Weiss, Yoram

Yoram, son of Aliza and Gabriel, was born in Jerusalem on January 22, 1954. After completing his studies in elementary school, he continued to study at the religious urban high school in Ramat Gan, During his high school years Yoram was a basketball player and was also the youngest referee in the Israel Basketball Association, and was a member of the editorial board of his school. It was hard to reach him and to know him in depth, for he was a man who did not reveal his secrets easily, and did not seek fame or recognition for his talent He was careful in his speech and was very sensitive to the appreciation of every inflated word and every hollow sentence, and Nili, his schoolmate, remembered that he had a great sense of self-criticism, Arguments in the classroom, when someone would formulate his position passionately, but in things that did not come out of the Lev, how Yoram used to be a seismograph who, according to his eyes, would distinguish between the real and the false, the honest and the distorted, and the sincerity of the pretense. When Yoram spoke, he would express his opinion hesitantly. He was not a competent speaker, but nevertheless his words were convincing and entered into the Lev, because everyone felt the sincerity and the inner faith behind it. Even if they did not agree with his views, his classmates would respect his ways and opinions. They knew that Yoram had chosen his way out of deep inner faith and not to please the friends. Yoram’s adolescence also stemmed from his special relationship with his parents. His teachers and friends felt that, behind his silence, there was also a heavy depression. Only after a while did it become known that his father had contracted a malignant disease, accompanied by severe physical anguish, during which his father’s main concern was to relieve him at least by taking care of things that would upset or sadden him. “I do not care about anything, but my parents must not know about it,” said Yoram, who was so severely disciplined that his status in the school was suspended. His father’s death added a dimension to his personality and he became a guide to his brother Danny, who was drafted into the IDF in early 1972 and volunteered for the paratroopers. Since he excelled during basic training as a soldier and as a man, he was one of the few who were chosen to continue on their way through the paratroopers’ paratroopers. Yoram successfully passed a special equipment course and was assigned to one of the paratroopers’ battalions. As part of his job he went on many missions to secure the borders of the country and spent most of his time in the field. His commanders were very pleased with him and prepared him a promotion route for command posts. During the Yom Kippur War, Yoram took part in the braking battles against the Egyptians in Sinai and in the battles to break through the Suez Canal. In a battle that took place on October 24, 1973, at the outskirts of the city of Suez, Yoram was hit and killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery on Mount Herzl. He left behind a mother and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal.