Jnews Roundup IIIb

A few more interesting news items from papers that posted to the web since the last roundup:

Celebrating Prof. Abraham Joshua Heschel's 100th anniversary of his birthday (NJ Jewish News: I, II)

Touro moves forward with medical school (NJ Jewish Standard)

Andrew Silow-Carroll's ideas for the big Jewish idea (Jewish News of Greater Phoenix)

Reform chevra kadisha begun in order to accommodate intermarriages (Canadian Jewish News) -- never forget the law of unintended consequences