Marina Medvedenko, 16, Tel Aviv Mariana, who loved karate and dancing, moved to Israel in 1999 with her family from northern Russia. She studied at Shevah Mofet High School. On Friday after school, a friend came over to Mariana's house to study with her for their geometry matriculation exam. Mariana was an excellent student.The two girls studied until just before 10 p.m., and then decided to go out - to take a breather from their studies.    Yulia (Yael) Sklianik, 15, Holon Yael, who loved music and swimming, immigrated to Israel with her family. She studied at the Katzir high school in Holon and loved to study English and computers. She hoped to become a pediatrician when she grew up. When Yael came to school that Friday morning, the first thing she asked all her friends was "How do you like my haircut?" She had cut her long flowing locks short and was very excited by the change. Her friends complimented her on her new look. Yael told her friends that she was once again going out with her boyfriend, Shaul. Afterwards, at home, she gave her sister, Leor, the same news and told her that she loved Shaul and was very happy they were back together again.    Maria Tagilchev, 14, Netanya Maria immigrated to Israel in 1999 from Kaminsk-Urali in the Ural mountains. She studied at ORT-Leibowitz in Netanya and loved computer games. Only two days before the terror attack at the Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv, a car bomb parked in front of her Netanya school had exploded. FORTunately, no one was hurt in that incident. On the day of the Dolphinarium attack, when Maria returned from school, she helped her mother prepare supper. Then she went to rest and watch television.That day, she received a gift from her mother – a television of her own to put in her room. She didn’t have an opportTunity to watch it because a different cord needed to be installed. In the evening, just before leaving the house, her face suddenly clouded. “I don’t feel right. I don’t know why...”, she said.    Marina Berkovsky, 17, Tel Aviv Marina immigrated to Israel from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She studied at Shevah Mofet High School in Tel Aviv. Marina was a gifted artist and wanted to study computerized graphics at the university. Marina celebrated her 17th birthday just a week before she was killed. On her birthday she went to a disco and enjoyed it. On Friday morning, she talked with her friend Natasha and the two girls decided it was the right time to go to a discotheque again before starting to prepare seriously for their matriculation exams.    1 2 3 4 5  6 7 8  9 10 11  12 13 14  15