Niv, Udi (Ehud)

Udi was born on October 3, 1962, in Misgav Am, to his parents, Ora and Amitai, who spent most of his youth in the kibbutz on the border with Lebanon. The family framework, “Rakefet” – the educational group that belonged to it all these years, and the small community that is struggling to create a house on the top of the mountain, integrated into a warm and nurturing framework, Udi and Farah The beginning of school at the local school in 1969 was accompanied by the sounds of gunfire on both sides of the border, which went on to “warm up” at that time. Udi’s first years at school were shaped in many ways in the reality of a school settlement that tries to maintain a routine life in the shadow of a hostile border.In 1973, the family moved to Boston, In the United States, where the father completed his academic studies, the transition to the “American” class was not only a change of language, but a transition to a new foreign culture for him. The acquisition of members of different nationalities, the admiration of professional sports, trips on the continent and even a kind of addiction to materialism that dominates this society. Thus, for example, Udi wrestled with the busy business of distributing newspapers to subscribers’ homes. The fees and tips he received from his appointment did not turn him into an extremely rich man, but they collected a penny for a penny to buy a sophisticated sports bike that was later brought to Israel. The long journey back from the United States ended for Udi late at night at the entrance of the “Rakefet” group. Udi and his classmates, who had grown up three years of absence from the country, stood staring at each other. Until one of them suggested: “Let’s play basketball.” At that moment Udi was back in his house. Udi completed his high school studies at the regional school “Har VeGai”. The school provided him with not only educational content, but also created a framework in which Udi expressed his best. Mainly in social activity, which combined a great deal of responsibility for what is happening around him, work ability and perseverance. No less was his ability and inclination to derive the good from what his surroundings offered him. Along with the school and social life of the school, Udi devoted time and effort to guiding one of the younger classes in Misgav Am. These were also the years when he entered the olim of the kibbutz orchard. He spent many afternoons in the trees and much of his vacations. His devotion was limitless, and the members of the industry saw him, despite his youth, as a full-fledged member of the staff. Despite his relatively old age, Udi chose to give his part before enlisting in the army, in the youth movement. To know the life of the city, and especially to influence what was happening around him in a way that was so good: education by example. He spent his year at the Mahanot Ha’olim in Ramot Remez near Haifa. It was a difficult year. Mainly because of the Sisyphean character of the work in today’s youth movement. Here Udi also managed to combine a lot of giving with quite a bit of development and growth. Among these were his friends, his concern and the responsibility for carrying out what he had imposed upon himself and his great love for Israel and its landscapes. The attempt to be accepted into one of the “elite units” in the army failed. Either because he showed some hesitation in carrying out strange orders, or because, instead of coming first, he wasted time and energy helping others. So Udi found himself in the Armored Corps. His first year there was not easy. Not because of the required effort, but mainly because he felt for most of the time the great devaluationWhich is done in him and as a person thinks and creates. But in his great youth he helped to see his condition with a forgiving eye and a lot of humor. When he became a guide, he saw his role as a kind of mission: to drive his apprentices in the way he expected them to. He was not given much time. He was killed during an infantry exercise on the 18th of Adar 5744 (March 22, 1984)