, 2015

Along with Jewish vendors, another Cubs legacy at risk : Losing

Uriel Heilman
Published October 20, 2015

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: ‘Jews need to stop navel-gazing’

Uriel Heilman
Published October 15, 2015

What Syria’s refugees think about Israel might surprise you

Uriel Heilman
Published October 8, 2015
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