Son of Shoshana and Pinchas Goldwasser. Jacob was born on the 17th of Elul 5712 (7.9.1952). Was a fourth child to his parents and a younger brother to his three sisters. His childhood was spent in Jerusalem, among the cool, pine-shaded alleys, and the Yaffa old stone houses of the German Colony. A cute, smart, curly-haired, chestnut-haired boy whose brown eyes always laugh and his brain is planning some trick. Yaakov grew up in a religious home. His father was the principal of the “Neve Ya’akov” security center in Katamon and his mother was a teacher, and the boy started his studies at the Neve Ya’akov school and then studied at the Horev and Ladempama-Banim schools. He devoted most of his energy to his favorite subjects: climbing the mulberry trees in the neighborhood, riding a bicycle on Emek Refaim Street, touring all corners of the city, playing with his many friends in the neighborhood. As a child in an elementary school, Kanar spent a lot of time doing sports. He was an excellent swimmer – he took part in competitions for the youth team in Jerusalem and completed a course for rescuers at the YMCA pool, where he attended all the municipal sports competitions and was awarded a certificate of excellence in athletics. He was very active in the “Hagalil” battalion, and his name, “Golda”, was almost forgotten, and his good friend Avner Gavirin was also a prominent figure in organizing the events of the regiment at parties and plays: To the tribe and even to spontaneous entertainment, funny to tears, imitations, short sketches and costume improvisation and a revival Posh. During his high school years he also went on trips abroad. The years were then the years of hope and quiet that followed the Six-Day War, and Jacob and his friends toured all the wadis, the cliffs, the ancient villages, Judea, Samaria and the Negev. Jacob liked to commemorate people and landscapes with his camera. Dozens of photographs remain in his meticulously arranged albums. Jacob disliked rigid and formal frameworks, but when he was interested in flying, airplanes, and the air force, he invested his energy and time to study the subject thoroughly. He completed a Gadna-Air-Youth course, signed the Air Force magazine, and did not miss an opportunity to photograph flights and air shows on the Independence Day parades and on various occasions: In the Six Day War, when Jerusalem was shelled, On foot from his school in Kiryat Moshe to the house in the German Colony, and when he got home he immediately climbed onto the roof to watch airplanes. In July 1970, Ya’akov enlisted in the Paratroopers Brigade, together with all members of the “Hagalil” nucleus, a month after their induction, three of the members of the nucleus were killed in Moshav Ramat Magshimim in the Golan. Bar-Lev served as a platoon commander and deputy company commander in the 50th Paratroopers Brigade, and during his service he participated in routine and even special operations. The Yom Kippur War caught him at an outpost near Rafid in the southern Golan Heights with his company. Within a few hours, the outpost was occupied by the Syrians, and the soldiers returned fire, some of them wounded, some of them killed, and Yaakov, who had just passed the box at Kol Nidrei, Golda and his soldiers moved to Sinai and fought on the eastern and western sides of the Canal until the cease-fire, while other members of the group, including his friend Avner, left the army in 1974. But in the following years he continued to serve as a lieutenant colonel And his many friends remember him as a charismatic, responsible, highly devoted officer, meticulous in detail, anxious about human life, Organize an excellent and loyal friend and lover. Jacob and his friend founded a guard company for institutions. In 1975 Jacob married Ina (nee Elman) – his girlfriend from the core – and the couple moved to Be’er Sheva. Where Jacob studied industrial engineering and did not work as a programmer. During their few vacations, between studies, work and reserve duty, they toured the Golan Heights, where the group established Avni Eitan, or visited Jerusalem with their families and the bereaved parents of their fallen friends. , In Talpiot, and at the police headquarters of the police set up the sabotage unit and planned to add a research department to the unit, and some of the members of the core continued to challenge and enlisted in the department, joining in September 1977. He felt that he was contributing his best experience and knowledge to the right place In the few months he served in the unit he participated in several operations, among others All the bodyguards of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat his first visit to Israel. One fine Saturday in early Kislev Tsl”h family celebrated the first birthday of Itamar. The next day, on the 27th of Kislev 5738 (27.11.1977), Yaakov went out with the commander of the sabotage unit, Adin Dalet, and with a team to test explosives and explosive devices at the Ma’aleh Adumim site. In the afternoon, a pipe bomb exploded, Yaakov and were still killed. Inspector Jacob was twenty-five years old when he fell. He was buried in the cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem. Pines and cypress trees shadow Jacob’s tombstone, which overlooks the city he so loved and all the mountains he traveled. Jacob left a wife and son, parents and three sisters.
