Bendit, Jacob

Was born on January 31, 1925, in the city of Sirt, Bukovina, Romania, where he was educated in the Talmud Torah, and was forced to stop his studies and was deported along with the inhabitants of his town to the Ukraine. Where he was murdered by his mother and most of the family, who joined the Hanoar Hazioni Movement in Ukraine and excelled in the group in his quick grasp, was a member of the Zionist underground and was active in the Zionist underground, He organized and guided the youth in large groups and sent them to a training farm He joined the “Bamavak” group and later moved to Haifa, where he worked as a typist and spent his free time working at the secretariat of the Haoved Hazioni branch in Haifa, and was a member of the Haganah, As his friends and acquaintances called him, he was the living and joking spirit of society, and even sang well.Jakov joined the ranks of the Golani brigade during the War of Independence and took part in battles on the northern front and was one of the liberators of Tiberias, We, his friends, recognized him as the gay man in the department. He was loved by his commanders and his comrades in arms because he always brought joy to the camp, in his good and optimistic mood. “On May 6, 1948, he fell in the battle of the Arab Sejera, Tammuz 5710 (22.6.1950) was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery in Haifa.