An only child of Claudia and Mark. He was born in the city of Kishinev in Russia on February 13, 1980, and immigrated to Israel with his family on February 13, 1980. During the first six months of their stay in Israel, the family lived in an absorption center in Ofakim, In grades 1-3, Danny was educated at the “Shazar” elementary school and continued to Hadarim Elementary School, where he finished sixth grade. He continued his studies at the Katzir high school, studied biology, and later in geography. Danny was a calm, quiet child who loved to play cars and pistols and read books a lot. His attraction to sport was expressed in soccer and basketball, in spinning training at a fitness center in Gan Yavne, and as a fan of “burnt” by the Maccabi Tel Aviv team. But his greatest love was for animals, especially for dogs. Danny enlisted in the IDF at the end of November 1992. His three years of service at the Nitzanim base served as a company sergeant, and his friends say that he was a tough and strict commander toward his subordinates, but showed great care and concern for each and every one of them personally. That Danny was considered the “clown” of the company’s staff to lead the pranks, for example, dragged his fellow cadets to dress up for recruits and go with them without feeling, to hear firsthand what the staff were saying … Danny was an avid fan of motorcycles. At the age of sixteen he convinced his parents to buy him a motorcycle, and upon his discharge from the army he bought a larger motorcycle and traveled a lot on it He had a great sense of humor and would laugh at his friends with jokes and imitations, surrounded by many friends and at every event he would nail the evening as an only child. Was very attached to his parents, and his mother said that “Danny always loved to help, that whenever we went we would take care of the plants and the parrots in the house. It was always important for him not to worry … “At the end of his military service, Danny began working at the Berger King chain and continued for seven years, starting his career as a branch manager and moving quickly to the regional director, who worked for the high-tech company Retalix As a project manager, he studied law at the Academic College in Kiryat Ono, and did not pursue legal studies, and went to these studies out of his desire to expand his education and enrich himself. Danny was given the right not to serve in the reserves, but Danny loved the country, the army, and his comrades in arms “In November 1995, Danny arrived in the reserve battalion and was appointed as a noncom, and in his typical way with much confidence, quiet and modesty became a leader among the company’s soldiers, Danny was full of joy and loved to meet his comrades in the company Who served with them for 12 years, and some of his comrades did not know that Danny was an only son because he never mentioned it. ” In the last four and a half years of his life, Danny has had a relationship with his girlfriend Ella, and last year the two also shared a rented apartment in Moshav Bitzaron. In November, on Ella’s birthday, Danny offered her marriage and the wedding was set for September 2007. In the months before his downfall, Danny and Ella were working on the final preparations for the wedding. On the day of the accident, I closed a dress and bought shoes, and my last conversation with him was at the exit from the bridal salon, which was at 3:00 PM I told him that another stage in the list of preparations was over. MDanny was no longer alive … “On May 13, 2007, Danny was drafted into an operational position, and the battalion’s mission was to protect the eastern border of the State of Israel in the Arava region, after ten days of reserve duty on 25.5.2007 ), Sergeant Danny Dudovitch fell in the line of duty. Danny went on a twenty-four-hour vacation; On his way back to the base at Yotvata, between Tzihor Junction and Be’er Menucha, he lost control of his car for an unknown reason, was thrown into the abyss on the side of the road and was killed on the spot. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rehovot. Survived by parents and fiancee. The day before his death, Danny had marked his thirty-third birthday. His family and friends did not have time to celebrate. Instead of the accident, his family set up a monument with the cactus plants that Danny loved so much. Danny’s friends and family took out tickets and keypads with Tefilat Haderech in his memory. Next to his picture is the caption: “Do good, travel carefully.” Danny’s character can be summed up in four words: a laughable, funny and loving man. Danny’s friends are working on producing a memorial booklet that will be distributed on the first anniversary of his death. “Everywhere we are, I think to myself how it would be otherwise if you were here with us, everything was different, like the walks, the fire, just sitting Friday and of course the familiar panel we used to be sitting in the boys I have always been concerned with the atmosphere of a truly men’s panel … Me, Meiri and Yair We met once a week for a panel, none of us dare to say how much you are missing but you will know That you are very, very lacking in us, there is nothing to do, without you it is not the same thing … “Iris, Ella and her twin Meiri, her boyfriend, All four of us did not need anything but each other, we could spend hours together … We did not think that our last trips to Dor Beach on Pesach, to Eilat To your parents’ unit, will be our last trips together … We thought we could teach you to build a tent without help … But we just did not get it … Danny, we did not think you could feel, experience and feel such pain and emptiness ever in life … You get up in the morning and you ask yourself when the pain, the longing, the lack? But it seems that