David, son of Batya and Moshe, was born in Jerusalem, studied at the Tiferet Tzvi Yeshiva in Jerusalem and completed his elementary studies in Tel Aviv, where he was three years old when his parents divorced. David traveled to Australia when he was 16 and lived there alone.In Australia, he studied at an art school and worked as a truck driver, as a member of the miners’ union, as a graphic artist, and specialized in drawing cartoons, and as a young artist David was a member of the new realist group. Of modern art, at the Academy of Contemporary Art in Melbourne and in various galleries, but his longing for Israel did not diminish during all the years he spent Australia, and one day he decided to immigrate to Israel and join the army, voluntarily. David arrived in Israel in 1965 and was drafted into the IDF in May of that year, where he took a rifle course, a platoon commander’s course, and a parachuting course, and took part in the Six-Day War. After completing his army service, David faced the difficult question: Where to turn now? Finally he decided that he would do everything possible to stay in Israel, and that he had to support his sick mother, whose financial situation was bad. He enrolled in a tour guide course to work and sustain himself and his mother and to be free to practice his art without any worries about earning a living. At that time, the artists in Israel began to recognize David’s talents. Photographs of his work were exhibited in various exhibitions in Tel Aviv, among them many pictures in which he described the experiences of the war, as he felt it. In Tel Aviv he also married his girlfriend Ester and after their marriage they traveled together to the United States. The purpose of his trip was to study graphic art techniques and he studied there with the help of scholarships for excellence. In addition to his studies, David lectured in various Jewish communities on the topic: The History of the Jewish People. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, David boarded the first El Al plane that he had encountered and flew to Israel. From the airport in Lod, without passing through the house, he immediately drove south and joined his unit, which had meanwhile reached the Sinai front. As for David, the expression “fell on his watch” has its exact meaning. After participating in the battle against the Egyptian army, David’s unit established its positions on the western side of the Suez Canal. On the morning of October 28, 1973, a heavy fire opened at these positions, David stood up to locate the sources of the fire, and then enemy soldiers stormed the post and threw hand grenades into it, one of which hit David and he was killed. He was left behind by a wife, a child and parents, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant, and his commander wrote: “I did not know David until the war broke out, but I heard countless stories about him. When he came from the United States to fight with us, I saw him standing around him, surrounded by a circle of guys from the companies, mouthing his plots, how he managed to get there so quickly. It was enough to look at the moment and I immediately went up to him and said: ‘You are Uncle Erez, right? Welcome “he immediately captured me with his energy, his enthusiasm and his approach to matters, and I did not hesitate to attach him to the group of those who rely on them. Indeed, David did not disappoint. In all the tasks assigned to the company, David stood out in his willingness to act, on his own initiative, and especially in the good spirit he could inspire around him. David was, in his life and death, a symbol and example of all the Yaffa and special in Israeli youth. An example of getting into missions, volunteering and going forward. In addition to these, he had a rare combination of a loyal friend and his uniqueness as an artist. His many talents expressed the special spiritual powers that were in him, and it is a pity that he did not have more time. “After his death, exhibitions of David’s works were held in Paris and the United States.
