Goldman, Yitzhak

Son of Malka and Ze’ev, was born on September 2, 1962, in the city of Rievitz, Poland, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1925. Yitzhak attended the Tachkemoni religious school in Tel Aviv and stood out for his singing talent. The cantor was in the morning prayers and sang as a soloist in the Great Synagogue. In 1935 he moved to Kiryat Haim and participated in plays and choir. After graduating from the elementary school he studied regrets and worked at Solel Boneh. His cheerfulness and his service at work were for nothing. He was a member of the Hanoar Haoved movement and served as a professional action center in the movement’s branch. In 1940, he enlisted in the Naval Forces. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy and served for five years as a lone Jew among the British. In 1946 he was released and returned to work. At that time he was self-contained and silent, but when he returned to battle he was relieved. In December 1947 he joined the Carmeli Brigade. He completed a professional course and returned to his battalion as a company sergeant, and in this capacity he excelled in caring for his men, the wounded, and their families. Yitzhak fell on the 17th of Sivan 5708 (24.6.1948) at the Birwa outpost, in the outskirts of the Western Galilee. The village of Birwa and the three outposts next to it were held by our forces. On the afternoon of June 23, local Kaukji and Arab forces attacked the village and forced the force to withdraw, and at night the force of the Carmeli Brigade organized and attacked the village on the 24th of June. During the day the battle continued and the Carmeli forces repulsed enemy attacks on the outpost they had held in. At night the force was strengthened, attacked again and succeeded in conquering the village and the conquerors, and fell into eternal rest in the military cemetery in Nahariya.