Benyaminovich, Amnon

Amnon, son of Miriam and Yehuda, was born in Jerusalem on March 7, 1941. He completed his elementary studies at the Tachkemoni School in Jerusalem and later completed high school at Beit Hakerem in Jerusalem. Amnon was an outstanding student in both elementary and high school, and was awarded scholarships, and Amnon wrote many works that were excellent in his ability to express himself, And eventually became a counselor at the youth center in Jerusalem where he bought most of his friends and established close and honest ties with his teammates. One of his hobbies was the game of chess, and he was the youth’s champion in this game, and his love for public work, his love for the arts and beauty in general, and his growing up in Jerusalem made him an avid fan of the city. He was prepared to replace it with any other city, and this love developed into the love of the entire country and the desire to know it well and to explore it as a whole Amnon was drafted into the IDF in early August 1959 and assigned to an education unit. After completing basic training, Amnon was a mentor in courses in the army, a position he did very successfully: In early February 1962, he volunteered for the career army for six months, during which Amnon became familiar with Eretz Israel and learned to love it. Before he completed his army service, Amnon began to study regularly in courses for the knowledge of the country, and when he was finished, he was given a certified instructor’s certificate. From his previous job as a guide to the country, Amnon was invited to work for the minister Amnon was appointed deputy director of the department in Jerusalem, but despite his rapid advancement and prospects for future progress, Amnon could not sit in a closed office, leaving his safe place of work and studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the departments of archeology and history, Who, in spite of his impatience, stopped his studies in the third year and returned to the roads, and he loved the country more than anything else – and therefore preferred to know it through his feet rather than through dry lectures. Amnon was an amateur photographer, mainly a filmmaker, and during his many trips around the country he took about ten thousand slides, which he gave to the Israel Defense Forces. He also participated in many trips and special tours, and was the photographer of the excavations delegation in Mamshit, and Amnon also had a collection of hundreds of books on the field of knowledge of the country, and in the year before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, Graduating and returning to being a high-level guide On October 17, 1973, at the time of soldiers’ briefing before the break in the Suez Canal, Amnon was killed and killed and brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, leaving behind his parents and two brothers. To the rank of sergeant in a letter of condolence to the bereaved family. “Amnon was one of the most distinguished of our youth, one of the most senior instructors in the Israel Knowledge Section, who for many years worked and worked tirelessly in every position and task he took upon himself with enthusiasm and willingness. Amnon saw it as the guiding of the bearers of my handsThe time of the country among the youth and the soldiers, and performed it as a national mission. Thousands of fighters were briefed by him in the Sinai during the campaign and joined the tens of thousands of students and listeners from the years in which he dealt with the explanation of our country and its landscapes. We do not have enough words to express our appreciation for your son’s work, which was a model for all the instructors. Blessed are the nations who have won such sons. “His parents and friends published a book in his memory – between Hermon and Sinai, Yad Amnon – a collection of articles with the knowledge of the Land of Israel on archeology, history and geography of the Land of Israel.