Goldberg, Yosef

Ben Chaya and Jacob. He was born on the 28th of Sivan 5706 (13.6.1950) in Kiryat Haim. Yosef studied at the Netivim Elementary School in Kiryat Haim and at the Beit HaKakid School in Haifa. As early as his youth, Yosef was particularly sensitive to the hardships of the individual. Prior to his induction, he underwent courses and training in the field of education, and devoted all his time to training youth. In August 1968, Yosef was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces and was assigned to the Engineering Corps. At the end of the course he received the rank of corporal and was sent to serve as an education and culture officer in the Etzion camp. In his opinion, his commanders wrote: “Yossi is doing a nice job, and he is the right person in this role, and Yossi has a sense of criticism and sensitivity to justice.” In August 1971 Yossi joined the regular army and was stationed in the IAF as an officer in the culture and education sector. According to his commander, he performed his work well beyond his defined role. In November 1972, Yossi was discharged from the army and was assigned to the Armored Corps. Education and culture asked him to continue his service, but Yossi preferred to engage in education and dealing with juvenile delinquents. Upon his release, he was hired as an educator at the Ramat Hadassah youth village in Kiryat Tivon. Yossi has specialized in working with children with special needs and with children with learning difficulties. He loved the children he worked with, gave them a lot of heat and tried to make up for the parents’ lack. He developed teaching and educational methods and initiated the establishment of a pedagogical center for boarding schools. In 1983, Yossi, as part of an exchange of education experts, left for Cleveland in the United States. He worked in a youth institution and expanded his educational training and education. On January 3, 1993, Yossi was drafted into an active reserve service and left with his unit as an education noncom, and on 22 January 1993 he fell during his service at the age of forty-two and was laid to rest in the military section of the Tzur Shalom cemetery In Kiryat Yam, followed by his mother and brother Yonatan, and Yossi’s commander said in his own words: “You have poured into the role that you filled out contents that I did not know before. The norms of your work in the army and in civilian life were based on the fact that everyone would receive a maximum amount of education. “The teaching staff at the institution where he worked indicated that Yossi was a leader and role model among many educators and students. For the needs of the children he had educated. “Korczak” The staff called him “our father” the children called him in the institution.