Biden era symbolizes a different Jewish world
Uriel Heilman, JTAJan 21, 2021
WASHINGTON — When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office as US president and vice president on Wednesday, Jan. 20, Biden was the oldest person ever to occupy the...
United States of Anxiety
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 29, 2020
NEW YORK — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter million Americans and is spreading more rapidly as winter...
Israelis are vacationing in their own backyard
Uriel Heilman, JTAAug 27, 2020
JERUSALEM — There’s nothing Israelis like to do better in August than leave the country. The summertime heat is oppressive, state-subsidized Israeli summer camps...
New Rochelle, where NY’s outbreak began, yearns for normal
Uriel Heilman, JTAJun 04, 2020
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — It was during my own quarantine in Israel following an ill-timed trip to Italy in late February that I learned that my parents were stuck in...
Mt. Hermon: Skiing in a military zone
Uriel Heilman, JTAFeb 27, 2020
MOUNT HERMON, Israel — Standing on a peak atop Israel’s highest mountain on a dazzlingly bright February morning, I had just stepped into my skis and begun to...
A summer travelogue through Southwest Colorado
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 19, 2017
With soaring mountains, rushing rivers and stunningly beautiful landscapes, Colorado is a summer traveler’s dream. If you’ve got little kids, however, those same...
Brandeis’ Jonathan Sarna: Academic rock star
Uriel Heilman, JTAMay 19, 2016
WALTHAM, Mass. — When Jonathan Sarna was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1999 at the age of 44, it changed his life. Already a highly regarded historian at...
Shmurah — not your average matzah
Uriel Heilman, JTAApr 21, 2016
PASSOVER EDITION 5776 SECTION B PAGE 6 IT COSTS more per pound than filet mignon. It might be burnt or taste like cardboard. It’s so delicate it often breaks in...
A seder with Hillary — shared with Denverites
Uriel Heilman, JTAApr 14, 2016
NEW YORK — How was Helene and Bob Fine’s family seder in 2000 different from every other Passover night? First lady Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea...
Judge Garland’s Jewish life
Uriel Heilman, JTAMar 24, 2016
WASHINGTON Americans have heard a lot about Merrick Garland since President Barack Obama nominated him last week to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. But...
