Weiss, Benjamin

Son Miriam and Avraham Was born on 13.9.1903 in Transylvania (then in Hungary and later in Romania) Binyamin immigrated to Israel in 1923 and began working for them in kfar gidon. Because of the prohibition of the Jewish National Fund to employ hired workers, he moved to work in the “Israel camp” (an attempt by Agudat Israel to establish an agricultural settlement at the foot of Givat Hamoreh). When the attempt failed and the work ceased, he moved to work in Emek Zevulun at the beginning of his settlement. In time he learned to speak Hebrew and Arabic, he knew the customs and etiquette of Arabs and Druze, and he had many friends among them. Benyamin served in the guard as a veteran guard and over the years served in the settlements of Emek Zevulun, Nahariya, Gan Hashomron, Tel Mond, Afula, Kfar Yehoshua, Ein Iron, Yokneam and Hariva on the Carmel, Ahuza, Ramot Hashavim and recently in Nesher Yagur. Relations with neighbors. In 1932 he took part in founding the “Society of the Guardians” and was fond of his friends. When he was married he tried to stop working at night and began working at the Nesher factory, but he could not give up space and freedom and after a few weeks returned to guard duty. In the winter of 1948, he was vigilant day and night, alert for every danger, and thanks to his watchful eye, the plot to blow up the big mills in Haifa was thwarted. On April 22, 1948, in one of the Arab Legionnaires’ attacks on Jewish transport, he was attacked in a van with several young men, hit by a bullet and fell, and Binyamin was brought to rest in the guard section of Sheikh Abrik.