Efrat Ungar was born on October 17, 1971, in Jerusalem to Uri and Yehudit Dasberg. She grew up and studied in Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion and also attended the Zviah Ulpana in Jerusalem.
Efrat served in National Service as an assistant in a children’s home in Afula. After her service, she studied graphic design and teaching at Emunah College in Jerusalem.
On September 13, 1993, the day the Oslo Agreement was signed, Efrat married Yaron Ungar. The couple moved to Kiryat Arba where their two children, Dvir and Yishai, were born. Efrat worked as a graphic artist at the local community center, illustrating various publications. For five years, she worked as an illustrator and graphic designer in the children’s section of the Israeli newspaper HaTzofe, where she regularly published a comics series.
On June 9, 1996, Efrat and Yaron were murdered in a Hamas drive-by shooting near Beit Shemesh while returning from a friend’s wedding. They were buried side by side in the Kfar Etzion cemetery.
At the site of the attack, a monument was erected with the assistance of the Jewish National Fund in memory of Efrat and Yaron Ungar. A scholarship fund was also established at Bar-Ilan University in their names.
After her death, Efrat’s family published her series of books:
Dvir (דביר), written after the birth of her son and initially published while she was alive in HaTzofe.
Dr. Tetanus (דוקטור טטנוס).
Waiting for the Messiah (מחכים למשיח).
Ran HaRachfan (רן הרחפן).
Mouse Beware (עכבר היזהרה), a collection of short comic stories.
In addition, Efrat’s father, Rabbi Uri Dasberg, published the Book of Ruth with illustrations created by Efrat.
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