Yehudai, Yitzhak (“Itzi”)
Son of Shlomo and Dana. He was born on the 2nd of Tamuz 5707 (May 2, 1945) in Ma’ale Hachamisha. It was at the end of the Second World War and was named for his uncle, the Hebrew poet Itzhak Katzenelson, who perished in the Holocaust, and also for the family member who fell on guard duty in the Jewish Brigade in Italy. He was weak in his body, but this weakness made him want to overcome difficulties and withstand difficult tasks. He completed his elementary studies at the Har-Yehuda Regional School and continued to study there until the twelfth grade, but spent the past year at the Beit Berl College for Co-Education, where he was particularly interested in real subjects such as biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. He read science books for children and at the age of 12 he created a small chemical laboratory in his parents’ house and was Simcha in every attempt he could make. Because of the danger involved, there was concern in the hearts of his parents and educators, but they not only did not prevent him from doing so, but also assisted him in supplying materials and tools needed for his work. He was a lover of nature and all its flora and fauna. Once a microscope was rolled up beside him, through which he was able to study and study. Along with all his serious interests he was full of humor and a good-looking daughter floated on his lips because he was endowed with the love of mankind and came to the aid of every child who was not absorbed in society. He was innocent and believed in man, and fought against injustice done to him or to others – for justice. Was responsible for all his actions and diligence was discovered in him from childhood. He was conscripted into the IDF in August 1963 and served faithfully and conscientiously, but the many plans he had and the many hopes that his kibbutz home hung upon him fell when he fell in the line of duty on 7 March 1964 and was brought to rest at home – The Civil Cemetery at Maaleh Hahamisha. In the 1930s, a modest booklet (“Itzi”) was published, reflecting his image. All of his scientific estate (such as the vessels in which animals and skeletons were kept) were put in formalin’s parents and prescribed precise definitions to serve as a study material for those who followed him. They attached a library on the subject of biology and set up a special corner in the laboratory at the school where he studied. The family created a foundation whose fruits are awarded year by year, on the day of Yitzi’s fall, a prize for work related to the subjects of which he was interested.
