• Nokia
    • Bell Labs History
    • Bell Labs Researcher Profiles
    • Nokia Leader ProfilesAs the in-house journalist for Nokia’s Cloud and Network Services, I embarked on a project to profile the business group’s various leaders so that those inside the 22,500 person organization, and outside it, could get to know them better.
  • Associated Press
    • Elections/PoliticsBelieve it or not, I’ve covered four Israeli election campaigns in less than a decade. Here is a selection of some of the stories and features I have written about Israeli politics over this time. SELECTED STORIES
    • Holocaust Stories
    • Military/Security
    • Israel/Lebanon War
    • Israel/Hamas Wars
    • ReligionAs the epicenter of world religion, the Holy Land provides an endless source of religion-based features. I’ve focused mostly on Judaism: the fraught relation between religion and state in Israel, tensions between the secular and ultra-Orthodox and how that has often created a rift with the Jewish Diaspora. SELECTED STORIES
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Sports
    • ASAP/Blogging
  • Ottawa Citizen
    • Ottawa Citizen Series
  • Graduate Work
    • Columbia News serviceColumbia News Service is syndicated by The New York Times wire and distributed to newspapers all across the U.S. and Canada. All of my stories have run in major newspapers, including: Chicago Tribune, The Winston-Salem Journal, The Arizona Daily Star, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Naples Daily News, The Arizona Republic, The Oakland Tribune, The Argus (Fremont, Ca.), Tri-Valley Herald (Pleasanton, Ca.), Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pa.), The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.).
  • Freelance

Aron Heller

  • Nokia
    • Bell Labs History
    • Bell Labs Researcher Profiles
    • Nokia Leader ProfilesAs the in-house journalist for Nokia’s Cloud and Network Services, I embarked on a project to profile the business group’s various leaders so that those inside the 22,500 person organization, and outside it, could get to know them better.
  • Associated Press
    • Elections/PoliticsBelieve it or not, I’ve covered four Israeli election campaigns in less than a decade. Here is a selection of some of the stories and features I have written about Israeli politics over this time. SELECTED STORIES
    • Holocaust Stories
    • Military/Security
    • Israel/Lebanon War
    • Israel/Hamas Wars
    • ReligionAs the epicenter of world religion, the Holy Land provides an endless source of religion-based features. I’ve focused mostly on Judaism: the fraught relation between religion and state in Israel, tensions between the secular and ultra-Orthodox and how that has often created a rift with the Jewish Diaspora. SELECTED STORIES
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Sports
    • ASAP/Blogging
  • Ottawa Citizen
    • Ottawa Citizen Series
  • Graduate Work
    • Columbia News serviceColumbia News Service is syndicated by The New York Times wire and distributed to newspapers all across the U.S. and Canada. All of my stories have run in major newspapers, including: Chicago Tribune, The Winston-Salem Journal, The Arizona Daily Star, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Naples Daily News, The Arizona Republic, The Oakland Tribune, The Argus (Fremont, Ca.), Tri-Valley Herald (Pleasanton, Ca.), Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pa.), The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.).
  • Freelance

Defense Matters, Episode 10 | The Chinese Connection

Episode 10 of “Defense Matters” looks at Israel-China relations. In our season finale, Host Aron Heller speaks with Carice Witte, Founder & Executive Director of SIGNAL – Sino-Israel Global Network

Defense Matters, Episode 9 | Israel: New government, same old challenges

Episode 9 of “Defense Matters” tackles the new Israeli government. Host Aron Heller speaks with Eitan Dangot, retired IDF general, former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, and currently

Defense Matters, Episode 8 | A Special Cyber Edition

Episode 8 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the cyber and its complex reach into our lives. Host Aron Heller speaks with Erez Kreiner, a former director of the Cyber Division

Defense Matters, Episode 7 | Seeking the Saudis

Episode 7 of “Defense Matters” focuses on Saudi Arabia. Host Aron Heller speaks with Prof. Uzi Rabi, PhD, Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for the Middle Eastern and African

Defense Matters, Episode 6 | The Biden visit: Checking the pulse of Israel/US relations

Episode 6 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the upcoming Biden visit to the Middle East and what it means for Israel and the region. Host Aron Heller speaks with Helit

Defense Matters, Episode 5 | Israel & Turkey: friends or foes?

Episode 5 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the current status of relations between Israel and Turkey. Host Aron Heller talks to Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, an expert on Turkey and a

Defense Matters, Episode 4 | The war over public opinion

Episode 4 of “Defense Matters” tries to figure out why Israel always seems to be on the losing end of global public opinion. We will review recent crises, such as

Defense Matters, Episode 3 | A New Middle East?

Episode 3 of “Defense Matters” looks at the seemingly new era in the Middle East. Israel now has open relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and others, and the Palestinian

Defense Matters, Episode 2 | Wave of terror: Coping with lone attackers

Episode 2 of “Defense Matters” focuses on the recent wave of terror attacks in Israel, after the deadliest month of nationalist violence in years. The stabbing and shooting attacks in

Defense Matters, Episode 1 | Ukraine: First lessons from a brutal war

Episode 1 of “Defense Matters” focused on the war in Ukraine and discussed the fighting on the ground, the technology involved, the cyber war, the post-Cold War military balance that

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  • Nokia
    • Bell Labs History
    • Bell Labs Researcher Profiles
    • Nokia Leader Profiles
  • Associated Press
    • Elections/Politics
    • Holocaust Stories
    • Military/Security
    • Israel/Lebanon War
    • Israel/Hamas Wars
    • Religion
    • Arts & Entertainment
    • Sports
    • ASAP/Blogging
  • Ottawa Citizen
    • Ottawa Citizen Series
  • Graduate Work
    • Columbia News service
  • Freelance