Levin, Jonathan (Tanchik)

Son of Leah and Mordechai, was born on 12.1.1930 in Ramat Gan. He was a devoted member of the Scouts movement from his childhood. A member of the Herzliya high school where his father served as one of its first teachers. Jonathan was one of those responsible for the issue of the Jewish-Israeli fund in the school. He was very musical and played the violin from the age of eight until his last day (he played for his subordinates in Hulata). In the first few grades of the school, he found a love for nature, a great affection for flora and fauna. He studied agriculture and graduated with honors in the agricultural track of the Gymnasium. However, he respected Israel’s tradition and continued his studies in the Talmud with a private teacher. Was a physically fit boy who also excelled in sports – swimming, running, football. He loved poetry and knew long lines of poetry by Lev. In his last letter to his parents two days after his death, he wrote, among other things: “… I do not miss anything. If only you could send me my Bible … We miss him. “He was serious and reasonable. He became known as a commander whose character was expressed quietly and courteously. In 1947 he and his friends graduated from the Gymnasium for training in the framework of the Palmach in Kibbutz Dafna in the Galilee. Where he played a major social role. In the week before his fall he wrote to the son of-David family that had fallen: “The great pain, only a little consolation, he gave his life to save many of his friends.” When the security situation worsened, he completed a commanding officer course and was sent to the Hulata farm, from which he headed his class to the village of Ihsaniya for the purpose of eradicating the land, and was among the first to break into the village. And fled with the people of the nearby villages and the Iraqi gangs in which they lived, and because of this action, the British Mandate imposed a curfew on all roads of the Upper Galilee for six days, during which he was wounded and fell on the 3rd of Adar 5708 (March 13, 1948). He was laid to rest in the cemetery in Hulata.