Ron, Yishai

Son of Shimon and Ahuva. He was born on March 29, 1948 in Tel Aviv. At the home of his father, the engineer and his mother, the teacher, Yishai grew up in an atmosphere steeped in the values ​​of the labor movement. Yishai attended the AD Gordon elementary school in Givatayim and continued at the kibbutz high school in Kibbutz Na’an, where he spent many days in the laboratory of chemistry and physics in search, discovery and experimentation, and was always ready to help anyone who had a problem with it. It was great to know, to research, to understand, to understand and to understand the purpose of the scientific labs in the sophisticated laboratory at the school, in order to understand and understand the purpose and meaning of scientific processes. Every screw in it and hence his love Yishai loved the guys, the “togetherness,” and there were always arguments and voices from his small room, he was kind and kind and always willing to help the other, Yishai had specific interests and was especially connected to his father’s work, which was really alive He returned to the farm full of enthusiasm and experiences from the progress of the project his father worked on at the time – the National Water Carrier, returned to the lab and gave explanations to his friends who were interested in the subject. . Yishai enlisted in the IDF in mid-November 1966 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, where he served as a tank driver in Major General Tal’s division. After a period of training at the School for Armored Officers, he demanded that he be allowed to go to the front lines and was asked to do so, and since then he has been on the Suez Canal. He told Yishai to his subordinates, and told them that he was the commander On October 3, 1969, Lieutenant Ron Yishai fell in the enemy’s bombardment in the area of ​​the Suez Canal and was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery on Kibbutz Na’an, three months later, “On the third night of October 1969, Lieutenant Ron Yishai was the commander of a tank unit stationed near a stronghold near the Suez Canal, on which an Egyptian unit was deployed. As the raid began, Lieutenant Ron prepared his unit for action and, when the enemy was discovered, moved immediately at his own initiative and at the head of his unit quickly. Attacked the enemy and pursued him, despite the shelling and the flat-trajectory fire on the other side of the canal. In order to allow himself a good view, he stormed into the turret. In an assault he reached the water’s edge, hit three enemy boats, activated the searchlight of the tank, his personal weapon and threw grenades to the sides. During this operation he was hit by enemy fire and killed. In his heroism he served as a personal example for his subordinates, and he was active and aggressive in the operations of the tanks. “On the day of the awarding of the decorations, Yishai was awarded the medal of honor. On the thirtieth day of Yishai’s downfall, the family initiated a fund in his memory, “The Memorial Fund for Deputy Yishai Ron”. The Foundation holds a Bible Circle, which is a regular part of the Bible Research Society and takes place every two weeks at the family home.The fall of Yishai, a series of seminars are held at the Tel Aviv University, in which educators and youth discuss the questions of Israeli Jewry. The lectures and discussions are published in the collections “The Israeli as a Jew”. Some of the items were printed in the booklet “War and Peace,” published by the Department for the Commemoration of the Soldier.