Zippora Pesahovitch

June 11, 2003 - Zippora Pesahovitch, 54, of Zur Hadassah was one of 17 people killed in a suicide bombing on bus No. 14A on Jaffa Road in the center of Jerusalem.

At around 17:30, the bomber, dressed as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, boarded Egged bus No. 14A at the Mahane Yehuda market, and a short while later, as the bus drove down Jaffa Road near the Davidka Square, detonated his bomb, wrecking the bus and killing 16 of its passengers. Over 100 people were wounded, including dozens of passersby. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Zippora Pesahovitch, a graphic artist and graduate of the Bezalel Art Academy, had been responsible for designing text books at the Ministry of Education for 20 years. She was killed on the bus, on the way to meet her husband, so that both could drive home to Zur Hadassah together. They had moved into their new dream home overlooking the Jerusalem hills just half a year ago. They were looking forward soon to the birth of their first grandchild.

Zippi's co-workers described her as a creative and loving person, not a typical government employee. She was devoted to her family and her work, very involved, with an aura of calm. On the day she was killed, she was dressed in white. They felt that they had lost not a co-worker, but a sister.