Hebrew University Bombing

July 31, 2002

Revital Barashi // August 13, 2002

Revital Barashi, 30, of Jerusalem, Israel, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Ms. Barashi was seriously wounded in the head and remained in a coma until succumbing to her injuries on August 13, 2002.

Ms. Barashi was a student adviser at the university’s law school.  She is survived by her parents and 12 siblings.  She was buried in Jerusalem.

Marla Bennett // July 31, 2002

Marla Bennett, 24, of San Diego, California, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Ms. Bennett, who had previously earned a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science, at the University of California, at Berkeley, was in the second year of a three-year master’s program in Judaic Studies at Hebrew University and Pardes Institute.  On the day of the bombing, she was at Hebrew University to take a final exam in her sole Hebrew University class of the semester, Hebrew language.

Ms. Bennett, who is survived by her parents, was buried in San Diego, California.

Benjamin Blutstein // July 31, 2002

Benjamin Blutstein, 25, of Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Mr. Blutstein, who had previously earned a bachelor of arts degree in Judaism and religious studies at Dickenson University, was in Israel for a two-year Jewish studies program at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.  On the day of the bombing, he was attending a Hebrew language class at Hebrew University.

Mr. Blustein, who is survived by his parents, was buried in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Dina Carter // July 31, 2002

Dina Carter, 37, of Jerusalem, Israel, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Ms. Carter, a native of North Carolina, converted to Judaism and moved to Israel in 1990.  She held a masters degree in social work from Chappel High University, in North Carolina.

A native English speaker, who was also fluent in Hebrew, Ms. Carter was at Hebrew University to take a Hebrew language exam, which was a prerequisite for a library science program she intended to take.  Ms Carter stopped at the cafeteria before the exam and was killed.

Ms. Carter, who is survived by her is parents and sister, was buried in Jerusalem, Israel.

Janis Ruth Coulter // July 31, 2002

Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, of New York, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Ms. Coulter converted to Judaism in 1996, learned Hebrew, and was working in New York as an assistant director of the Hebrew University's foreign students department.  She arrived in Israel just one day before the bombing to accompany a group of 19 American students who arrived to attend classes at Hebrew University.  Ms. Coulter was killed while having lunch with them in the cafeteria.

Ms. Coulter, who is survived by her father and sister, was buried in Boston, Massachusetts.

David Gritz // July 31, 2002

David Gritz, 24, of Peru, Massachusetts, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Mr. Gritz, a dual citizen of the United States and France, had arrived in Israel just two weeks before the bombing, to begin a graduate course in Jewish thought at the Hebrew University.  He held a masters degree in political science and philosophy from the Sorbonne in Paris.

Mr. Gritz, who is survived by his parents, was buried in Paris, France.

David Ladowski // July 31, 2002

David Ladowski, 29, of Jerusalem, Israel, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Mr. Ladowski, a native of Argentina, immigrated to Israel in 1992.  He earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications from Hebrew University in 1996 and then completed army service as an academic officer.  He served as a broadcast supervisor in the Israel Ministry of Communications until January 2001, when he joined the Israel Foreign Ministry diplomatic cadet program, while pursuing a master’s degree in public administration.  On the day of the bombing, he had gone to the university to submit his last paper.

Mr. Ladowski, who is survived by his parents, a sister, and a brother, was buried in Netanya, Israel.

Levina Shapira // July 31, 2002

Levina Shapira, 53, of Jerusalem, Israel, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Ms. Shapira, a native of Jerusalem, who had worked at Hebrew University for thirty-three years, was in charge of the university office that is responsible for the registration of students.  At the time of her death, she was in the cafeteria having lunch with her friend and co-worker, Daphna Spruch, who also was killed in the bombing.

Ms. Shapira, who is survived by her husband, daughter, and two sons, was buried in Jerusalem, Israel.

Daphna Spruch // August 10, 2002

Daphna Spruch, 61, of Jerusalem, Israel, was one of nine people who were killed when, on Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at about 1:30 p.m., Muslim terrorists detonated a professionally-manufactured bomb inside the cafeteria of the Mount Scopus, Jerusalem campus of Hebrew University.

Ms. Spruch was employed at Hebrew University as an information systems coordinator.  At the time of the bombing, she was in the cafeteria having lunch with her friend and co-worker Levina Shapira, who also was killed in the bombing.

Ms. Spruch, who is survived by her husband and three children, was buried in Jerusalem, Israel.