Soldiers Save Lives, an organization founded by young Israeli civilians in the days after the October 7 terrorist attack, should rouse Americans into action.
When Gidon Hazony went to bed on October 6, 2023, he was a calculus teacher at Hebrew University. His life took a radical turn on the Shabbat morning of October 7, when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel. Clutching his packed lunch, he and a close friend sped from the safety of Katamon into an active war-zone to save his football teammate David Newman.
Gidon borrowed a car belonging to mutual friend Baruch Apisdorf, who had received foreboding texts from Newman earlier that day. “I hope you’re up north,” he’d texted Newman upon hearing of the attacks.
“Pray for me,” came the reply. David was not up north — he was hiding in a dumpster with 16 others at the site of the Nova Music Festival near Re-Im. “F***ing…
