Rachel of Ofakim, the heroine who kept herself and her family alive by hosting the terrorists holding her hostage until security forces could arrive, is now commemorated on a Haifa city shelter. Like many residents of Israel, Haifa artist Adi Yonathan Cohen was inspired by the heroic story of Rachel Edri of Ofakim. He immediately felt the need and desire to commemorate her artistically, and he sent a request to the city of Haifa to draw her likeness on the wall of a public structure in the city.
After a brief series of phone calls, Adi received approval from the spokesperson’s department, which picked up the gauntlet and worked with the administration to find an appropriate wall – a public shelter on Komoly street in the Neveh Shaanan neighborhood, near the Ziv Center.
