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Hannah Senesh with her older brother Gyuri in Tel Aviv. After being stranded in France during the war, Gyuri finally made it to Palestine the day his sister was shipping out to Egypt for training for her mission. This photo documents this meeting. (Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
March 24, 2026, 4:56 pm
Certain death, small chance of success: The pre-state parachuters who jumped into Nazi Europe
Matti Friedman’s new book, ‘Out of the Sky,’ breathes life into British intelligence operatives who became Zionist heroes despite — or because of — failing at their real mission
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israeli security forces demolish homes in an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, September 17, 2025. (Flash90)
October 16, 2025, 8:05 am
Once hailed for Oct. 7 heroism, Bedouin bemoan a state they say has since turned its back
An exponential rise in demolitions for unrecognized Negev communities, coupled with poverty and record-high crime, leave those once feted for risking their lives feeling neglected and forgotten
By Eliyahu Freedman
Revital Fouks. (Screenshot)
October 21, 2024, 8:04 am
In Hadera’s city center, an exhibit honors female heroes of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
Those highlighted in ‘Iron Women: Lionesses of Iron Swords’ come from a variety of fields, including medicine, forensics, communications and the military
By Hadas Kuznits
Hadassah Ben-Ari at her home in Pardes Hannah with a copy of her book, 'The Heroes of October 7,' on September 30, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
October 7, 2024, 3:50 pm
New children’s book in English brings to life heroic tales of October 7
‘The Heroes of October 7,’ crafted under the guidence of child trauma experts and edited by Hadassah Ben-Ari, aims to teach ‘moments of grace and heroism from the war’ to kids
By Gavriel Fiske
Tali Hadad, from the southern city of Ofakim. (Ahva and Matan Golomb)
May 14, 2024, 3:41 pm
How ordinary citizens became superhuman on October 7: A new book recounts their tales
Author Nachum Avniel’s ‘We’re On Our Way: The Civilians Who Saved Lives On October 7’ focuses on everyday heroes to highlight the oft-overlooked greatness Israelis hold within
By Sue Surkes
Rivka Grabovsky and her children in an undated photo. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law/ Zman)
May 13, 2024, 4:27 pm
An unsung heroine’s 1948 tale of courage and captivity resonates anew after October 7
Rivka Grabovsky’s little-known ordeals, during the War of Independence and as a POW held by Syria, take on added layers as Israelis process a more recent tragedy
By Tal Schneider
Haaretz journalist Amir Tibon (left) and his father, retired IDF general Noam Tibon. (screenshot/ Flash90)
October 23, 2023, 5:18 am
How Haaretz’s Amir Tibon and family were rescued by his dad, retired general Noam Tibon
When Hamas terrorists invaded Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Tibon locked himself and his young family in a safe room in his house. ‘I prepared to die,’ he said later. But salvation was coming
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Alexander D. Goode and a view of the Dorchester, which was requisitioned by the US Army during World War II. The ship was sunk by a German torpedo on February 3, 1943. (Courtesy Mark Auerbach via JTA)
February 8, 2023, 10:39 am
Honoring a US rabbi who went down with his torpedoed warship 80 years ago this month
Mark Auerbach works to preserve the memory of his relative Alexander Goode, an army chaplain who gave away his lifejacket and calmed panicked soldiers after a German U-boat attack
By Lisa Keys
Brie Larson in a still from 'Captain Marvel' (YouTube screenshot)
March 7, 2019, 9:58 am
Mazel tov! Ahead of International Women’s Day, Marvel cinema births a (s)hero
With an insider’s peek at the feminist film, our movie maven thinks up an elaborate ‘Captain Marvel’ back story in which the plot is a complex Jewish allegory. Work with him here
By Jordan Hoffman
Joshua Hammerman
May 25, 2018, 6:14 pm
Joshua Hammerman
Ari Ben Portnoy
Are we the fighter or the kvetcher? The noble or the nebbish? The Philip Roth – Leon Uris battle still resonates
Joseph C. Kaplan
May 25, 2018, 5:39 pm
Joseph C. Kaplan
Find out how to be a hero — read the obits
Took a close look at the lives of ordinary individuals who did the right thing in extraordinary circumstances
Binyomin Yudin
February 20, 2018, 10:06 am
Binyomin Yudin
Heroes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
We become the best version of ourselves when we push past the instinct for self-preservation and act to save others
Clockwise, from left: Hubert Butler with daughter Julia in 1960; two couples Butler helped save from the Nazis. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2017, 4:18 pm
When Ireland rejected Jewish orphans fleeing Nazis, this man saved dozens
A new film chronicling Irish anti-Semitism stars one WWII hero, essayist Hubert Butler, who was ostracized for speaking against the Catholic church
By Robert Philpot
Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty on a donkey in Haiti before the outbreak of World War II. (Courtesy/Memorial Society)
May 20, 2017, 11:17 am
The unbelievable heroic story of Ireland’s overlooked ‘Oskar Schindler’
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty was wanted for saving hundreds of Jews in Rome during elaborate disguised operations that earned him the name ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’
By Michael Riordan
Ruth Ebenstein
April 28, 2017, 2:56 pm
Ruth Ebenstein
Heroes are everywhere
On how one teacher harnessed National Superhero Day to inspire kids with the heroism in each of them
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