Topek, David

Son of Yehezkel and Simchah. Born on 24.4.1934 in Jerusalem and studied at the Tachkemoni Elementary School and the ORT vocational high school in Jerusalem, he was an active member of the Scouts movement and was a very good swimmer and was considered an athlete He was an excellent son of his parents, and his acquaintances and neighbors. He asked for something for himself, but used to give and help others, and in his home he used to worry, repair and repair everything, and all his friends called him “the golden man.” David Joyce IDF mid-March 1952 and assigned to the Medical Corps. After being released from regular army service, he was called up to reserve duty as a departmental medic. He was loved by the soldiers of his platoon and his comrades in arms. On December 9, 1969, he fell in the Jordan Valley by shelling the enemy. He left a wife. Was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. On the thirtieth day of his death, his commanding officer eulogized his grave. He told David that David had recognized you as one of the rare people who came to the world to be friends and loved ones. You, David my friend, did not know with humility that you were blessed with this rare human talent – and so you increased the grace and sympathy of your friends. It is hard for me to imagine that we will be able to find once again an employee with professional knowledge, capable of performance, of good will, of good friends – like you, David. Where you will find the man who is not indignant, who maintains his good mood even in difficult situations, in whose eyes there is always a smile that is ready to laugh and joke, that he is always optimistic that he has an inner urge to help the people around him who always finds time to help with humility and humility. You did when you were mortally wounded and your death protected your friends. “