Uriel Heilman
By Uriel Heilman
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News Is Yeshivah of Flatbush ‘Predatory’ In Its Scrutiny of Girls’ Attire?
(JTA) — For years, Melissa Duchan had found the dress code for girls at her Orthodox school in Brooklyn, the Yeshivah of Flatbush, onerous. But it wasn’t until recently that Duchan, 16, felt that scrutiny of female students had crossed the line from irritating to what she called “predatory.” Though girls by and large were adhering…
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Israel News Islamist Rise Could Drive Arab Moderates Closer to Israel
(JTA) — Between the war in Gaza and gains by Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Libya, there’s plenty of cause these days for pessimism about the Middle East. But amid all the fighting, there’s also some good news for Israel. If it wasn’t obvious before, the conflagrations have driven home just how much the…
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Opinion 6 Ways To Spin the Gaza War
Getty Images (JTA) — Now that the latest Gaza conflict appears to be nearly over it’s time to take stock of the winners and losers. Who won the war? Perhaps more than the other two Gaza conflicts in the last six years, Israel is the clear winner this time. The Israel Defense Forces dealt a…
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Opinion Why No Photos of Hamas Militants?
Getty Images (JTA) — There’s no shortage of images from the Gaza conflict. We’ve seen rubble, dead Palestinian children, Israelis cowering during rocket attacks, Israeli military maneuvers and IDF footage of Hamas militants emerging from tunnels to attack Israeli soldiers. What we haven’t seen are practically any images of Hamas fighters inside Gaza. We know…
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News What Will Happen Now That Hamas Has Captured Israeli Soldier Hadar Goldin
(JTA) — Now that Hamas appears to have achieved one of the central goals of its confrontation with Israel, the capture of a live Israeli soldier, a number of things are likely to follow. Hamas is going to trumpet its operation as a success, and that assertion will reach receptive ears among Palestinians. With thousands…
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News Jews Leave Alaska for Sunny Israel — Rockets Be Damned
(JTA) — Rebecca Scoggin lived in a lot of places growing up: Juneau, Nome, Fairbanks, Homer, Anchorage. But except for the two years she lived in Seattle after high school, she never lived outside Alaska. At least she hadn’t until a few months ago. Inspired by a Birthright trip she took at age 19, Scoggin…
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Fast Forward Why Airline Bans Are Such a Blow to Israel
(JTA) — When the Federal Aviation Administration announced a ban Tuesday on U.S. carriers flying to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, prompting a slew of similar decisions by European carriers, the flight cancellations were more than just a major inconvenience to thousands of passengers on 160-plus canceled flights. They were a distressing reality check…
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Opinion Did Danny Danon Go Too Far?
Getty Images (JTA) — Apparently, Danny Danon went too far. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Danon, a hawkish Likudnik who had been deputy defense minister, from his post after Danon slammed the Israeli Cabinet decision to endorse a proposed cease-fire with Hamas. Danon had called the decision a “slap in the face to all…
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