Ben-Horin, John

Son of Yehuda and Tikva. He was born on April 10, 1945 in Rehovot. The father – a native of America who immigrated to Israel with his wife in 1939 and one of the founders of Kfar Menachem. Yohanan graduated from elementary and high school there. Was a music lover and played the trumpet in a series of concerts as another member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He devoted himself to farming and worked in a dish. He was a naturalist and worked as a regional supervisor in the Nature Reserves Authority; Loving and pursuing peace, cheerful and gentle in spirit. He is accepted by his friends as having a good sense of humor, who has never before been jokingly passed the permissible limit so as not to harm others. He was a loyal friend and would always find the right word to relieve any tension and loosen all your tangle. In his private life and work, kibbutz life and public life – and later in the army – he was as popular and loved as he was at home. When he was drafted into the IDF, he volunteered for a paratroop brigade and served with the rank of sergeant and was part of the Paratroopers Reserve Brigade, which took effect on the first night of the Six-Day War. Her mission was to carry out a night attack on the enemy compounds at Umm Katef in Sinai. Yochanan, who was full of energy and willingness to sacrifice, was one of the forces that had to land in helicopters on the rear of the Egyptian alignment at Umm Katef to attack in order to enable safe passage to the Armored Corps. After landing, the force made a quick expedition through the sands, reached the targets area and attacked the artillery batteries. In this battle, which took place on the second day of the battles, on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (June 6, 1967), Yochanan fell when our force was exposed on the ground while the Egyptians were well entrenched. He was buried in the military cemetery in Bari and was later taken to rest in the Kfar Menachem cemetery. His brother Amram also fell in the Six-Day War in the Gaza battle that took place that day. Ten thousand trees were planted in the Jerusalem Corridor by the Association of American Immigrants in Israel in memory of the four members of the Association, the two brothers. An American family (Lipman) established a scientific fund for the research of birds in their memory at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Hakibbutz Hameuchad and Kfar Menachem published a large book about the two brothers, “free children.” Kfar Menachem took his leaf in memory. In the book “Six After the War” by Yossi Gamzu, the story “Both as One” is presented to the brothers, Yochanan and Amram; This story was even translated into English and printed in the United States. In the booklet “53 of them” in memory of the fallen members of Kibbutz Artzi who fell in the Six Day War, a page was dedicated to his history. His memory was included in the booklet “Agricultural Education in the Test of Days”. The picture of Yohanan appears in the section “Begavrotam” of “Paratroopers from Sinai to Golan,” which appeared on the third anniversary of the war. In the collection of the estates of the sons who fell in Israel’s wars – “Goalei Ash”, Volume 4 – printed part of his estate.