Sole female pilot grad says her skin, gender are no story * NYC: More cops for Jewish areas * Disney’s Hanukkah win * ’Secret Hitler’ protest * Survivors’ miracle of life

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Saturday, December 28, 2019 [Lone female grad of latest IAF pilot course says judging skin, gender won’t fly]( By [TOI staff]( [Lieutenant Tet, the religious daughter of an immigrant from the Ivory Coast, says her looks ‘are not the story’ — what’s important is how well she does her job]( [NYC sends more cops to Jewish areas to counter spate of anti-Semitic attacks]( By [Jennifer Peltz]( [‘Anti-Semitism is an attack on the values of our city — and we will confront it head-on,’ mayor says after series of assaults over Hanukkah]( [Lawyers fight death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter]( By [AP]( [Jewish woman assaulted in Brooklyn in front of her son]( By [JTA]( [Man enters Chabad world headquarters in Brooklyn and threatens to shoot it up]( By [LAURA E. ADKINS]( [Out of darkness: Holocaust survivors tell of personal Hanukkah miracle — life]( By [Robert Sarner]( [Australian Jews slam pending appointment of Litzman as health minister]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [Head of country’s top pro-Israel group calls elevating the lawmaker to full minister an ‘insult’ to victims of accused sex offender he allegedly worked to shield from extradition]( [As Netanyahu forced to give up portfolios, Litzman tapped to be health minister]( By [TOI staff]( [Drawn-out legal saga in sex crimes case rattles Israel-Australia ties]( By [Tia Goldenberg]( First person [Disney’s ‘Elena of Avalor’ Hanukkah episode is a win for representation]( By [SARAH AROESTE]( Analysis [Omer Sharvit]( [Brutal murder of teen in Shfar’am a symptom of a diseased system, say residents]( [Reeling from revenge killing of 17-year-old Adel Khatib, northern Arab city’s leaders can’t shake the feeling that Israel sees the Arab sector’s plight but prefers to look away]( [Body found with gunshot wounds in pit near Ramat Hasharon cemetery]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Zev Stub]( [8 videos for 8 nights of Hanukkah 2019]( [Laugh, rejoice, dance, and learn your way through a new rap, original melodies, parodies and some classics, including Star Wars and James Corben]( [Ilana Fodiman-Silverman]( [’If we don’t kill her today, we will get her another day soon’]( [Tante Anna convinced me that miracles that seem to be unique, discrete events can resonate throughout our daily lives; no time brings that home more than Hanukkah]( [Low turnout in last planned Gaza border protest until March 2020]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Several Palestinians throw rocks and explosives at IDF troops, who respond with tear gas and rubber-coated bullets, but no live fire]( [Jewish group urges Amazon to stop selling ‘Secret Hitler’ board game]( By [TOI staff]( [In top-selling product, team of fascists tries to install Nazi dictator in power; Anti-Defamation Commission calls it ‘an insult to the memory’ of Holocaust victims]( [The rise, fall and rise again of a historically Jewish Chicago neighborhood]( By [Ben Sales]( Almost lost it [NJ man enlists Twitter to get grandmother’s lost Hanukkah gift to her grandson]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Josh Israel finds holiday card with brief inscription, cash outside sushi restaurant, launches successful social media appeal to find recipient]( [CRM]( More Headlines [At least 90 killed by truck bomb in Somalia’s capital]( By [Abdi Guled]( [Poland censures Russian envoy over Hitler collusion accusation by Putin]( By [AFP]( [UAE denies developing popular Middle East app as spy tool]( By [AFP]( [FBI said to be investigating Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Likud slams ‘hypocrite’ Gantz for criticizing party decision to reelect PM]( By [TOI staff]( [2 years after tweeting anti-Semitic screed, Valerie Plame now attends synagogue]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Radio host Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79]( By [David Bauder]( [Russia says it is first nation with operational new hypersonic nuclear weapons]( By [VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV]( [Islamic State claims execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria]( By [AFP]( [Geert Wilders calls for kicking out ICC prosecutor over Israel ‘bias’]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Facing the music / Ezra Koenig explains the Jewish history behind Vampire Weekend’s ‘Harmony Hall’]( By [Gabe Friedman]( [Egyptian YouTube star held for videos criticizing president]( By [AP]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( © 2019 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL, All Rights Reserved