Gordin, Jacqueline-Yonath

Daughter of Tasia and Yoel. She was born on August 8, 1969 in Cape Town, South Africa, and immigrated to Israel with her family in 1970. The family was absorbed in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel and Jackie, as Jacqueline, joined the Kalanit group. Together with her friends, she completed her studies in the elementary school and in the local educational institution. Jackie was always judged by her teachers as highly capable. This was especially evident in the comprehensive thesis she submitted at the end of her studies. It was a study based on the scientific rules on “TV viewing patterns of youth in Israel.” “I chose television because I was always disturbed by the people’s’ enslavement ‘: I went to a party, and people sat and watched television almost without reference to each other, I went on a walk and people talked about’ Do you know what plan we are losing now? ‘ These situations have led me to thoughts about the future that will come with the advancement of technology, and I can not say that I liked it. ” Jackie was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair movement. She loved to dance and to travel in Israel, and she did a lot of handicrafts, in which her artistic talent was evident. “Jackie was an extraordinary friend of her friends and her friend, a sought-after partner for every event and adventure, every trip and recreation,” says her teacher. “You were different and special: like a wild plant of our garden, I felt you belong more to the field plants, to the open landscape, and less to the protected garden of the house.” “Beautiful girl, green eyes, freckles of mischief, you were always special in your way, in your reactions to all sorts of things, seeking happiness at all costs.” Jacqueline was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-November 1988 and after basic training was assigned to the Armored Corps in the capacity of a lieutenant-colonel on February 22, 1989, when she was on vacation, she was injured in an accident and was brought to rest at home. – The cemetery in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel left behind her parents and a sister, Natalie, in a letter of condolences to the family: “The late Jacqueline served in our unit as a clerk in the office, and she proved herself to be an excellent and loyal professional. The soldiers of the unit, and stood out in her desire to help her friends. ” And her aunt, her father’s brother, wrote: “… but I do not need a sign / so that I will never, ever forget that I knew someone who made do with so little / but she carried the sun alone with her forever.”