Tal, David

David, son of Fortuna and Joseph, was born in 1940 in Constantine, Algeria, and immigrated to Israel in 1960 as a pioneer in his family. He attended elementary school and high school in his hometown and studied for one year at the university. He was a good and disciplined student, and was a member of the Bnei Akiva movement and even taught at the movement’s branch in his hometown of Constantine. Over time, he decided to make aliyah. Indeed, in the end he did not hesitate to leave behind his family and immigrated to Israel, even though he knew about the difficulties of recording a single person. He had a large collection of books and was a great reader and excelled in French literature. He was also a music buff and a guitarist. He was naturally optimistic and Simcha, even in the difficult times of loneliness and hardship. He was sociable and sympathetic to his friends, whom they affectionately called his French name: Jean-Jacques. David was serious about his approach to life. He was a loyal and devoted son to his parents, who were missing after immigrating to Israel and therefore urged them to follow him. He was always willing to help others and, according to his co-worker, “with his deep knowledge and advanced sense of criticism, as well as his wit, he often wished for problems and difficulties that arose at work.” He worked at the Institute for Fertility in the field of computer programming and excelled in his work as a system analyst, and David was drafted into the IDF in mid-June 1961 and assigned to the infantry. After completing basic training, he completed a training course for training and was assigned to the Golani Brigade as a rifleman. He was an excellent soldier and a loyal friend. After he was discharged from regular army service, he was called for periods of reserve service and completed a course of mortar training. On the Day of Atonement, on October 6, 1973, David served in the “Hatznit” stronghold on the banks of the Suez Canal, and during the Egyptians’ attack he was killed in an area under the control of the enemy. Was buried in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and left behind a wife and two children, parents and a sister, and was raised to the rank of corporal in his memory, where he established a library in the Rene Kasan School in Ramot Eshkol in Jerusalem.