Vivian Silver
Peace Activist, Founder of Women Wage Peace and Arab-Jewish Center for Empowerment, Equality, and Cooperation. With a heavy heart, I share the news that our dear friend Vivian Silver has been missing since the terrorist attack on Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th. Vivian, 74, was born in Canada but has called Kibbutz Be’eri her home […]
Ofir Engel
Ofir Engel, 17 From: Kibbutz Ramat Rachel Ofir Engel (17) is Yuval Sharabi’s boyfriend. In that morning, Ofir hid in the safe room with the Sharabi family. Ofir Engel was kidnapped together with Yossi. Yossi is the Head of the Sharabi family. He is married to Nira, and together they have three daughters: Yuval (17), […]
Oded Lifshitz
Oded, 83 years old, was born in Haifa and was a student at Shomer Ha’Tsa’ir. He came to Nir Oz about 60 years ago as part of the founding core, where he met and fell in love with and married Yochka. The couple has four children, nine grandchildren and have one great-granddaughter. Yochka and Oded […]
Yahel Shoham
Yahel (3 years old) is a cheerful little girl. She likes to dance and to play with her dolls as if she were their kindergarten teacher. Yahel loves fashion, to dress up and put on make-up like a model. She helps her mother to cook and bake. Yahel was in the same safe room with […]
Nave Shoham
Naveh (8 years old) is in the second grade. He loves building imaginative structures in Lego and assembling puzzles. Lately he completed a 2,000 piece 3D Globus puzzle! Despite his young age, he already reads books like Harry Potter. He paints and listens to podcasts about the planet Mars (and Harry Potter!). Naveh was in […]
Shoshan Haran
Providing food security and economic opportunities to Africa through her NGO – Fair Planet. Dr. Shoshan Haran, 67, was born in Be’eri to parents who were among the founders of the Kibbutz. She is known for her generosity, for her talent for cooking, and her dedication as a mother and grandmother. Aside from her devotion […]
Avshalom Haran
Avshalom (66 years old) has lived in Be’eri for many years. He is a wise man with a great sense of humor. He is an avid bicycle rider who loves to bike in the areas near the kibbutz. Avshalom is a person who loves people, always smiling and wanting to help. Avshalom was in the […]
Carmel Gat
Carmel, 39, is an occupational therapist. She was born in Kibbutz Be’eri, and now lives in Tel Aviv. She was visiting her parents in Be’eri on October 7. Carmel is a very caring person. She wanted to continue to excel in her chosen field, and loved to travel the world and meet new people, connect […]
Ohad Ben-Ami
My father, Ohad, is the kibbutz accountant. He is an organized, balanced and serious man, and one of the funniest people I know. Whenever I have a problem, he is the first person I turn to, and after he has solved the issue, he will laugh about it or make jokes, getting me to laugh […]
Raz Ben-Ami
My mother, Raz, 57, is a positive and creative person who is very committed to her family. In recent years, my mother has taken up a host of creative interests: painting, crafting jewelry from beads and Fimo, making dream catchers, macramé, and gardening. She has turned our home into a greenhouse, full of potted plants, […]