Jacobson, Gabriel Ben-Yaakov)

Son of Jenny and Albert, was born on May 7, 1962 in Berlin, the capital of Germany, to affluent parents who, when the Nazi persecutions against the Jews intensified, sent him to Sweden where he studied in a Zionist school that trained his students to immigrate to Palestine. Israel. In 1939 he came to Israel as part of the Youth Aliya and joined the “Aliyat Hanoar” training program in a group of shifts. After completing his studies he moved to the Maaleh Hahamisha group, which is close to Jerusalem, and was able to continue his studies in music, in which he discovered unusual talents. As a student of the Israel Conservatory, he was awarded a single scholarship – from a few students who submitted their candidacy – as a present on the 80th anniversary of the birth of Henrietta Szold, the mother of Aliyat Hanoar. Gavriel stood out in the life of the group and was loved by its members not only for his talents and his modest way of life. Eventually he joined the Hadassah-Gezer group, continued his studies in music until he became a certified music teacher and a creative artist in the field of composition. With the outbreak of the War of Independence he joined the Jerusalem Brigade. At night he worked as a guard and during the day he continued to teach at school. On May 19, 1948) was in the reinforcements who entered the Old City after the breach of the Zion Gate, and on that day he fell in the position of the “soldier.” His commander spoke about his courageous spirit and his silent stance in the battle. It was announced that he had been transferred to the camp’s entertainment department, arrived in his room when Gabriel was no longer alive, leaving behind a rich musical estate, including songs for the solo and the choir, solo violin suites, violin sonata and piano, string quartet, A clarinet and a horn, pieces for orchestra, etc. On December 5, 1949, a concert of his works was held at the initiative of the Composers’ “Hadassah-Gezer” with the participation of “Kol Yerushalayim”, whose name was engraved on the monument erected in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in memory of those who perished in the Jewish Quarter and the memory of fighters who fell in battle for Jerusalem and were buried on the Mount of Olives.