Uri Bar-Lev

THE ONLY PILOT TO EVER
​FOIL AN IN-AIR HIJACKING

Born in the British Mandate of Palestine, Captain Uri Bar-Lev came of age at the same time as the State of Israel.  His story - like the story of the country he loves - is an epic adventure.  Soon to be published in his autobiography Survival: Against All Odds

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New! What did famous gangster Meyer Lansky want with Uri?  Watch Uri's interview with the Yiddish Book Center here

Read about Captain Bar-Lev's heroics in the New York Post, The Forward. The Jewish News of Northern California and The Times of Israel newspapers

This thrilling autobiography is now available in Hebrew! 

To purchase in Israel, click here - 78 (ILS)

Today Captain Bar-Lev is a much-sought after speaker on fighting terrorism and preventing skyjackings.

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 September 1970 (photo credit: Courtesy El Al archive)

View the press conference the day after Captain Bar-Lev thwarted terrorist Leila Khaled's violent attempt to take over his plane as part of the murderous Black September group's Dawson's Field hijackings. For the Hebrew-language version, click here

Watch Captain Bar-Lev featured on the
​Israeli television program "One in a Million"  the website "Humans of Judaism" and on Aish and PBS' "American Experience"

Cover ​Photo by Rayyu Maldives on Unsplash