Son of Sarah and Nissim, brother of Yinon. Born on the 17th of Elul 5737 (17.8.1977) on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem Uri grew up in Mevasseret Zion, where he began his elementary school, and at the age of ten he went to East Lansing, Michigan, for two years with his family. During those years, he worked at the Red Cedar School with children from all over the world who emphasized the values of respect and respect for others, regardless of country of origin, religion or color, and developed them among his students. Uri traveled with his family to the forests and agglomerations of Michigan, and traveled extensively along the length and breadth of the United States, from Alaska in the north And when he was raised, he replied: “A fisherman or a shepherd.” When he grew up, he told his friends in the army: “I will live a life of A challenge with nature: I will live in some hut, in some forest, a meadow near a river, eat the food I will eat and eat my bread. “On his return to Israel, Uri continued his studies in junior high school in Mevasseret Zion. A wide smile on the lips. Uri graduated from the Rene Kasan High School in Jerusalem, and his second grade teacher said that when she first entered the class at the beginning of the studies, Uri asked her questions that made everyone laugh. She realized at once that a child like him could influence in the way of laughter and humor because she realized that in his laughter and in his wonderful lightness an extraordinary seriousness was involved, expressed in interest, in saying and arguing. Studies based on memorization bored Uri, but on the subjects we covered and his interest he read, expanded and showed extraordinary knowledge. These topics touched on a wide variety of topics, from astronomy, philosophy, history and politics to the mixing of drinks and cooking. Uri worked in Tai Chi, and along with the training and deepening of the fundamentals of this practice, he was well versed in the history of martial arts. Teachers who posed a conceptual or conceptual challenge in their classes always captivated him, inviting him to dialogue, interest and learning, but the studies in the class were boring and routine. In all the ‘warning sessions’ with the teacher and the class coordinator regarding his success in adulthood, it became clear how much Uri knew what he wanted and he was strong and determined – and that these meetings would not affect him unless he himself decided to take care of those studies he considered ” every. The subject of military service within the framework of a combat unit was increasingly filling his world at the time. In November 1995, Uri enlisted in the IDF and volunteered for the paratroopers, but after completing his basic training he decided to move to the Unit – Unit The commander of the unit, Uri, was an outstanding general, and his prominence was universal – in every situation he displayed very high abilities in improvisational ability, resourcefulness and on the way There was wisdom beside lack of condescension, good friendship, and a sense of security His wonderful smile all around him and perseverance, along with original thinking, not knowing stagnation or fixation. Ori saw the difficulties and moments of crisis in a mature perspective. Uri completed his training as a soldier in an outstanding and party graduation held at Kibbutz Eyal traveled with Anna girlfriend and two membersWho were sitting in the back, when Uri drove a car. Upon their return to Jerusalem in the early hours of the morning, an accident occurred that caused Uri’s injury, followed by surgery and a long recovery process that took eleven months. Despite the difficulties that the doctors had placed on him, Uri struggled with all his might to return to his unit. In order to prove to doctors that he could return to full combat, he traveled to Switzerland and for a month he climbed alone on hard mountain roads with heavy loads on his back. In the evening, he lights himself a fire, prepares food for himself, does not talk to anyone, only Vivaldi and Gertrude, himself and nature, and as he spoke, he began to talk to the surrounding trees and birds … Thanks to his great determination and ability to set himself a goal, Uri succeeded in his struggle and returned to the unit, where he continued tirelessly to reach a leading team, which performs the more combat activities in the unit. His friends said that no one believed that a person would return to service after an accident and such a serious injury, certainly not to operational service and certainly not as a member of a leading team. Here, too, his determination and perseverance stood out in things that mattered to him. At night he would go to study, calculate the location of the stars, go back and learn about a new instrument that had just arrived – and thus proved his ability to those who did not believe that in such a short time he would be able to refresh all the knowledge and reach the high professional level he had reached. One of his friends wrote: “Those who knew you knew how much philosophy of life was entrenched in ‘Baba, I saw, I conquered!'” – a saying that Uri used to use and which expressed his devotion to the conquest of goals he had set for himself. During the months of training, Uri made friends and close personal relations with his unit. Even when he returned to the unit after his injury, he joined a group of very solid soldiers, whom he did not know and who found it very difficult to penetrate. But Uri, as they testified, “went straight into the guys, and without anyone noticing, he was one of us.” His friends said that from the first day they met, they felt that they were facing a man who was a lifelong friend and could be trusted. “We called him ‘David Samuelov’ – a character that always envelops and embraces you … a kind of image of someone protecting you and protecting you, and you see it in pictures: us and Samuelov, a sort of human shield for us all.” As a cooking enthusiast, and after graduating cum laude from a bartender course, Uri was able to pamper his friends with all sorts of delicacies he prepared, even in field conditions, from basic products of the military budget. It seems that his great fondness for people contributed to the fact that despite his abilities and talent, there was not a trace of condescension. It was his great ability to find good in people and project good back. The ability to discover the interesting and the special in each, true and sincere love for human beings, a love that comes back to him mixed with admiration. His serious attitude to what he had always made could be spiced with laughter and pranks, full of imagination and originality. “You are the best example of the concept of ‘man of clusters’, a special combination of material and spirit, on the one hand, you aspire to live the most basic and simple life possible … and on the other hand you raised interest in every conversation with your great general knowledge, And your natural curiosity will remember you as someone who assaults like an animal but likes to read books, and on almost every subject you had a strong opinion. Although girls were involved, Uri’s great love was to Anna, his girlfriend, with whom she studied at Rene Kasan. On an annual trip of the 12th grade they became friends, and so they remained in their special love for three and a half years, until the day of Uri’s death On August 10, 1998 Uri was called to his unit and went toAn ambush that lasted more than three days in heavy heat in the Sujud area, a mountainous, rocky, tangled and difficult terrain. On Monday, August 17, 1998, during his stay in ambush, Uri was twenty-one. A friend of the unit who was with him in ambush said: “… He asked me: ‘What are you saying, is there any chance that I will go out for my birthday?’ He really waited for this moment and in the end he did not have time to leave because we folded a day after the ambush, but with all this, no ‘shame’ was seen on his face, but on the contrary. ” After a day of rest at the outpost Uri went to a second ambush. We went to the beginning of a slow day movement, and before that we were in the thicket, sitting and waiting for the dawn to break, and Uri and I were right next to each other, sitting and silent because it was It was a day with high humidity, we walked with the heavy pakarim, walking about 300 meters, which took about 6 hours … Suddenly, it was much harder than the previous time … After the long silence, when we sat “On the morning of Wednesday, August 19, 1998, two days after his twenty-first birthday, three months before his release from the army, Uri was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, and was survived by his parents and brother In a pamphlet issued by the family to commemorate him on the first anniversary of his downfall, “A warrior and a member of the army, a bad truth, a born leader, unusually smart and aspiring to excellence. With a smile on his face he knew how to make quiet and secure with his friends and commanders. Serious, mature and loved by his friends. Uri will never be forgotten. “
