Son of Yehuda and Sofia, Holocaust survivors. Alex was born on December 20, 1946, in Rome, which was one of the stops on his parents’ difficult journey to Israel. He was two years old when his parents immigrated to Israel with hope and a desire to establish a home in Israel. He studied at the Habonim School in Tel Aviv. His teacher and teacher in grades 6-8 in elementary school, wrote a list about him after he fell, and said: “He was a shy child and easily moved to tears, sometimes and yet he had a great deal of mental strength. Himself – how will he stand? When he completed his elementary studies, he moved to the municipal high school T and completed the Geula High School – both in Tel Aviv. In his last year of high school he was highly regarded and excelled as one of the most talented students in the class – especially in the real subjects he loved. Although he graduated from another school, Alex remained connected to the friends, faculty, and principal of his previous school, a bond of respect and friendship that was not cut off until the last moment. He also treated his parents with great respect – even though he was “rebellious.” After he fell, his good friend wrote about the Yaffa quality with which he excelled – his attitude towards the parents of his friends: “Alex, with the respect of a father and mother, whom he was educated and accustomed to in his home, In the army and in war, and he always knew how to take care of his parents, and he was always in a good mood, To put the joke and the sharpness and to put the smile on the lips of the worried father and mother, he liked to ask, to take an interest, to tell. Who was sitting and waiting at my parents’ house, knew how to engage them in an interesting conversation and always joked and entertained everyone in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, but he always did it tactfully, gently, and tastefully. Such was his personality. ” At the end of July 1965, Alexander was drafted into the IDF and volunteered to serve in the air force, where he had a long professional course, excelled in all his duties and was highly respected by his commanders, who gave him command over a large group of soldiers, although he was not an officer. His future in the IDF and go to an officer’s course, but Alexander did not aspire to a military career. In the Six-Day War Alexander participated as a liaison officer. His letters from this period are full of optimism, great confidence in the ability and power of the people and stories of high morale and yet concern for those in the home, parents and sister whom he loved very much. After his discharge from the IDF, he was admitted to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a student in the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics, and in the last two years he was a member of the ASA basketball team and in honor of the award he received a certificate of excellence and a symbolic monetary award – not only for excellence in sports but also for excellence Athletic behavior and Yaffa human relations, which he nurtured among the group. Alex has a special sense of creating a good and friendly atmosphere thanks to his optimism and ability to listen. He could ask for the compromise and find the middle ground for the best solution. At the same time, he had the principles and knowledge to stand by when he was certain of his righteousness. He was a “caregiver”: it was important to him what was happening and he was not satisfied with pointing out flaws, he also wanted to change things that seemed to him distorted. He wanted to be part of the same executive arm, improving, changing, and unwilling to stand aside, to watch and criticize the actions of others. MHe did not say so many times during his university studies that he would study psychology or education because he saw his school system as a laconic and demanding change. One of his friends once asked him, “Why do not you order me, Alex, you never thought of that!” And on this friend’s list, which he wrote after they fell, he admits that he still does not understand what he meant, but Alex felt that he lacked something in the school, something he was entitled to receive and did not receive. He explained that he wanted to give his students what he did not receive from his teachers; He felt that it was his duty to ensure that the arrivals were not discriminated against. At their last meeting, Alex took with him chapters from the work they had written together to be submitted to the teacher at the end of the service. He promised that he would return her within a few days before leaving for reserve service. Two days before he left, his friend found the job lying under his front door. Alex explained to him that he had mistakenly taken the work with him on his way to Tel Aviv and therefore returned to Jerusalem to return it; And the friend adds: “Just as he did not like to expect to be empty, so he did not want to leave me expecting and saw himself as obligated to bother and keep his promise.” After the third year of university, Alexander enrolled in the education studies and was accepted (but did not have time to begin his studies and implement his plans). His caring was also expressed in his views on the people and the state, on Judaism and Zionism. A good friend of his, who studied in the United States, wrote: “There are those who advocate the return of territories according to the borders of June 4, and without preconditions of peace, which lead me to think that we have naive people among us who do not want to remember the situation before the war. Is that this type of people causes friction and debate among the people fighting for their lives, and it should be noted that some of those joining these movements are professors and academics who are not necessarily stupid … “During an argument at home about” who is a Jew? ” Society, because she has no emotional connection with world Jewry and she sees herself as an Israeli rather than a Jew, Alex was very excited and claimed that she And all blood is Jewish, that the land of Israel is given to the Jews and only to them, that there is no place for distinguishing between an Israeli and a Jew in the Land of Israel. Jews are those who reside in Israel and those who live in the Diaspora, and we must not sever the connection between foreign Jews who have not yet immigrated, since they belong to our people. He had a well-developed, truth-seeking sense of justice, and everyone who knew him knew what he felt about injustice and that he hurt the pain of others and did not even know them. He was always willing to help others and adapt himself to the society in which he was. He did not know how to be disdainful and even indifferent in the name of a man and always liked people. After his release, he was called up for reserve duty from time to time and in early August 1971 he was recently called up to reserve duty. On August 17, 1971, Alex fell in the line of duty. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. After they fell, the family received a letter from the unit’s members saying: “Alex served for two and a half years in the unit, and he was well remembered for being a good soldier, obedient and disciplined, and first of all a person with a laughing soul and a soul. He was able to express an opinion on every issue and took an active part in every event, His height and energy stood for him in the basketball games, in which he took his part and which he loved so much When he learned that he was going to reserve duty, he did not spare telephone calls to the unit to find out who was leavingBertha was glad to see them in the second. But no one knew that this was his last path – and so we were left with only memories. “The parents also received a letter of condolence from the unit commander, in which he noted his great dedication, behavior and wonderful deeds. A handball is held in his name at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the winning team wins a trophy trophy in his name.
