Son of David and Adina. Was born on December 30, 1946, in Kibbutz Afek, to his mother, a veteran member of the kibbutz, and to his father, a partisan who came to Israel from Europe, where his family perished in the extermination camps, He studied mechanical mechanics and was a self-contained, self-contained Aryeh who was meticulous and disciplined, and showed great technical skills and skill in the field of mechanics, and devoted most of his spare time to work in this field. , As evidenced by the many devices he designed and built: Arieh was an outstanding athlete, and many documents can be found in his room He took part in the diving department of the Club of Hedaya Megiddo and was active in the diving department of Kibbutz Afek, where he toured Israel, visited many Yaffa places, and followed the unique flora and fauna of each place. In 1964, when he was on the verge of graduating from high school, his mother died, causing him a deep shock and affecting him for a long time. Aryeh was drafted into the IDF in 1965 and tried to join the air force, and eventually volunteered to serve in an elite patrol unit of the infantry – the Shaked reconnaissance unit – during the Six-Day War in an officer’s course at the IDF officers’ school, The rank of officer – deputy. He was appointed to be a platoon commander in the infantry. Aryeh was discharged from regular service in 1968 and assigned to a reserve unit of infantry. His comrades in the unit noted that he was a strict platoon commander who adhered to his principles. He was proficient in reading the battle and using the weapons. His skill and resourcefulness have often rescued the unit from difficult and complicated situations during battle. During the Yom Kippur War he served as the commander of the infantry division, which took part in the battles of containment and penetration against the Syrian enemy in the Golan Heights, and during the War of Attrition he commanded the battles in the Suez Canal area and was promoted to lieutenant. Afek. He loved the life of the kibbutz, worked with enthusiasm and contributed greatly to every branch he had integrated into, whether it was a field crop, or a midge, or a garage. He had many ideas for optimizing the work, ideas which, in the opinion of his colleagues, were ahead of their time and indicated original and creative thinking. He married Rachel, a kibbutz member, and on September 3 their daughter Adi was born. In the newsletter of Kibbutz Afek, we find things about the image of a Aryeh: “A Aryeh is a nut that the compass is its only tool – its north or north, black is black, and white is white, no, it is not a man of compromise. Compromises, need those people who never lose their bearings and know how to attract us, if only in part, in the right direction. ” In July 1977 Arie went to active duty in the border area with Lebanon. On the 22nd of Av 5767 (6.8.1977), during a tour of the area, Aryeh was killed and killed, was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery on Kibbutz Afek. Left behind a wife, daughter, father and two sisters. Things were published in Kibbutz Afek newsletter, in a Yaffa booklet that was published by the kibbutz in memory of the anniversary. His friends at the Hadayahu Club in Megiddo purchased a glider with the words “Aryeh” on it.
