Kiryat Arba building becomes symbol of unbroken Israeli faith amid relentless Palestinian terror murders.
Bat Sheva Sadan, daughter of the beloved Rabbi Eli and Dina Horowitz — brutally murdered in their Kiryat Arba home — published a deeply moving tribute to the building that shaped her family’s life, and the lives of so many others stolen by Palestinian terror. The building, modest and unassuming, has endured an unimaginable legacy: eight of its residents murdered simply for being Jews living in Israel.
“Building 35 in Kiryat Arba is a humble place surrounded by quiet greenery,” she wrote. “Simple people lived there — good people, righteous people.”
Her post then recounts the devastating roll call of purity and promise extinguished by hatred:
In this building lived Yehoshua Saloma, a Danish immigrant who devoted himself to Torah study at Nir Yeshiva before terrorists murdered him in Hebron in 1980.
In this building lived Effie and Yaron Ungar, a young couple filled with light and hope, gunned down by terrorists in 1996 as they returned from a joyous wedding — their two babies left orphaned.
In this building lived Rabbi Eli and Dina Horowitz, her own parents, murdered in 2003 when terrorists broke into their home on a peaceful Friday night.
In this building lived Yaakov and Netanel Litman, the father and son murdered by terrorists in 2015 while traveling to a pre-wedding Shabbat celebration.
And now the newest name joins the list no family ever wishes to join:
In this building lived Aharon Cohen, murdered on Tuesday at the Gush Etzion Junction — another precious soul taken by cruelty and barbarism.
Sadan’s post ends not with despair, but with strength. A reminder that the building still stands. The families still stand. The Jewish people still stand.
And no amount of Palestinian terror will ever break them.
