Uriel Heilman RSS

is JTA's managing editor, responsible for coordinating JTA's editorial team. He re-joined JTA in 2007 after a stint doing independent reporting in Israel and the Arab world. Before that, he served as New York bureau chief of the Jerusalem Post. An award-winning journalist, he has worked as a reporter for a variety of publications in the United States and in Israel.

Latest

• As school crumbles, New Orleans Rabbi Uri Topolosky leaves city

  August 26, 2013 1:47pm

  The only Jewish day school in New Orleans is down to 29 students, only about half of whom are Jewish. But the federation leader says the school’s struggles are not representative of the community’s overall health.

• JTA 5773: Fighting over Jewish pluralism

  August 23, 2013 1:00pm

  Jewish liberals seemed to have a good year in 5773, while Orthodox leaders and institutions found themselves on the defensive. But demographic trends suggest that the Jewish communities in the United States and Israel are growing less liberal.

• Breaking Kosher: Is Los Pollos Hermanos certified?

  August 20, 2013 11:20am

  Jewish fans of “Breaking Bad,” fear not: There’s finally a Jewish angle to the show.

• The war against intermarriage has been lost. Now what?

  August 6, 2013 2:45pm

  Today, the very notion of fighting a battle against intermarriage in America seems as likely to succeed as a war against rain: It’s going to happen, like it or not. The question is how to react.

• Aaron Panken, a pilot who will head Reform rabbinical school, eyes horizon

  August 1, 2013 4:17pm

  If you want to lead a major Reform Jewish organization, here’s a piece of advice: Join the Westchester Reform Temple.

• Ryan Braun’s Jewiness

  July 24, 2013 12:52pm

  Ryan Braun’s suspension from Major League Baseball for using performance-enhancing drugs apparently has riled up the Jew haters.

• RIP Dannis Farina, aka Cousin Avi

  July 22, 2013 3:41pm

  Once of Dennis Farina’s finest roles was as a foul-mouthed Orthodox Jewish jeweler in the 2000 film “Snatch.”

• Rabbi vs. Helen Thomas

  July 22, 2013 1:40pm

  Rabbi David Nesenoff, who recorded the late Helen Thomas saying the Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine,” recalls his chance encounter with the veteran UPI reporter at the White House in 2010.

• Cleanliness at Zomick’s challah bakery

  July 22, 2013 12:11pm

  After reports of failed inspections and vermin at New York’s popular challah baker, Zomick’s released another statement underscoring the commitment to cleanliness at the company.

• After career in Congress, Peter Deutsch finds new life in Israel

  July 17, 2013 12:11pm

  After leaving Washington, former six-term Democratic congressman Peter Deutsch assumed a radically different identity: Resident of Israel, father to an IDF combat soldier and champion of Jewish education (on the government’s dime).