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Mushkat, Yoram

Mushkat, Yoram


Son of Ludwig and Deborah. Born in Warsaw, Poland on January 8, 1926. He began his studies in Warsaw at the age of six and when he arrived in Israel with his family he did not know a word of Hebrew, but within two months he learned the language and entered the second grade of the elementary school ” Tel-Nordoi “in Tel Aviv, and when he was in eighth grade his parents moved to the Borochov neighborhood where he studied until he completed his studies as an outstanding student, who was a social friend by nature, was accepted by the children and became friends with each other. He joined the “Mahanot Haolim” movement and in the Borochov neighborhood he moved to Hanoar Haoved, and was very devoted to it.Then he graduated from elementary school he attended the “Ohel Shem” Gymnasium in Ramat Gan and Purchasing from the love of his parents. son of XVI began to instruct youth who kibbutz life. After completing his matriculation certificate he enlisted in the Palmach and moved to Sde Yam, and when he was urged to continue his studies, he claimed that there were many in the country who had degrees, and his unit in Sdot Yam was one of the first in the country to be called ” The days of the Yishuv’s struggle for immigration restricted by the mandatory government and Yoram participated in almost all the activities of this struggle in the company of the Palestine Battalions and the transfer of weapons at night by squads moving at night from sea fields and Giv’at- Haim and back, in the explosion of the British police in Givat Olga (with the aid of the radar in which illegal immigrant ships were discovered), on the shores of the country. Yoram invested all his strength and full capacity in the social and cultural organization of the training. His hand was in every social activity and he engaged in every cultural event. This went on even when the training went to Shfayim. After the liberation from the Palmach, the hachshara was transferred as a working group to Kiryat Haim, where the members worked in hard shore work, and Yoram, who was not one of the heroes in the group, was among the workers in the port of Haifa. After returning home, Yoram recounted various battles in the north, Ramot Naftali and Mishmar Hayarden, because in the dangerous situations in which he participated, and also knew how to escape the danger at the last minute And proved himself capable of fighting and of resourcefulness, for the group to the Arab village of Tantura But Yoram, who stood out in his optimism, enlisted in the first youth movement, which was not easy to grow under the existing conditions, while he established his family’s nest. From 1953 to 1952 he was recruited to the secretariat of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – to the youth committee which was born, and when he returned home, he continued to accompany and guide the work of the youth committees and participated in all of the youth movements. Brigade camps. He remained young in spirit and there was no limit to his vitality. He participated in the Sinai Campaign and then returned to his home and continued his active activities. His public pursuits were numerous, but he dealt with sculpture, painting, poetry, lists and feuilletons, and he continued to do so. He also found the children free time and he loved them, and in his great love he contributed to their parties and conversations, and in all of these his children were reared by his love and returned to him by doubling him. During the course of his service he underwent various military courses and served for a period of time as a cadre at Kibbutz Nachsholim, where he was one of its founders, and during the Six Day War he was called to serve in reserve duty on the second day of the battles, As a result of defianceThe crash of a plane that was shot down in the camp. He left a wife and three children. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa. In his estate there remains a large collection of songs, figurines, sculptures, paintings and more. In Nachsholim, the “Yoram House” was established in which his estate is concentrated and serves as a study room. His sculpture “The Crouching Man” won the first prize in the national exhibition of painters and amateur sculptors held in February-March 1968. A booklet in his memory was published by Kibbutz Nachsholim. Hakibbutz Hameuhad also published a book of poems called “The Sun at the Top”. Hakibbutz Hameuchad commemorated his name with the rest of his comrades in the booklet “Who Fell in the War.” In two pamphlets of “From Within” (1967 and 1968) his name was immortalized. It was also mentioned in the Information Bulletin and the local life of the Givatayim municipality and in the “Book of the Fallen” published by the municipality. In Gogli Esh, vol. 4, the school bag of the sons of the fallen soldiers in Israel, was brought from his estate.

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