Three years ago, on October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked the Nova festival in southern Israel. Inside a crowded bomb shelter, a 22-year-old off-duty soldier named Aner Shapira promised to throw back any grenade that came through the door. He did it seven times. The eighth took his life. At least seven people in that shelter survived.
In this Focus on Israel conversation, Laurie Cardoza-Moore talks with Aner's mother, Shira, and his father, Moshe. They describe the last meal the whole family shared, the shelter, and the legacy of a young man who wrote music, painted, and stood at the door for strangers. Moshe calls that legacy almost biblical: stand for what is right, and you can beat evil.
The Shapira family carries Aner's music and art forward through the Aner Foundation, which works with young people from every background in Jerusalem. Learn more at anershapiro.com.
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00:00 Aner Shapira's Last Stand: “I Will Throw the Grenades Back” 00:40 Hero of October 7: The Nova Festival Bomb Shelter Story 02:58 Hersh Goldberg-Polin Wounded and Taken Hostage in Gaza 04:45 Shira Shapira on Preserving the Heritage of October 7 08:20 A Mother Remembers Her Son Aner on October 7 09:42 Aner's Music, Art and Poem 10:38 PJTN Anniversary Offer and the Rise of Antisemitism 14:10 Moshe Shapira: Jerusalem Architect and Aner's Father 17:00 The Last Family Meal Before the Nova Festival 18:42 Inside the Bomb Shelter: Aner Takes Charge 19:39 Aner Stands at the Entrance and Throws the Grenades Back 20:55 The RPG Blast, Hersh's Wounded Hand and the Survivors 22:26 Stand Against Evil: Aner's Legacy and the Aner Foundation 25:37 Take a Stand: Support Pro-Israel Action at pjtn.org
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