Yaniv Meir, head of the Bar Yochai town council, remembered the eight members of the Atias family who died in a car crash Monday in an interview with Arutz Sheva. “The family was one of the pillars of the community,” he said. “They were here for almost twenty years and all of them, from the oldest to the youngest, were involved in giving and acts of kindness.”
“The father was the gabbai for many years… he was also the principal of a school in Tzfat. The mother ran a gemach here and helped everyone who was in need. All of the children were raised to be giving, they were leaders in youth movements and helped with every project,” he continued.
“The family left a huge gap behind,” he concluded. “This is a dark day.”