Diamant, Yehoshua-Mordechai Azriel (“Shaya”)
Son of Avraham-Abba (HaKohen) and Tova-Rivka. He was born on December 9, 1939 in Tel Aviv. The parents, members of a Zionist youth movement in Poland, immigrated to Israel in 1936 and their home was filled with love for the homeland and their three children were educated in a national religious spirit. Joshua was two years old when the family moved to Bnei Brak. Yehoshua attended the “Yahalom” elementary school in Ramat Gan, continued his high school studies in a religious school in Bnei Brak and in “Bnei Akiva Yeshiva” in Kfar HaRoeh, and was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement. After one year of studying in “Yeshiva” in Kfar Haroeh, he was forced to stop his studies and come to the aid of the family when his economic situation worsened. He studied the profession of his father (weaving) in two weeks, but at the same time continued his academic studies. In 1957, he was recruited to Nahal, together with his colleagues from the “Emunim” group and during his training period at Kibbutz Lavi, where he was sent to the “Bnei Akiva” Bnei Brak branch, where he completed his advanced training in the paratroopers’ In his hard training; He also helped others overcome them. After his regular service, he went to reserve duty and served in the paratroopers. After his service he worked at the weaving house to help support his parents, and at night he heard lectures at Bar-Ilan University in the Faculty of History and Sociology. He also coordinated the young shift’s work in the development towns and the immigrant settlements, and was very interested in immigrant youth. His greatest love was for the land and for the landscape, and for his space he traveled a great deal. After completing his studies at the School for Tour Guides, he was a guide on many trips, especially for students of schools and youth movements. In the summer of 1965, Yehoshua was sent by the World Secretariat of Bnei Brak to teach at summer camps and at a seminar for Bnei Akiva counselors in Europe. He was also interested in sports and taught soccer school students. He liked the photograph and his slides were accompanied by an explanation on his walks. Among the other things he excelled in the chess game and achieved several important achievements in winning world-class “rivals” in simultaneous games (once in 1964, when he defeated the world champion from the Soviet Union and in 1966, the master rabbi from Yugoslavia) Shalva “in Tel Aviv and at the Teachers College in Givat Washington. Just as he was a loyal son to his parents, he was a good friend to his friends and a dedicated teacher and mentor to his students. He participated in the Six Day War and participated in a battle that took place in Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem on 27 June 1967. He was the second day of the battles. Said to one of his comrades in arms that if he did not return he would tell his parents that he would not be sorry because he was Simcha to have been given the right to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. A special corner in his name and his memory was set in the university library “Bar-Ilan.” In August 1968 a competition was held in his memory In the quarterly “Maalot Gabro” of the paratroop command, his history and the story of his last karuv were brought, and his memory was included in the book “Ma’alot Giborim” A book entitled “Yehoshua” was published by members of the “Emunim” nucleus of “Bnei Akiva.” In Volume 4 of “Goily Ash”, the Yalkut of the estate of the fallen boys in the systemsIsrael, was brought from his estate.
