Almog (Isenfeld), Ephraim

Ben-Miriam and Avigdor. Born in Tel Aviv on November 12, 1950. Studied at the Remez Elementary School in Kiryat Shalom, Tel Aviv, and after completing his studies at the elementary school, he was admitted to the military boarding school of the Herzliya high school where he completed his studies Ephraim was drafted into the IDF in August 1969. At first he volunteered for an aviation course. But later joined the Golani Brigade and there he underwent a course as a fighter and commander. He completed an officers’ course and returned to Golani as platoon commander and company commander. During the Yom Kippur War, he was wounded during the battles and was hospitalized in Safed, where he served as a paramedic in the officers’ school and deputy commander of the Golani training base. In October 1976, when he was a major, only twenty-six years old, he went to the Command and Staff College and was one of the youngest. He knew his future wife, Shlomit, who was an education noncom. In 1977 they married and over the years they had four bad children, Noa, Roi and Noam. After completing his studies in the IDF Infantry School and Deputy Commander of the Infantry Center in Tze’elim, Efraim went on to study in the IDF and completed his BA and MA studies in military history, and in July 1980 he was appointed commander of the Tel Aviv Military Academy and spent four years there He was promoted to the rank of colonel in September 1986. He served as the head of a division in the north of the country, and later went on to become a commanding officer in the Po’am and short commandant of the PUP. The following are some of the assessments of his commanders, which are in his personal file: “A professional, efficient and thorough officer”, “an officer with a great deal of knowledge, professionalism and dedication to his work. Ephraim, or Effi, as he was called by his friends, was loved and revered by all his friends, apprentices and subordinates, from the massacre to the guard, not the least arrogant, on the contrary modest and pleasant. On June 20, 1991, Ephraim fell during his service and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Holon. He left behind a wife, two daughters and two sons, a mother, two brothers and a sister – Hanoch, Chaim and Sarah. He received a certificate of appreciation and respect for his service in the regular army. In a letter of condolence to the family, his commander wrote: “Colonel Efi was the commander of a short command and staff course at the Interdepartmental College of Command and Staff, and with his dedication and professionalism he performed his duties. He did not want the quality of the important work to be harmed, and in all the roles and units he loved Effi, he would be remembered for his smile, his sense of humor, and his good heart.