Horowitz, Raya

Daughter of Feiga and Moshe, was born on June 3, 1912, in the town of Jandzhiow, in the district of Kielce, Poland, where she was educated at the Hebrew Gymnasium there and educated in the spirit of nationalism that prevailed in her parents’ home. Miriam, who immigrated to Israel and was a member of Kibbutz Ramat Rahel, was a member of Kibbutz Ramat Rahel, where she worked in various jobs and later decided to move to Jerusalem to be closer to her sister and then worked under the supervision of Mrs. Henrietta Szold, “Hadassah” on Mount Scopus On April 13, 1948, a group of scientists, physicians, And in the hands of Hadassah. The road to Mount Scopus passed through the Arab Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and when the war broke out, the movement was allowed to mount convoys secured by the British army. On the morning of April 13, 1948, a convoy left for Mount Scopus, after the British promised that the road was open and safe. The convoy encountered an Arab ambush in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and hundreds of Arabs hurled heavy gunfire at it. Some of the vehicles managed to get out and return, but two buses, an ambulance and an escort vehicle were ambushed. For many hours the convoy members fought and tried to prevent the Arabs from approaching the vehicles. Fire from our positions in the city and Mount Scopus, as well as armored vehicles sent to the area, failed to help the convoy. British military forces in the area did not intervene and did nothing to help, despite appeals to them. In the afternoon, the Arabs managed to set fire to two buses on their passengers, and only late in the evening did the British intervene and rescue the survivors from the trapped vehicles. Raya was brought to rest in a mass grave in the Sanhedria cemetery in Jerusalem.