Kesselman, Aryeh-Yehuda

Son of-Chaya and Mordechai (Max) was born in Tel Aviv on June 6, 2525. When he was six years old, he was taken to the United States and attended elementary school there, and when he returned to Israel he studied at the Herzliya High School in Tel- Arieh Yehuda was a member of the “Scouts” movement and later became a guide there, and he went to the camps and went on patrols, where at the age of 15 he was a member of the Haganah and led weapons in a violin holster. 20, who was recruited in the days of El Alamein. After graduating from high school, he wanted to join the Palmach, but encountered his parents’ resistance, and after a mental crisis he embarked on a year of service in Dorot: “The society must be right,” he said, “but in due course I will decide and do what I have to do.” The problems of the Negev and plans for irrigation and preservation of the land After the year of service he studied for two years at the Technion in Haifa and during his free time guided and went with his class to tour the Arab villages in Carmel and the surrounding area. The IDF. He was the leading scout of the Palmach platoon, which was sabotaged by the police on the Carmel, and at the same time his cousin, whose name was Aryeh Kesselman, also fell in an attack on the British police camp in Sharona (the Kirya) He was deeply involved in Zionist organizations in the city of Ohio, in the United States, and was forced to leave the country and was sent by the Jewish Agency to the United States to serve as a counselor in the Habonim movement. The capital, Columbus, Aryeh-Yehuda went to a summer camp of the Hillel Jewish student organization, conducted radio debates with a student In Arabic, spoke about the problems of the country by the United Palestine Appeal cities of Columbus, New York, Cleveland and Detroit. When the UN resolution has remained one semester until the completion of his university studies and he was allowed to finish. He considered the certificate very much but decided to return to Israel. “The time has come,” he wrote to his mother. Before his departure he was asked to fulfill a mission on behalf of the Hagana. He neglected his studies and studied aviation with the support of the community of Columbus Jews, who was present with his strong desire to “acquire” for the Haganah. Aryeh-Yehuda returned to Israel via Mexico on the ship “Kapalos”, which changed its name to the “southern”, which brought ammunition and equipment. The trip lasted more than five weeks. Aryeh was in charge of the secret code, but he also devoted himself to security matters. In his public relations talks he brought the staff, both Jewish and non-Jewish, closer to the problems of Zionism and demonstrated to them the youth of Israel – serious, logical and social. In September 1948 he reached the port of Tel Aviv. He immediately joined the Intelligence Service and served in the north. After a while he wanted to move him to the front. He took part in a combat intelligence officers course and was sent to the Negev Brigade, to the Nirim-Bir Asluj area. Where he volunteered to go to the Emara-Tze’elim sector, which he had known around the years of service in Dorot. On the 19th of Cheshvan 5709 (21.11.1948) he went on a jeep for a security patrol. Near Imara he went on an enemy mine and a few hours later died of his wounds. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.