Kislev, Ron (“Ronnie”)
Son of Shalom and Rebecca. Born in Rishon Le Zion on 12.6.1951 in Raanana to parents born in the moshava and the offspring of her founders, Ron attended elementary school and high school in Ostrovsky, both in Ra’anana. He joined the Palmach-Tzuba kibbutz in the Jerusalem corridor, founded by Palmach veterans Ron was a member of the singing troupe next to the Raanana Youth Center and also composed songs for the troupe He was a drummer in the drum and played the accordion from the age of 9. He was active in Gadna and Ahav Collect coins. Although in high school he was a little closed and could not reveal what he had with his Lev, he had a poetic, dreamy soul and gave expression to his feelings in writing poetry. He was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1969 and served in the Nahal Brigade in the Kalia settlement in the Jordan Valley. He left his mark on all his acquaintances and comrades in arms with his good manners; he would have greeted Shalom with a slightly embarrassed smile to everyone he met on his way. When he wanted to say something he would ask forgiveness first. On evenings of fun in Kalia, he was the mainstay, and even when the friends were very tired, he would begin singing to encourage the entire group. He was the driving force in all cultural activities and social life, in the context of the difficult life of occupation. Ron’s commander discovered a friend in the conversation and a staff member helping the staff plan the life and make the gray routine more interesting and cheerful. There was always a smile in his eyes and poetry on his lips. On the 20th of Sivan 5706 (June 20, 1970), he fell on the banks of the Suez Canal in an Egyptian shelling of the stronghold where he fought. He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Ra’anana. The commander of the unit wrote his parents a letter of condolence, and among other things he wrote: “The fall of your son Ron on the first line that the IDF is responsible for has left the commanders and even the unit and the nucleus empty space that will not be forgotten. Ron came to us in the continuation of his career in the Nahal Brigade, with the expectation that Len would serve in the difficult place to which the IDF is responsible as an equal fighter among his friends In the IDF. He was the first of his friends to volunteer – and in this place he lost his life. “A pamphlet in his memory called” Ron “was published by his comrades in the Nahal Brigade and by Kibbutz Tzuba. The booklet contains several of Ron’s poems, essays and letters; The commander of the Nahal Brigade, who knew his family and friends closely, wrote in Ron’s memory that “he discovered the image of a devoted soldier, a social soldier with values that the country’s problems are precious to him. In his family, he understood the atmosphere of the Palmach parents, the original fighters and the representatives of the generation that fought and built his country – Ron combined the path of settlement and security in full and with dedication, and nothing more proves his integration. , In which he fell while carrying out his duties under enemy fire on the first line. “
