Perlman, Avraham-Chaim

Son of Michal and Asher. He was born in 1916. His grandfather was Rabbi Tzvi Rivlin, the rabbi of the northern neighborhoods of Jerusalem, and his mother was born in Jerusalem, but during World War I she was forced to leave the country with her family for fear of the Turkish regime. In 1934, he moved to Haifa and worked at the Anglo-Palestine Bank. He later studied plumbing, enlisted in the moshavot and supported his mother and brother while his father was in Australia. In 1936, he joined the Zionist General Workers Organization and was active in it. Worked hard to create sports teams. In the midst of the 1936-1938 events, on December 4, 1937, he guided a group of Hanoar Hazioni youth who went to Talpiot and its environs, and to his friends who doubted whether to go on a trip, he said: “Is it appropriate for us to refrain from doing what we want because of the hidden vices?” When the youths were on their way back from the trip, near the train station, an Arab youth shot at them, hit Avraham-Chaim, who was killed on the spot. He left his parents, brother and sister. Dr. Smetlering and Mr. Zoref of the General Zionist Union eulogized him, and his memory was immortalized in the booklet “Yizkor for the Saints of 1938” and lists about him were published in Haaretz and Davar.