Uriel Heilman

By Uriel Heilman

Culture
Orthodox Vendors Disappear With Hopes for Chicago Cubs Wins at Wrigley Field

(JTA) – Longtime fans of the Chicago Cubs know there are a few mainstays they can expect when they visit Wrigley Field: ivy on the outfield walls, a strict no-wave policy rigorously enforced by fans and, most days, disappointing play by the hometown team. But there’s one little-known quirk at Wrigley that appears to be…

By Uriel Heilman May 9, 2014 | 5 min read
News
92Y Raises Eyebrows With Appointment of Non-Jewish Henry Timms as New Chief

(JTA) — When the 92nd Street Y announced last week that it had hired a new executive director, Crain’s New York Business went with an eye-catching headline. “It’s a goy! 92nd St. Y picks first non-Jewish chief.” The announcement that Henry Timms would lead the famed Upper East Side cultural center represented the culmination of…

By Uriel Heilman May 7, 2014 | 4 min read
News
After 5 Years, Scant Progress on Restitution for Holocaust Survivors

(JTA) — When a 2009 Holocaust-era assets conference concluded with a landmark statement of principles on Holocaust restitution, many restitution advocates had high hopes that a corner had been turned in the struggle for survivor justice. The Terezin Declaration, which had the support of 46 countries participating in the conference in the Czech Republic, outlined…

By Uriel Heilman Apr 21, 2014 | 5 min read
Israel News
Do Orthodox Rabbi Groups Hold Too Much Sway Over Conversion — in Israel and U.S.?

(JTA) — Even if you converted to Judaism under Orthodox auspices, your conversion may be called into question by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate and the Rabbinical Council of America, the main centrist Orthodox rabbinical group in the United States. If you live in Israel, this means your ability to marry a Jew is in jeopardy….

By Uriel Heilman Mar 28, 2014 | 5 min read
News
Winnipeg Jewish Community Seeks New Blood — With Mixed Results

(JTA) — When the leaders of Winnipeg’s Jewish federation sat down 13 years ago to try to figure out a way to reverse the community’s decline, they came up with a novel idea: recruit Jews from overseas. The idea was pretty straightforward. Capitalizing on the pro-immigration policies of their home province of Manitoba, the Winnipeg…

By Uriel Heilman Mar 26, 2014 | 6 min read
News
‘Partnership Minyan’ Spreads Among Orthodox — and Rabbis Fire Back

(JTA) — If it wasn’t clear before, it should be abundantly clear now: The Orthodox establishment will not sanction so-called partnership minyans, and it’s willing to go to the mat to fight them. In recent weeks, a flurry of articles by leading Orthodox rabbis and scholars have taken aim at the growing phenomenon of partnership…

By Uriel Heilman Mar 5, 2014 | 5 min read
Fast Forward
With Venezuela in a Tailspin, Jewish Community Continues To Shrink

(JTA) — They left after Venezuelan secret police raided a Jewish club in 2007, and after the local synagogue was ransacked by unidentified thugs two years later. They left after President Hugo Chavez expelled Israel’s ambassador to Caracas, and when he called on Venezuela’s Jews to condemn Israel for its actions in Gaza in 2009….

By Uriel Heilman Mar 4, 2014 | 4 min read
News
Abe Foxman Looks Back at Changing — and Declining — Face of Anti-Semitism

(JTA) — When Abraham Foxman steps down next summer from his longtime post as national director of the Anti-Defamation League, he’ll be leaving his successor with a much brighter picture on anti-Semitism in America than when Foxman joined the organization in 1965. In an age when anti-Semitic incidents appear to be on the upswing in…

By Uriel Heilman Feb 19, 2014 | 4 min read

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Uriel Heilman

By Uriel Heilman

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92Y Raises Eyebrows With Appointment of Non-Jewish Henry Timms as New Chief

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