Sapira, Yonatan
Ben Yubi and Micha. Born on October 12, 1977 in Jerusalem, in the Yemin Moshe neighborhood, where he grew up and played in his childhood with his older sister Maya and his friends, Yonatan was a lively, intelligent and musical child. Hebrew and English, when his family was on a sabbatical in California When Jonathan was six years old, his younger brother Yair was born and he began to go to the Beit Hayeled elementary school, where he had friends who accompanied him over the years. His family in the United States, and this time in New York, where he studied in a reinforced science class and was exposed for the first time to the field of computers. Yonathan joined computer classes at the “Youth of Science” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was involved in computer communications. Even before the internet age developed, Yonatan spent time in swimming training and participated in the swimming team of Hapoel YMCA in Jerusalem, where he won medals and medals in national competitions. At the age of fifteen he took a diving course and at every opportunity he loved to dive and experience the wonders of marine nature in Eilat and Sinai. Yonatan developed his hobbies seriously and dealt with them responsibly, while trying to specialize in the fields he loved. Aside from swimming and diving, Jonathan liked to ski in various ski resorts. When he reached high school, Yonatan was admitted to high school near the university and his studies were combined with training at the Bloomfield Science Museum. The training experience enriched Yonatan greatly, both intellectually, by expanding his knowledge in various fields of science, and from a personal-social perspective, through contact with different audiences and populations. Yonatan frequently shared his experience with his family. In the twelfth grade, Yonatan volunteered to participate in the IDF Memorial Day ceremony and sing in a choir. He was surprised by his musical abilities and following his initial experience began to sing in a chamber ensemble and listened to a variety of musical styles. Yonatan successfully completed his studies and the matriculation exams, and expected to recruit him when he was full of motivation. In December 1995, Yonatan enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces for the Armored Corps, which disappointed him at first because he expected a more challenging and interesting service. However, as he progressed in the various courses and studied the profession, Yonatan took his place, acquired friends and was considered one of the outstanding soldiers in the courses he participated in. At the recommendation of his commanders, planned to go to an officers’ course, Yonatan’s commander said in the last course in which he participated: “Yonatan excelled in his studies in the course and stood out in his professional achievements. He had a high personal ability and a great deal of modesty and sensitivity. His ambition was to make the most of his military service and he expressed his desire to be a partner in training the future generation of commanders in the Armored Corps. “Yonatan incorporated deep intelligence, an aspiration to expand his horizons on various subjects and at the same time the physical abilities of an outstanding athlete. His sensitivity and gentleness, the feeling he gave them as a man of deep intellectual and emotional depth, and fell during his service on September 6, 1996. He was buried at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Brother and sister – Maya and Yair.
