Victims of Arab terror part 2

Yechezkel Goldberg Avraham Nachman Nitzani Shosha Ben Ishai David Cohen

Biography

Jan 29, 2004 - Yechezkel Isser Goldberg, 41, of Beitar Illit was one of 11 people killed in a suicide bombing on a no. 19 Egged bus at the corner of Gaza and Arlozorov streets in Jerusalem.

Yechezkel Goldberg, who immigrated to Israel from Toronto, Canada eight years ago, was taking the number 19 bus to his job as a social worker in downtown Jerusalem when he was killed. He worked primarily with troubled youth, both in Jerusalem and in his hometown of Beitar Illit. Goldberg also wrote for many years for the Jewish Press, an English-language Orthodox weekly, primarily on educational matters and on the experiences of a religious, English-speaking immigrant in Israel.Yechezkel Isser Goldberg was buried in Jerusalem's Har Hamenuhos cemetery. He is survived by his wife Shifra and their seven children, aged one to 16.

Yechezkel Goldberg Memorial

Biography

Dec 12, 2001 - Avraham Nahman Nitzani, 17, of Betar Illit, was one of 11 people killed in a terrorist attack on an Israeli bus and several passenger cars near the entrance to Emmanuel in Samaria.

Avraham Nahman Nitzani, who attended the Braslav Yeshiva in Jerusalem and another yeshiva in Bnei Brak, was on his way to visit relatives in Emmanuel when he was killed. Avraham's father, Rabbi Oded Nitzani, who became religiously observant around 20 years ago, heads the Sde Tzofim Yeshiva. Avraham, the third of 11 children, was named after Rabbi Nahman of Braslav. He would have celebrated his 18th birthday in two weeks. Many of the family's non-religious members also attended the funeral. One of them, Yair Nitzani said: "We are from two different worlds, but there are things that unify." Avraham Nahman Nitzani is survived by his parents, Oded and Tzila, and 10 siblings.

Biography

Nov 4, 2001 - Shoshana Ben Ishai, 16, of Beitar Illit was killed when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire with a sub-machine gun shortly before 16:00 at a No. 25 Egged bus at the French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem.

Shoshana, an 11th grader, was on her way home from the Beit Shulamit School in Jerusalem's Neveh Ya'akov, where she boarded the bus. She was evacuated by ambulance to Sha'arei Zedek Hospital where her mother works as a nurse. Her mother, who was at home at the time of the incident, called the hospital to ask if they had any information about her daughter. When it became clear that Shoshana had been killed, the hospital notified the parents who came to identify the body. Shoshana, the oldest of six children of Yitzhak and Miriam Ben Ishai, was born in Long Island, New York, and immigrated to Israel with her parents when she was five. They settled in Kfar Adumim and later moved to the religious community of Beitar Illit. Na'ama Toren, her teacher at the Beit Shulamit school in Jerusalem's Neveh Ya'acov neighborhood, described her as a role model for the class. Haya Goldstein, a good friend of Shoshana's said, "She was a happy girl, very sympathetic. It was important for her to help other people." Mazal Romi, another friend, said, "She was a modest and quiet girl, who dedicated many hours to her studies, and was an optimistic person." Her father said that after mourning his daughter's death he will travel to the United States, there he will explain about the terror inflicted upon Israeli citizens. Shoshana Ben Ishai was buried in Jerusalem. She leaves behind her parents and five siblings.

Biography

July 14, 2001 - David Cohen, 28, of Beitar Illit, died of injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting in Kiryat Arba on July 12.

David Cohen was a building contractor whose latest building project was a new Bnei Akiva children's youth center in the Givat Harsina neighborhood of Kiryat Arba. He was planning to move with his family to Kiryat Arba. David Cohen was buried in Jerusalem. He is survived by his wife and two children.