Sabra, the alter ego of Ruth Bat-Seraph (Hebrew: רות בת-שרף), is a mutant, and serves as an agent to the Mossad, Israel's secret service. She is noted to be the first Israeli superheroine and has been received positively by the Jewish community.

6 days ago · In the comics, the character is a Mossad agent turned superhero and, even before the war, some eyebrows were raised among the anti-Israel crowd when Haas, one of Israel’s most talented and ...

5 days ago · When Disney and Marvel Studios announced at the D23 Expo in 2022 that Emmy-nominated Shira Haas (from Netflix’s hit series, Unorthodox) was joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the Israeli superhero Sabra in Captain America: Brave New World, pro-Palestinian protestors have called for a massive boycott of the new movie. In the original 1980’s comics, …

5 days ago · 'Sabra' superhero in Marvel's 'Captain America' stripped of Israeliness amid backlash Hollywood has given us a couple of supposedly "extremist" presidents over the past 12 months, with Harrison Ford's Thaddeus Ross in the new "Captain America: Brave New World" and Nick Offerman's POTUS in Alex Garland's criminally underappreciated "Civil War ...

Feb 11, 2025 · In a comics industry built on the back of the work of Jewish creatives, Sabra remains one of a select group of Jewish Marvel characters, and key part of an even tinier group of characters to...

Jul 16, 2024 · The Israeli background of Marvel superhero Sabra has been removed for the upcoming 'Captain America: Brave New World' movie, with the character now depicted as a former Soviet Black Widow.

Jul 16, 2024 · When Marvel Studios announced two years ago that it had cast the Israeli actress Shira Haas to play Sabra, a superhero Mossad agent, in its next “Captain America” film, the news was cheered...

Feb 7, 2025 · At the 2022 D23 Expo, Disney's yearly fan convention, Israeli actress Shira Haas was announced for the Marvel movie in the role of Sabra, a.k.a. Ruth Bat-Seraph. In the comics, Sabra is a...

Oct 31, 2023 · At last year's D23 expo, Disney announced a new character would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe—Israeli superhero Sabra. Debuting in 2024's Captain America: New World Order...

Jul 14, 2024 · A new trailer was released on Friday for Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” a movie that has already sparked controversy over its inclusion of an Israeli character in the Marvel...