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Yael Bar tur

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Yael Bar tur

@yaelbt

Cohost of Ask A Jew. Moderately obnoxious Harvard Kennedy School alum. Former NYPD head of digital. Hit me up for your $7,000. והעיקר לא לפחד כלל

New York

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Born June 3

Joined February 2009

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Yael Bar tur
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Jun 16
Ranch dressing. Yellow school buses. Squirrels! I remember the joy of encountering these things for the first time, and if you won the lottery by being born in the USA - try to take a moment to appreciate the regular stuff the world marvels at. 🇺🇸 My latest for @NYPostOpinion
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Oct 14, 2023
This is Captain Yuval, an infantry commander in the Nahal Brigade. On Saturday morning, as soon as she heard about the horrors taking place, she ran out of her home with her gun in her pajamas. She reports there were dead bodies all over the road, and that at some point, a
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Oct 21, 2023
This is Shlomo Ron. When Hamas terrorists invaded his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, this 85-year-old frail man had a plan. He left his wife, daughters and grandson in the shelter, and went to sit in his living room, waiting for his death. He figured that when terrorists break in
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Yael Bar tur
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Oct 12, 2023
This is 2nd Lt. Adar Ben Simon, 20 an IDF search and rescue officer. On Saturday she was leading a goup of bootcamp recruits when she texted her sister: "9 terrorists coming at us. I'm with bullets in the chamber" She hid her recruits and along with fellow commanders engaged
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Mar 23, 2025
I see this guy every Sunday at the NYC hostage rally. Today I finally asked him his story. His name is Simon, and he was born in South Sudan. When he was 9 years old, he was kidnapped and spent 3 years as a slave. He’s been living in New York for many years now, and on Oct 7th
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Yael Bar tur
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Oct 12, 2025
Hostage Bar Kuperstein has a huge surprise waiting for him at home. His father, who had been paralyzed and nonverbal due to an accident, has learned to walk and speak again over the last 2 years, so that he’d be ready to hug his son and tell him he missed him. 📹@roniaviram
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Yael Bar tur
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Oct 10, 2023
This is Yaniv Sarudi. Eyewitness account: Yaniv picked up 9 fleeing and wounded people in his regular car along the way as they were being attacked by terrorists in southern Israel. He drove them to an IDF base, but that base was under Hamas control. He kept driving under
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Yael Bar tur
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Aug 29, 2024
Maybe refusing to read long texts is how you got your views in the first place
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Aug 27, 2024
My reaction to NYU’s guidance letter:
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Yael Bar tur
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Oct 22, 2023
When Hamas terrorists attacked a Bedouin Muslim family from Rahat, the father yelled to them “we are Arabs!” to which they replied “you are more Jewish than Jews!”. The terrorists then murdered the father, and shot 5-year-old Atallah. Police arrived and the paramedic determined
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Oct 18, 2023
This is Ariel Zohar. Today he stood alone, the only one left, and buried his entire family that was executed by terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz. His mother Yasmin, his father Yaniv, and his sisters Tchelet and Keshet. Ariel, not yet 13, went for a jog that morning and was saved
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Mar 3, 2025
This is Warrant Officer Ibrahim Kharuba, a Bedouin Muslim IDF soldier, who is nominated for the IDFs highest bravery honor. On October 7th, he was one of the few armed men protecting a group of female soldiers on Nahal Oz base. The terrorists recognized he was an Arab and told
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Yael Bar tur
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Oct 10, 2023
This is Inbal Lieberman, 25, security coordinator of Kibbutz Nir Am. She heard gunfire and opened up the weapons stash, grabbed volunteers one by one from their homes and put them in positions. All 25 terrorists were killed on the fence due to her heroism. The Kibbutz suffered no
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Yael Bar tur
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Oct 10, 2023
This is 21 y/o Amit Mann, a paramedic who went to save lives at Kibbut Beeri. For 6 hours she hid with bodies and wounded. Texted her family that she loves them and doesn’t think she’ll make it. The last words on the phone from Amit were “they’re on me! They shot my legs”. Her
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Oct 12, 2023
This is Abad El Rahman Alansasra, a Muslim Israeli-Arab. Abad drove young people escaping from the Nova party to safety under live fire, saving countless lives until he was shot at the entrance to the kibbutz. He left behind a wife and 7 children. I don’t know how many lives he
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