Naomi Henrik

Naomi Henrik (, sometimes Noemi Hanreck) ( Tzalering/Zellering; June 11, 1920 - March 23, 2018) was an Israeli sculptor. She is best known for the ("Monument for the Pathbreakers to Jerusalem") on a hill overseeing Sha'ar HaGai.

Biography Naomi Henrik was born in the city of Akkerman in Bessarabia to the family of gynecologist Dr. Shaul Zellering (Russian: Цалеринг, Tzalering). In 1930, she and her family immigrated to the Land of Israel.

Work

1974:

1962: she won the competition for the monument at Yad Vashem "to symbolize the heroism of the Jews during the Holocaust" (The runner-up was Nathan Rapoport), but unfortunately her project was never realized and eventually in 1970 the Pillar of Heroism by Buky Schwartz was erected instead.

She also devoted herself to works in mosaic.

Awards 1964: Defense Ministry Prize for War of Independence Monument 1965: Monument Design Prize, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem