Strauss, Arieh-Yehoshua
Son of Roth and Yitzhak, was born on the 5th of Adar 5719 in Haifa. Aryeh grew up in a religious family, faithful to national values. He was named for his uncle, who fell in the War of Independence. He received his early education at the Talmud Torah in Haifa. Aryeh continued to study at the yeshiva high school in Shalabim, and after completing high school he moved to Yeshivat HaKotel hesder yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem. He was a member of the Ezra religious youth movement and served as a guide and center. Arie often volunteered for visits to the sick, read prayers to them, and earned them on Sabbaths and holidays by reading the Torah and Megillah. He was quick to do favors and religious duties, but was a sports fan, especially basketball. A Aryeh was loved by his friends and accepted by people. During his studies in the Old City, he married and built his home. At the same time Aryeh paid an insurance agent to work for his family. In the Old City his only son was born. In July 1978, he enlisted in the IDF and served in the Armored Corps, completing several courses, as a gunner, tank driver and tank noncom, and in April 1979 he rose to the rank of sergeant. During the war for the Galilee, Aryeh fought against the Syrian army in the area of Sultan Ya’akov. On the 20th of Sivan 5742 (11.6.1982) he was hit by a Syrian missile and killed 23 years ago Arieh was killed in a military cemetery in Haifa, leaving a wife, son, parents, three sisters and two brothers “Defense Minister Ariel Sharon wrote to his family:” He had a deep national religious outlook, very common to his comrades, who fought in an extraordinary manner. “The commander of his unit wrote:” The fact that Aryeh also combined Torah study and service in the combat corps So that he was educated on lofty principles and ideals that he hoped to fulfill. “A Torah scroll was inserted in the Ezra synagogue in Haifa.
