Angelo, Jacob (Jackie)

Jacob (Jackie), son of Chana and Eliahu, was born on 22 October 1951 in Rehovot. He attended the Habib elementary school in Rishon Letzion and continued at the Shimoni elementary school in Givatayim. He completed his studies at the agricultural high school in Kfar Hayarok. Agricultural studies brought him closer to the Society for the Protection of Nature. He was one of its members, and participated in the many trips that the company conducted throughout the country to get to know its landscapes and fauna and flora. Jackie was an avid amateur. During his studies at Kfar Hayarok, he studied photography, and since then has stuck to this hobby and has not let up. On his walks he took a lot of photographs of the country’s landscapes and the types of people he met. He also won an award for an image published in the magazine “The Amateur Photographer” – a picture of two people playing chess by candlelight. In his home he set up a laboratory and developed his photographs himself. He was cheerful and kind, sociable and always willing to help others. son of was loyal and devoted to his parents, taking care of his family and helping them. Yaakov was drafted into the IDF at the end of October 1969. At first he was stationed together with all members of the Nahal brigade of Yotvata. After basic training, he went with his friends to take hold of Kalya on the Dead Sea shore, but a car accident interrupted his military career, which he wanted to continue. He was able to serve in the Nahal paramilitary unit and was sent to a course for combat medics, and he found it a little comforting, because after completing his army service, And the breakthrough against the Egyptians in the Sinai, on October 24, 1973. He was released as part of a team of doctors and medics in the helicopter, who felt he was evacuating injured persons from an area near the Suez Canal near the city of Suez. But later his body was identified and he was brought to eternal rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv Responsibility of a father, mother and sister. After falling promoted to corporal. Commander indicates, he was a dedicated soldier, did his duty and was liked by his colleagues and superiors. His parents held in memory exhibit artistic photographs he left behind, in the “near white” Ramat Gan.