Son of Jacob and Henrietta (Hadassah). Was born on September 26, 1953 in Haifa. The father (a Holocaust survivor) immigrated to Israel in 1948, at the height of the War of Independence, on the Altalena, and the mother advanced several years. Danny spent his childhood in the Tzrifin military base where the family lived, as the father was a soldier in the permanent army. There, at the Lev of the camp, Danny grew up in an atmosphere that was entirely army, with its positive and negative: At one end of the building, the IDF orchestra was playing military marches, and at the other end were the prisons and the detention room. Of Danny’s younger age, and he did not see any other purpose in life than to follow in the footsteps of his father, who in the meantime had risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel and held key positions in the IDF, where he completed his elementary studies at the Haviv School in Rishon Lezion, Together with the rest of the children in the housing development, he was considered a serious student, and his teachers praised him for his knowledge and scope of interest in various fields. When Danny was in third grade, the family moved to Rishon Letzion, and when the time came for him to get a high school education, the family moved to Be’er Sheva, where Danny enrolled in the Comprehensive School in Sha’ar, which was the center “It was a Simcha chapter in Danny’s life, because he was accepted by his friends in the neighborhood and at school, but two years later the family moved back to Rishon Letzion and the two years The last of the high schools was done at the local gymnasium. Here, too, he was admired by his teachers and friends for his inner silence and the human warmth that he projected on his surroundings – as one of his educators attested. Outside the school Danny was initially active in the Scouts movement and later in Maccabi Hatzair. When he was wearing eighth grade benches, this course was a course for instructors. He was very fond of the training and took it seriously and meticulously. Among the hobbies of that period was the construction of model airplanes. He did sports in the ranks of Maccabi Hatzair and devoted time and energy to the handball game. When Danny was drafted into the IDF, he was in the strict tests for air-crew candidates, and Danny found himself in the pilots’ course, all of which passed successfully but not easily, each step forward accompanied by hesitations and apprehensions. In July 1973, Danny completed his course in the Air Force, and on his shoulders he assumed the rank of Second Lieutenant, and from now on, Danny devoted himself entirely to the Air Force, fulfilled his duties with devotion and loyalty, and was admired by his commanders and colleagues. The time of the difficult test was close, because the Yom Kippur War broke out, and Danny was pressured to participate in operational activity, and indeed he was active in the war as a rank-and-file pilot At the end of the war, his commander, Zion, wrote in the evaluation sheet: “A good, efficient, responsible and dedicated officer. “The war, its circumstances and lessons left a deep impression on Danny, and at the height of the war he wrote to his father, who served as an adjunct to the Israel Defense Forces beyond the ocean:” As for work, there is little to write about It’s just that here we do not help stories and talk, but rather the deeds, and there is still a lot to be done, and I will not ask you not to worry, because it is difficult to make such a request, but do your work there with faith, and here we will do our part. We hired. ” Danny, who has just entered the IDF’s regular service, has made a special recommendation in a short time period to the rank of lieutenant and served as an operations officer in his squadron.Jets. In his private life, Danny had called a friend whom he loved with all his Lev and planned to build a house soon. Then the disaster happened, and on the 6th of Tevet 5735 (January 6, 1975) he fell in the line of duty and he is only 21 years old. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion. Survived by his parents and brother. Danny’s family published a book in his memory. From every article, from every letter published in this book, the great appreciation and love that his friends and girlfriends have expressed, and which they carry with them even beyond his untimely death, emerges.
