Ilana Amrusi
69, born in Israel (Tiberias).
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
Who would have believed it? We arrived here thinking it would be for only a short time.
Now it has been over a year that we are here, living in a small room.
They killed my daughter while she was in my arms. What an injustice. How much pain this brought into our lives!
Our fortune is that God watches over us. We tried to buy a home in Nahariya because we wanted to escape from Shlomi. The friend of the man who killed our daughter went with us to purchase an apartment. We had already signed everything, but it turned out to be a bad deal — the apartment was mortgaged by the bank. This caused me even deeper despair.
I feel that pain and illness are constantly chasing us.
And yet, in the end, everything worked out. We are watched over by God.
Despite my illness and my difficulty walking, every morning I get up and say thank you for what I have. Thank God, as long as things do not get worse.
I hope we will be able to return quickly to Shlomi. We are already repairing everything that needs fixing in the house so that it will be ready when we return. All we ask for is quiet in the north.
Who knows what they are planning there? I read in the newspaper that they had intended to do to us what they did to the communities and kibbutzim in the south. It is terrifying.
I want to live without fear in my home, in my city.
I pray for peace and security.
May all troubles come to an end, and may a new and good era begin.
Thank God, we lack nothing and we are protected, but it is still very difficult.
Everything here is crowded, and for us men, there is nothing to do.
We spend the entire day in the room, with no way of occupying ourselves. Even the newspaper subscription they provided for the first few months was discontinued. The activities here are only for women. It is very boring.
It is very hard for me to get up and walk, and the mental strain affects us deeply.
We have not had a single good day since we arrived here.
I miss my home terribly, and especially my synagogue.
I hope we will return very soon.
69, born in Israel (Tiberias).
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
Naftali Shmueli, age 91.5, born in Jerusalem, lives in Kibbutz Malkiya, evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel | Interview and photography: Bracha Tor
70, born in Israel (Safed).
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
Tzipa Peretz, 77, born in Kibbutz Dafna, evacuated from Kibbutz Dafna to the Nof Kinneret Hotel. Interview: Bracha Tor
Photography: Sharon Levy
70, born in Casablanca, Morocco.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
79. Born in Bahrain. lives in Moshav Margaliot.
Evacuated to Hotel at Kibbutz Lavi.
Spiritual care and interviews: Bracha Tor. |
Hagar Ehrlich Hachster / 73 /
Born and lives in Kibbutz Manara / Evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel |
Spiritual support and interviews: Bracha Tor
Photography: Bracha Tor
74 / Born in Argentina, lives in Kibbutz Manara / Evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel |
Spiritual support and interviews: Bracha Tor / Photography: Sharon Levy
76, born in Tunisia.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
87, born in Libya.
Immigrated from Morocco in 1949.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
90, born in Yemen.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
70, born in Israel.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
69.
Immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union in 1990.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
Katzir / 88 / Born in Givat Michael, lives in Dafna / Evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel |
Spiritual support and interviews: Bracha Tor / Photography: Sharon Levy
Age: 84
Born: Iran
Immigrated to Israel: 1951
Home: Kiryat Shmona
Evacuated to: An apartment in Migdal
Interviewer: Bracha Tor
Interview location: Oncology Day Clinic, Ziv Medical Center
69, born in Morocco.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
Tamar Katz / 81 / Born in Chulata. Lives in Kibbutz Malkiya /
Evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel | Spiritual support and interviews: Bracha Tor /
Photography: Sharon Levy
Sefi / 81 / Born in Iran, lives in Kibbutz Malkiya / Evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel |
Spiritual support and interviews: Bracha Tor / Photography: Sharon Levy
83, born in India.
Immigrated to Israel in 1966.
Her home is in Shlomi. Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel, Jerusalem.
Interviewer: Nava Tal
Alegria Turjeman / 77 / Born in Morocco, lives in Shlomi / Evacuated to the Dan Mount Scopus Hotel
Spiritual support and interviews: Nava Tal / Photography: Dor Pazuelo
Age 93, born in Romania, immigrated to Israel in 1935, lives in Malkiya, evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel.
Interview: Bracha Tor
Age 93, born in Romania, immigrated to Israel in 1935, lives in Malkiya, evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel.
Interview: Bracha Tor
Yael Karidi / 86 / Born in Givatayim, lives in Kibbutz Malkiya / Evacuated to the Nof Kinneret Hotel |
Spiritual support and interviews: Bracha Tor / Photography: Sharon Levy