Porat, Dov (“Tommy”)
Son of David Karl and Judith. Was born on January 14, 1944 in London, the capital of England. The parents are from Czechoslovakia. Dov immigrated with his parents to Israel when he was five years old. When he reached school age, he began studying at the Hashmonaim elementary school in Ramat Gan. He completed his elementary studies with honors and began his high school studies, but in the middle of his first year studies, his father was sent to New York on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Finance and the family. When he arrived in the United States, Dov continued his high school studies there and excelled at them so much that he finished them for three (instead of four) years. Afterward, he took the psychotecanic exams and succeeded in them. As a continuation of his studies he studied at Columbia University in New York. Where he specialized in political science. His thesis was about Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, which won first prize. In addition to his studies, Dov excelled in other areas; He conducted and conducted a weekly Hebrew program on New York Radio called “Pei Ha-Aton” – a program that was submitted as part of Columbia University programs. He was a lively young man, full of wisdom and pleasant. His main hobby was chess. He was active in sports (soccer and swimming) and he loved classical music. When he completed his studies, Dov returned to Israel and was not yet two months old when Dov returned to the IDF in August 1965. During the tense period preceding the outbreak of the Six-Day War, he was accompanied by foreign journalists. Although he did not undergo an officers’ course. On the Saturday after that day, he was wounded on the southern front and after an agony in which he bravely died of his wounds at the hospital; This was on the 16th of Sivan 5727 (24.6.1967). When he was wounded, he was the escort of the correspondent and photographer of Life magazine, which has an article in his memory. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. An article in his memory was published in the chess magazine of the Israel Chess Association.
