The Victims & The Quilts
Thirteen people were killed in the  explosion, among them Sylvia Bernstein (74) and her daughter Gail Belkin (48), the mother and sister of Marlyn Butchins, of Hod Hasharon, Israel.

As it was the eve of Purim, the five children killed in the blast had come to Tel Aviv to celebrate the holiday - one of the most exciting in the Jewish calender and often known as the Jewish Mardi Gras - adding a poignant and particularly bitter irony to the day.

Every year since then, a memorial service has been held at the site of the tragedy to commemorate those 13 people, ranging in age from 12 to 86-years-old; children, young adults, parents and grandparents. Attending the ceremony year after year, Marlyn felt that for all its dignity, it lacked a real focus, something warm and tangible, to celebrate the lives of the victims: the cold steel memorial plaque was just a recognition of their names. But she felt the ceremony - and the families - needed something more profound.

The answer lay in Marlyn's new found passion of quilting and expressed through the genre of memorial quilts. These have been used effectively in other parts of the world, for example in the United States for the commemoration of victims of 9/11 and AIDS.

Marlyn decided to create the Dizengoff Memorial Quilt, as a unique and beautiful tribute to the lives of the victims of Dizengoff, Purim 1996.  It portrays the lives, loves and dreams of these victims - real people, not just statistics. In this way, the quilt also speaks out for other Victims of Terror in Israel and around the world.
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A project initiated by Marlyn Butchins
n the early spring afternoon of March 4, 1996, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt on the fourth white stripe of the zebra crossing at the intersection of King George and Dizengoff Streets, Tel Aviv.
The Dizengoff Memorial Quilt
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Other links:
Bat-Chen Shahak Memorial Site
Keren Inbar (English Site)
Talila: [Comments by Tali Latowitzki, poet and musician]
Thanks and Acknowledgements:
Marlyn wishes to thank the following people for their generous help and encouragement in this project in the form of expertise, time, materials. and facilities:
Bernard Rose, frame construction; Ralph Resnik, graphics; David Garb, photography; Dganit Dietchik & Irit Miller, translations; Ruthie Belkin-Moss for help with Hebrew text; Camilla Butchins, documentary film, writing and direction; Ronny Sasson, documentary film, camera; Nurit Kapara, fabric printing; Terry Mowszowski, use of the Movibear fabric studio, Ra’anana; Sharon Bernstein, Mask art work and guestbook; Larry Butchins, web site, content for publicity and storyboards and general "roadie".
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On April 18, 2007, the Dizengoff Memorial Quilt Project undertook its longest tour yet - visiting communities in South Africa and Australia. Click for venues and dates.
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Report back and coverage on 2006 UK tour
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