Ginsberg, Eliezer-Ze’ev (‘Eli’)

Son of Ehud and Hannah. He was born in Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan on July 22, 1958. He studied at the elementary school in his kibbutz and completed his studies at the “Einot Hayarden” school in Amir, Eli was a serious and talented student and during the course of his studies was even sent to a course for gifted children and youth, He studied Hebrew literature and drama, wrote books in Hebrew and English and studied Jewish thought, in exact sciences (mathematics and chemistry), in the humanities and in the sciences Nature, his great love was nature, he made many trips around the country, And sometimes with a handful of friends, and always returned with reality: rock fragments, fossils, tools from antiquity, unfamiliar plants and various objects he had found in the sea. Found any military equipment lost at sea and used to return it to the IDF. “His intellectual curiosity knew no boundaries and the skyline was far beyond the realm of a boy of his age,” his acquaintances say. Eli loved poetry from an early age and even wrote many songs. The author of the poems he wrote during his studies was highly regarded and recognized as a final work at the school. He was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement and was one of the members of the Nahal group that was assigned to Kibbutz Adamit, and was drafted into the IDF in January 1977. The member of the youth movement was not recognized and his comrades were sent to various units in the IDF. He was trained in a maintenance course and sent to a maintenance unit. Against a quartermaster. In this capacity he was able to take advantage of the knowledge he acquired in mathematics and he worked for many hours near the computer terminal in the unit. About a year after his induction he was injured in a road accident and after being released from the hospital he was sent to a unit in the south of the country. Eli was loved by all men, commanders and young soldiers. He organized parties and trips in his unit and became the driving force in all social and cultural activities. He always carried a variety of groceries, cakes he brought from the house and sweets, and his room became a sort of unitary club. On the 11th of Tevet 5739 (11.1.1979) he fell to me while fulfilling his position in the Sinai. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery on Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan. Survived by his parents and sister. His family and friends gathered a collection of his poems published in the book “When I Am Whatever” published by the Workers’ Library and Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan. Literary people evaluated this collection of poems as a selection that “reveals a mature, crystallized poet with great power of expression.” From the book: And when I am what-not / when I am who will be / will not be words already disguised body that lost his grandmother to live.