Hodaya Asulin – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
For six years, I was in a coma at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Until November 22, 2017, when I died.
My name is Hodaya Nechama. I am 21 years old. And I am one of #TheFallenFaces.
Author: The Fallen Faces Project
Osama Najar- One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My name is Osama Najar. I am 28 years old, a proud Catholic-Israeli, and I live in Haifa with my wife Carol and daughter Natalie. My parents and siblings love to dote on Natalie. How I like to play poker with my brother Youssuf. But I mostly have a passion …
Naftali Dean – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My name is Naftali Dean. And I am 85 years old. I was born in Romania in 1916 but I have lived in Israel since 1935. At the time, I was a journalist covering the Maccabiah Games. Afterwords, I could never bring myself to leave. In 1939, I married my …
Daniel Treggerman- One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My name is Daniel Treggerman. And I am four years old. I live in Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Region of Israel, close to the border with Gaza, with my dad Doron, my mom Gila, my sister Yuval and baby brother Uri. I love to build with blocks, …
Reuven Shmerling – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My name is Reuven Shmerling. And I am 70 years old. I come from a proud heritage – and am a direct descendant of the great Alter Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi! I live with my wife Chana and operate a business with my son. Chana and I have four …
Bat-Chen Shahak
My name is Bat-Chen Shahak. And I am 15 years old. I was born in Ra’nana on Purim, a joyous festival for the Jewish people. I am passionate about writing and, “even in sad moments when I am angry and nervous, the diary makes my life much more beautiful.” I …
David ‘Diego’ Ladowski – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My name is David ‘Diego’ Ladowski. I am 29 years old and I was born in Argentina to my parents, Avraham and Sarah in 1973. I also have a sister, Roxanna, and a brother, Gabriel. In 1992, I made aliyah to Israel. My parents and sister live here now too, …
Alan Beer – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My nephew, an emergency worker, raced to the scene of the latest terror attack in Jerusalem, and found me dead in the rubble but said I had the same smile I always had on my face.
Efrat Ungar – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
They buried Yaron and me in the Kfar Etzion cemetery. Thousands came to our funeral.
Koby Mandell – One of Israel’s Fallen Faces
My name is Yaakov Mandell. But my friends call me Koby. I am 13 years old. I was born in the United States and lived in College Park, Maryland. In 1996 my parents, Sheeri and Seth, decided we should make aliyah to Israel, taking along myself and my siblings Daniel, …