Cohen, Yaakov (Jordaan)

Son of Aliza and Yitzhak, was born on February 4, 1924 in Berlin, the capital of Germany. At the age of two his parents moved to Paris and there he studied. When he was 10 he immigrated to Israel with his parents. He graduated from the Balfour Gymnasium in Tel Aviv and after two years of service in the Palmach was admitted to the university and studied history, sociology and psychology, and was a member and instructor of Maccabi Hatzair and the Habonim youth movement. Hannah “was founded by” B’nai B’rith. “His wish was science, and the life of the kibbutz was close to his Lev after he had done a laurel in the farm of Dafna, where he was in a Palmach recruits. In his work as a mentor, he discovered pedagogical talents and a warm attitude toward the immigrant orphans and knew how to restore their faith in man. His scientific work in the field of history was highly appreciated at the Jerusalem College. With the outbreak of the War of Independence after the United Nations General Assembly decided to divide the country into two states, he immediately returned to the Palmach and came to active service with the rest of the students. Jacob took part in commando operations and accompanied convoys, and was often saved miraculously. He was among the members of the “Halachah” platoon, Palmach and Hachash fighters who were sent as reinforcements to Gush Etzion after the large attack 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 middle of the night, and were discovered by villagers in the area of ​​Beit Natif, Jaba and Surif, Battle Hill “today) and fought with the masses of Arabs until they all fell in battle on the day of the 15th of Shevat 5708 (16.1.1948). He was buried in Kfar Etzion. On the 17th of Cheshvan 5710 (17.11.1949), he was transferred with the rest of the Gush victims to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.