Fish (Rivkov), Yehuda (Iorek)

Was born in Tashkent, Russia in 1928, and was named after his grandfather Yehuda, who was one of the founders of the Jewish community in Tashkent, and was sent to Eretz Israel by his parents through Palestine and Afghanistan. Yehuda was six years old and began his studies at the Talmud Torah in Jerusalem and later in Tel Aviv, where he stopped at the age of 15. He was a bus driver for Ha’argaz and was a driver for many years. And was a member of the “Firefighter” orchestra, but at the age of 16 he tried to enlist in the Jewish Brigade, but was returned because of his age. Costs. With the UN declaration on partition defender joined the division “Kiryat” and participated in the defense of Tel Aviv Jaffa border. He took a sabotage course and took part in the attack on Abu Kabir, Salameh, guarding Sarona, etc. Because of his qualifications, he was a candidate for an officer’s course. On April 14, 1948, in an act of sabotage against the flour mill in the Florentine neighborhood, an operation in which he volunteered to participate as a tanker, he was wounded by mortal wounds, and his last words to his comrades were: “Judah was brought to eternal rest in the Nahalat Yitzhak Military Cemetery.