Ilan Israel Kaufman

Son of Ida and Harold Zvi, Ilan was born on September 9, 1963 in Petah Tikva, to parents who immigrated to Israel from South Africa six months before his birth, he began his elementary studies at the Kfar Ganim School in Petah Tikva and completed his studies at the Savyon school, where his family moved. In elementary school he was gifted and sent to enrichment classes at Bar Ilan University and Tel Aviv, and although he was a good student, he was not counted as a gifted student, With his outstanding emphasis on his ability to persevere, he liked to paint structures from an artistic point of view, a tendency that would be realized in the future when he began He was a social activist, he liked to plan social activities, such as parties and trips, and when he finished high school, he received a special certificate for his social contribution. He was a member of the Scout movement from his youth until his enlistment, and during that period he was a member of the Savyon tribe and held special positions in the organization and management of the tribe. He did a lot of fitness and running, and improved his physical fitness. He was drafted into the IDF in mid-January 1982 and was assigned to the Israel Air Force at the Flight School, completing his pilot course as a Yasur helicopter pilot, and during his years in the squadron, Ilan worked extensively in the social and cultural fields. He also volunteered and organized parties for his friends at his parents’ home in Savyon, where he returned to the school as a guide in the summer of 1988. His work again demonstrated the thoroughness and meticulousness of detail, along with grace and humor, as his apprentices wrote : “The most investor guide who came to base. “On the flight he is a serious and professional person, but on the ground he is a realman.” In October 1989, Ilan completed his compulsory and permanent service and began studying at the Technion’s Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, saving his apartment and furnishing it with his girlfriend Yael. And he led the projects during the first semester, and was able to prepare a great deal of works and exhibits, and his grades were excellent, as one of the lecturers testified: “He is talented, smart, with a quiet inner maturity and with great intelligence. With excellent judgment over himself, as well as with others. Ilan was a charming personality. A student with pleasure and the right to teach him. “On the heavy load of his studies, Ilan was called for reserve duty and maintained close contact with the squadron On April 22, 1990, He was brought to eternal rest in the military section of the Savyon cemetery, leaving behind his parents, brother Ronen and sister Talia and a friend of Haim Yael, and after his death, one of his friends wrote: “True, everyone is special in his own way. And Ilan was on his way, special, in this soul, in his kindness, in the quiet he radiated to the environment, in the warmth that prevailed around him. “