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Cohen, Alexander-Yehuda

Cohen, Alexander-Yehuda


The son of Nechama and Moshe was born on June 16, 1930, in Jerusalem, and his father, a painter and lithographer by profession, inherited a love for cultural values ​​and a desire for harmony and perfection. Was immersed in Alexander’s entire career, studied at the Tachkemoni religious school and at the Hebrew Gymnasium, excelled in mathematics and his teachers, and in the seventh grade he joined the Haganah, and after graduating from the Gymnasium with honors, To work in the Topographic Department of the Haganah in Jerusalem so that he could stay close to his sick mother, since Avi Worked for the same period in Tel Aviv. But the Father’s left is to Kfar Etzion squad commander course and said he was going home course topography. It was the first time in his life that he had been awakened by his sick mother to reassure her. At the end of the course, he returned home for one night and was immediately called, as he explained, to serve as a youth counselor in Ramat Rachel, but was in fact a member of the “Halachah” The largest on the bloc on January 14, 1948. The fighters set out from Hartuv on the night of January 15-16 and are loaded with weapons, ammunition and equipment, but due to the late hour of departure and the difficulties of the road they were unable to reach Gush Katif in the night. , Jaba ‘and Surif, who called the Arabs of the area to the scene and surrounded the platoon.The fighters organized on one of the hills (the “Battle Hill” today) and fought the Arab masses D all fell in Thursday tribe of Independence (01/16/1948). Alexander-Yehuda was brought for burial in Kfar Etzion. Not long after his death, his mother, who could not stand her tragedy, died. The bereaved father, who was left alone, took out a Passover Haggadah he had drawn and printed himself in memory of his son. On the 17th of Cheshvan 5706 (17.11.1949), he was brought to eternal rest with the rest of the Bloc to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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