he will simply continue to be an inseparable part of our lives. Danny, Thank you for the opportunity we were given to meet you even if it was a short time, thank you that all the joint entertainment was accompanied by a smile, laughter and a lot of joy of life. Thank you for teaching us the value of life, thank you for teaching us healthy cynicism, how to take everything easily without being afraid to do what you really want … “Danny’s friends Einav and Mani write:” Your smile Danny, We all connect with you in a special way. The serenity in you, the joy of life that enveloped you, the lightness in which you take our wonderful things, help and friendship makes us understand the essence of life and the gift you could give to each of us in your death. “Danny, Danny’s friend for many years, says:” The junctions that Danny and I passed were amazingly parallel. We met when we were parallel restaurant managers at Burger King, our next common junction was when I found an opportunity to pull Danny out of Burghranz and bring him to Retalix. Danny, who was a type who did not like changes, was afraid he could not adapt to a high-tech company. It was not easy to convince him, fatherIn the end, he became an exemplary high-tech man. “Dina, a childhood friend of Danny, writes:” We were like brothers in our childhood, we grew up together, a lot of experiences and memories in common : On vacation, the families are always together and we are a charming couple, Danny and Dina, like that pair of children from the TV series ‘Road Safety’. To this day, my head is echoing in your father’s sentence that damn day, ‘Dina, there’s no Danny …’ How could it be? Why? is it possible? Just so in daylight without any warning? Were you and you no longer? It simply is not possible, so many questions remain unanswered. If I could only turn back time and erase that cursed moment, everything would look different … I read near your death a book called “The World of the End,” which describes a beautiful and interesting life in the World to Come, which made me want to believe that this is what life looks like up there That you continue to live in a better place. Danny, it’s hard for us, leaving a large space behind you, a huge chasm of longing and a shattered dream. “Moran and Yair Danny’s friends write:” Danny is a friend like you was not yet – a partner in every endeavor: thoughts, pleasures, and joy. “Yaniv, Danny’s friend from the army, and his wife Renana, say:” We sit and think about how we can convey the feelings. , The feelings and thoughts that pass through our heads from the worst day of all that does not want to leave. It was hard to digest, accept and understand the painful and terrible case. After all, only yesterday we served together, spent three years in the army, slept next to a bed, laughed, joked, sang, danced and raged. We remember on Fridays at dinner parties with those of us, you never came empty-handed and like you like you would bring beer in a bag and we would sit and dangle … “Dani’s liaison officer, Iris, writes:” I was happy to be Danny’s liaison officer. He was a charming soldier, funny and even signed a volunteer despite being an only son and asked to do reserve duty with his company. Years ago, I sent Danny a security order at the base near Hatzerim, Danny contacted me and told me that he was not willing to carry out the company platoon near Hatzerim, but only with the company, and I told him that he could not do it because he was an only child. “Idan, a reservist, writes:” … as usual, you always wanted to do the best and the best, and although you ran in the bushes and crawled with thorns in order to avoid us, at the end of the exercise you did not chafe about fatigue Or pain, but in your characteristic way. “” Amit, a reservist, writes: “I served with Danny for about six years, every time I get to the water. And Im glad I meet Danny, a man with a large head, a person who likes to help, with a zest for life … I was closer to him than that the remainder reserve members. It was always fun to talk to him, he was a friend to all of us. ” Ilan, a reservist, says: “Unlike the others, I did not know Danny personally, although in retrospect we did reserve duty together for a long time, but we did not get together and talk long to each other until Yotvata was there, and we got to know each other. We went together to the pool in the kibbutz in the afternoons and in the evening, together with other friends, we sat chatting in a typical reserve conversation, we sat with other guys and we had a wonderful evening together.And latest service. Before we left for duty, I asked Danny to reconsider his trip home, recommended that he go back to sleep at the base and go home in the morning. It is important to me and my friends that you know that Danny’s last day in reserve duty was a routine day, which enabled us to spend time together in the pool and enjoy as much as possible from the place and the service. “Moran and Reut, Danny’s friends, write:” We always knew that when you came there would be ‘laughs’, even though when we had to consult on serious matters, like in the field of justice, you were always serious and for us. Always take everything ‘in a little,’ you laughed at everything in life and you always knew how to manage, change jobs and arrange for your life to be perfect, including the courageous and wise to propose marriage. We know that you waited so long and wanted children and made parents grandparents, but everything was shattered in a moment, even in a few seconds that God knows what went through your mind because we know you were a great driver! Danny, you loved your friends so much, if only you knew that all your friends on all sides would form a wonderful group and support as much as possible those and your parents after you left … “
