Pollack, Daniel-Ephraim (Danny)
Danny, son of Rachel and Akiva, was born on July 8, 1952 in Tel Aviv. He attended the “Yesodei Torah” elementary school in his hometown. Afterward, he continued to study at Yeshivat Yerushalayim for Young People, near the Yeshiva of Rabbi HaCohen Kook zt “l in Jerusalem, and since childhood he was educated in the light of Torah and its values, and everything he absorbed in the school was immediately implemented in everyday life. Modesty and love of Israel have become a foundation in his life philosophy, and Danny had a great personal charm, thanks to which he was accepted in society and loved by both teachers and classmates, who loved to come to him, discuss and consult with him on various subjects. In his life, he was clear to him and he was careful to implement the plan he had set for himself, so at the age of fourteen he did not hesitate to leave his home To study and study at the Yeshivat Yerushalayim Yeshiva in Jerusalem, and he chose this yeshiva after considering all the possibilities before him and after it was clear to him that the quality of his studies was very close to his ideal. He was especially fond of listening to music of various kinds and enjoyed listening to records or the radio for long hours, and he used to sing and drag his friends to sing for many years, and he was active in the Ezra religious youth movement for many years, Ideal for him, of a national religious background with self-realization in the Land of Israel. In the last year before enlisting in the IDF, Danny was the driving force behind the establishment of a Nahal unit in the movement. He took pains to solve all the organizational problems related to the establishment of the nucleus, to establish contact with the working settlements and to maintain the willingness of the members to leave for actual service. Danny was drafted into the IDF at the end of July 1970 and volunteered for the paratroop brigade. Together with his friends, he went to the basic training base of the Nahal Brigade, and after completing basic training he set out for a period of unpaid service in one of the farms. parachuting. In the army, too, he was popular and accepted. He has forged close friendships with his friends and is unable to forget him. To this day, they visit his family every day – a memorial to IDF fallen soldiers – during the Yom Kippur War. Danny took part in the battles in the Sinai, and then his unit fought in the battles of the breakthrough to the western desert of the Suez Canal on November 15, 1973, He was hit by enemy shelling and killed. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl. Survived by his parents and two brothers. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant.
