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War heroes

Yehonatan Maatuf, left, who was injured in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on April 11, 2025, about to train with Sagi Dovev at the House of Heroes in Or Yehuda on September 9, 2026. (Matan Siegel/Times of Israel)
Three years since Oct. 7
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'Their identity as warriors, as fighters, can get lost'
After war put them on the ropes, a martial arts gym gives wounded vets a fighting chance
By Diana Bletter
House of Heroes, founded by former IDF resilience trainer Sagi Dovev, uses MMA and other sparring styles to help rehabilitate some of the 26,200 soldiers scarred in body and mind since October 7, 2023
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
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
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
Soldiers pose on top of a tank during the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973. (Avi Simhoni/Bamahane/Defense Ministry Archives)
August 16, 2022, 1:18 pm
Ami Palant, war hero who stopped Syrian advance during Yom Kippur War, dies at 71
He served as a company commander in the 7th Armored Brigade under Avigdor Kahalani, and as director general of the Public Security Ministry after the war
By Tobias Siegal
Justus Rosenberg before receiving the award of the French Legion of Honor medal from French ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud at the French Consulate on March 30, 2017, in New York. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
November 22, 2021, 11:41 pm
Last surviving WWII hero who smuggled Jewish academics to safety from Nazis dies
Justus Rosenberg, a professor whose long career teaching literature was preceded by a remarkable tenure in the French resistance during the Holocaust, died aged 100 last month
By Shira Hanau
John Wren from New York, who was 4-years-old when Chips the family pet dog returned from the war effort, with military working dog Ayron, who received the PDSA Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, on Chips' behalf, in London on January 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
January 15, 2018, 10:31 pm
US Army WWII hero dog receives posthumous medal
Chips, a German shepherd-husky cross, attacked enemy soldier by throat, pulled machine gun off its stand during 1943 Sicily landing. He was injured, but survived war
By AP
Clockwise, from left: The church Renate is believed to have attended during the war; Aad and Fie Versnel with Renate, circa 1945; Renate reunited in 2015 with Cobi and Els after more than 50 years. (Courtesy Nadine Wojakovski)
November 14, 2017, 4:56 pm
How a Facebook post got wartime rescuers recognized as Righteous Gentiles
A foster family that hid a Jewish baby during the Holocaust has been reunited with her after 50 years, and the parents posthumously honored by Yad Vashem
By Nadine Wojakovski
Matthew Bielski served in the IDF from 2005-2007 and fought in the 2006 Lebanon war. (Courtesy)
November 8, 2017, 11:07 am
Grandson of famous Jewish WWII partisans makes resistance meaningful today
Raised in a family of modern day Maccabees who saved 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust, Matthew Bielski keeps their legacy alive to inspire others not to be afraid
By Cathryn J. Prince
Marthe Cohn being filmed by director Nicola Hens for the upcoming documentary 'An Unusual Spy.' (Courtesy)
September 17, 2017, 10:55 pm
The 4’11” Jewish woman who entered the lion’s den to spy on Nazi Germany
‘I was very lucky,’ says 97-year-old Marthe Cohn, the subject of a new documentary that highlights her near-impossible missions
By Alex Suskind
Australian, British and American soldiers and sailors raise their cups at a Passover Seder at the YMCA’s Jewish Hut, April 1919. (Courtesy)
August 27, 2017, 8:30 am
The ‘chosen’ Anzacs: Australia’s distinguished fighting Jews gain new recognition
A new book by Mark Dapin chronicles the Outback’s rich history of Hebrew heroes — including the only Jewish military commander-in-chief outside of Israel
By Rich Tenorio
Professor Justus Rosenberg receiving the French Legion of Honor from the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud on Thursday, March 30, 2017. (Emily Stern)
April 3, 2017, 1:19 pm
Still teaching at 96, a WWII hero professor receives the French Legion of Honor
Justus Rosenberg worked for the American Rescue Committee, the French resistance, the US Army, and the UN, to clandestinely save thousands from the Nazis
By Cathryn J. Prince
American prisoners captured in Ardennes in December 1944. (Wikimedia commons/Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-J28589 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)
November 30, 2016, 3:21 pm
Posthumous honor for US officer who saved 200 Jewish GIs from the Nazis — and never told a soul
With a Nazi pistol pointed at his head, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds refused to reveal which of his soldiers were Jews. This week he was recognized for his bravery
By Cathryn J. Prince
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