Abramovitz, Israel (Jorda)

Son of Avraham and Malka, grandson of Ze’ev Abramowitz, one of the founders of the Rishon Letzion colony. He was born in 1916 in Rishon Letzion and studied at the Habib elementary school, and after graduating he volunteered to help his family and help his father with agricultural work. He worked in various sports, especially handball, and in 1935 he went to Poland on a rescue mission with other young men from the moshavah, and in Poland they married a fictional marriage to Jewish girls and brought them With the outbreak of the riots in 1936, Israel joined the Nutras and two years later, despite his youth, was among the first And he volunteered to help at any time, even if this posed a danger to his life.In one case, he happened to be at the orchard in Rishon Letzion and saw two armed Bedouins who were attacking A group of workers who worked in a nearby orchard and jumped at them and managed to kill one of them.Israel married Mala and the two established their home in Tel Aviv, and until the end of the war he was a member of the Haganah. He joined the British Army. On February 28, 1948, during an arms training, Israel was critically wounded and rushed to Hadassah Hospital in Tel Aviv. After severe suffering he died of his wounds. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion. Survived by a pregnant wife, parents, two sisters and four brothers. His daughter, who was born after his death, was named after him – Israela