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Akirav, Shai (Shaike)

Akirav, Shai (Shaike)

Ben Albertin and Victor. He was born on October 26, 1969 in Tel Aviv. Shai, the youngest son of Iraqi parents, grew up on the values ​​of patriotism. He studied at the Henrietta Szold Elementary School for example and completed his high school studies at the Pitman High School in Tel Aviv, where he was a good student, diligent and devoted to his teachers and friends, And for five years or so he was a member of the “Pami Aviv” dance troupe within the framework of the Tel Aviv Municipality, during which he performed every rehearsal and participated in dozens of performances throughout Israel and in July 1986 at a dance festival held in England. Shalom 2, in which he managed to perform a few performances until his enlistment In late July 1988, he was drafted into the IDF and served in the Lebanese liaison unit in Marjayoun, in southern Lebanon. His commanders defined him as a good, quiet soldier who was doing his job properly. On August 31, 1989, he fell to the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, leaving behind his parents and two brothers, Eitan and Ron, and his family established a classroom in his memory at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center In Or Yehuda.

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