Son of Haim and Fruma. He was born on the 18th of Adar I, 5635 (21.2.1935) in Haifa. When he was one year old, his parents moved to Moshav Ein-Iron, where they settled and built a farm for them. He attended the State elementary school in Karkur and continued his studies at the agricultural school in Kibbutz Yagur. As a child, John stood out in his meticulous attire, his curly head and his honest smile. Over time he abandoned his urban manners and together with his parents he adjusted to the moshav style. In his youth, he rebelled, liked to show a ‘spoiled’ performance – a kind of tax return to change his childhood, but the attire was only an outward sign. All along the way, his various acquaintances – from childhood to adulthood – show him his basic qualities. He was a vibrant and dynamic personality and from a young age he was prone to public activity. These characteristics increased over time. Another characteristic characteristic of his life – the love of the land and his interest in everything that happened and was created in Israel. From a young age, the activist – active in the Hanoar Haoved vehalomed movement – and this attribute – to engage in public needs in faith – was evident to him until his last days. He was a member of the board of directors for twenty years. When he was discharged from the army, Yochanan married Aviva and they had four children: Eyal, Noa, Galim and Haim. He was willing to work at his parents’ farm and in his own farm, and to public positions in the moshav’s administration. These three characteristics characterized his path: his love of all his Lev for his family, the love of animals and plants, and the tireless treatment of the cultural and economic life of the village – his desire that Ein Iron be a corner in the homeland. son of is devoted to his parents, a good husband and an exemplary father. His father-in-law says about him. Giladi of Herzliya: “All his efforts John devoted to educating his children, to being proud Jews who make their living from their labor and love their homeland.” He loved children at all – if a visitor came and did not find him in his room, they would say to him: Go to ‘treatment’, where you will find him. This, while still in the kibbutz. By nature he is very thorough and diligent. Took care of the farm of his aging parents, who could no longer work, managed to establish and develop his parents’ farm and his own farm – for example. As mentioned above, most of his activity was in the cultivation of his village. She said in his mouth: “Where you live you have to create a quality of life that will be pleasant to you.” In the Hebrew village he saw not only a source of livelihood but a sacred national goal. Every event in the village was a direct result of his efforts, because he loved children, he provided various fields of activity, classes, courses, sports and entertainment for the youth. He also cared for the elderly and organized for them cultural activities and trips around the country. The last trip to Sinai he organized – was an unforgettable experience. “The stone monument to the sons of the village, which was erected in memory of the fallen boys, was the only one that established the idea,” says Dov Schwartz, a childhood friend, “who pushed and worked tirelessly to carry out the mission. , His name is also “. Yohanan was a rough character, and so were his relations with people, but he was also the man who rushed to absorb a new friend, to encourage him and to guide him in his first steps in the moshav and help him in his dealings with the village institutions. Sensitive and understanding. Yochanan was always able to apply for help, or to ask him for a piece of work, from a pipe-key to a tractor or a car, and he never asked me for a vacuum. “Zvi says:” If there were no workers in the dairy and there was a danger of closing the dairy “No problem, John found time for that, too. All out of a genuine concern to keep and maintain the agriculture. “Yochanan divided his time into regional council meetings, his family and work in his farm, and when he vacated his many occupationsHe would sit on a cup of coffee and talk about a Yaffa Land of Israel … Shmuel, the head of the Menashe Regional Council, with whom he worked for many years, recalls how “we sat on the edge of the kibbutz life and felt the hardships of the country and the world. Beyond the planned time. ” Indeed, when he was caught in some ‘patriotic’ argument, he would forget everything. On July 2, 1978, when he was in reserve duty and was busy building an entry gate to the IDF warehouses in the Haifa district, there was a sudden explosion – a fire broke out, and John was seriously injured, rushed to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, And a tremendous effort was struggling for his life, and he fell into ruin. “When we heard about his injury, we believed that he would overcome, we knew and appreciated his devotion to life, his physical strength and his passivity, and on his bedside he tried to encourage Aviva, his wife, his children and us … in vain”. On the 12th of Tammuz 5738 (12.7.1978) he passed away, and he was only 43 years old and was brought to rest in his moshav Ein Eron, leaving behind a wife, two sons and two daughters, a mother and a brother. “We have all followed with deep anxiety John’s struggle with the Lord of Death, we have no words to describe the strength of his passivity, his steadfast spirit and the rare consideration of his caretakers who came to the revelation in these bitter days; Such was his life and such was his death, his ability to stand up in his last days was only a natural continuation of his steadfast way in all his life systems. “
