Benjamin, Yehoshua (Shuki)

Son of Zehava and Avraham, was born on 23.11.1962 in Kiryat Shmona and is the third generation in Israel. When he was two years old, Shuki moved with his family to Jerusalem where he grew up and was educated. Shuki was a handsome boy who charmed his audience with his beauty. He began his education in a religious garden, and later attended a “religious branch” in the “branch of life” in Jerusalem. In seventh grade he moved to the Talpiot boarding school in Hadera, where he completed his elementary studies. He returned to Jerusalem and studied at ORT in Beit El, which is an industrial school that teaches vocational and general studies. Shuki successfully integrated into the newly established school, and enjoyed the uniqueness of being one of the first students. He recognized the need to make a name for the school among elementary school graduates in Jerusalem, and joined the instructors and teachers to explain the uniqueness of the institution and its goals. As a result of this activity, the number of students in the institution increased, and the number of graduates who were proud of their profession and benefited the IDF and the economy as a whole grew, and at the graduation party of his class he directed the evening and discovered talents that were hidden in it. He was modest and rarely told about himself, at the base of which he organized a band and amused his friends in the army, and he was sent to Europe for a 30-day trip by the Youth Department Of the Jerusalem Municipality, and Shuki was even sent to a course of soccer judges, and in the short period between the end of the course and Nefil He was a member of the “Lazars” club in Jerusalem and because of his youth he was a junior instructor and organized tournaments in various clubs in memory of those who fell in Israel’s wars, helped weak youngsters and felt the mission of this work. Joining the paratroopers or the Golani Brigade and joining the Armament Corps, and eventually concluded that he could contribute as part of his specialization in the Ordnance Corps, where he took part in a generator course and was sent to Nathan camp. He gained the admiration of his commanders, and quickly advanced on the ranks. He did various jobs in the workshop – from car repairs to repair of generators, inspection of forklifts and vehicles, and he served in Lebanon several times under fire, on missions of the Ordnance Corps. Shuki fell in the line of duty on his way to the mission he was given on 1 May 1984 and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and left behind his parents and eight brothers and sisters