Yoel, son of Chava, was born on December 31, 1950, in Lyon, France. In 1951 he immigrated to Israel with his mother, who settled in Kibbutz Sdot Yam and moved to Jerusalem, where he studied at the Kibbutz Sdot Yam School, continued at the Beit Hakerem Elementary School in Jerusalem and completed his studies At the Boyar High School, and as a child, Yoel discovered two special qualities – love for nature and especially sensitivity and understanding of animals, as well as a talent for painting – at Kibbutz Sdot Yam, which enjoyed a peaceful atmosphere. It is possible to hear the voice of a bird singing in its early years in Jerusalem He enjoyed the stories of Shalom Aleichem, read the books of the Holocaust writers and studied the books that dealt with the wars of Israel and especially the War of Independence, and he liked the books of the Russian author Solzhenitsyn, His painting, which he painted with a sensitive artist, showed a lot of talent and impression, and Yoel slowly adjusted to his Jerusalem peers, although he refused to join a youth movement, but he operated his friends in the school and the neighborhood. Together with his friends, he went on trips, where animals were collected, thus increasing his interest in the natural sciences, especially in biology, and he saw his future in veterinary medicine. Yoel was an excellent athlete, and devoted a lot of time to physical activity. After completing his studies at the school, he left for Kibbutz Sdot Yam, where he remained attached to his youth and worked on a voluntary basis until he was drafted into the IDF. Yoel was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in February 1969 and served in a combat unit and was assigned to the Armored Corps, after which he was trained as a tank driver and was successfully sent to serve in the tank brigade of the Seven Brigade in Sinai. He was a good professional, with a lot of initiative and resourcefulness, and as a commander he knew how to be a member of his subordinates and to solve their problems. Architecture and everything that goes on in this area, and decided to learn from Katz At the Haifa Technion, where he worked as a shoemaker in the construction of roofs, which was hard work, but he was not deterred by it, and he gave himself the challenge of overcoming difficulties and achieving his goal. He did well in his studies and took part in social and cultural activities in the Faculty of Architecture, where his teachers and colleagues noted that Yoel was very sensitive to everything he dealt with, and even to the materials he used to prepare his works. His friends remember the long hours he spent with them at the faculty’s student club. He imparted a pleasant and pleasant atmosphere around him, as a pleasant conversationalist who could be studied with him and spent time with him. He spent many hours at the student club listening to classical music, especially the works of his favorite composers – Beethoven and Chopin. He tried to “infect” his friends with his love for music. In conversations that continued until the late hours of the night, he tried to explain to them the meaning of the sounds and the way to understand the work. Together with his friends he would discuss the problems that stood in the top of the world and the subjects that preoccupied them as students – matters of emotional emotion and beautyOn the work of the architect. His classmates say that he who enjoyed being with him during his studies enjoyed a great experience. A month before the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, he was called to reserve duty in the Sinai. When the fighting broke out, his unit went out to participate in stopping the Egyptians and later took part in the battles of crossing the Suez Canal. On October 21, 1973, Yoel was injured in an artillery bombardment and was killed. He was laid to rest at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem. Left behind a mother. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant.
