Yosef, Lila-Naomi (Justi)

Daughter of Goldie, nee Hoffman, and Dov (Dr. Bernard Joseph, later known as Dov Joseph, the military governor of Jerusalem during the siege, and a minister in the Israeli government), both active in their youth in Canadian Zionism (born on 20 Elul 5728) September 5, 1982) in Jerusalem. From the age of 14, she went to work in farms during the summer holidays, out of a desire to contribute as much as she could to the economy. The improvements she offered and the leadership in the labor and economic procedures, in the matters she encountered in the course of her activity, were an instructive example for veteran farmers who worked for them. The serious approach to matters and actions was typical of her activities in the Scouts and the Haganah. She completed the Hebrew Gymnasium and her final essay on the destroyed Jewish town (which she knew only from literature) testified to a profound understanding of the processes of Jewish history. She saw her future as a pioneering fulfillment and went out with the recruited training of the spectators to Ein Gev. And her work increased the tremendous desire for her ability and in every task that requires effort, she did not lag behind the boys, but her seriousness kept her from making hasty decisions and said that she should examine the coordination between her and the conditions and society before she called regularly for a settlement. At the outbreak of the War of Independence, she rejected these problems for quieter times and devoted herself entirely to the Palmach service in her unit in the Palmach, where she took part in the conquest of Safed and spent a long time with her unit on Mount Canaan. (As she began to distribute ranks in the Palmach, she refused to accept an officer and gave up her job.) During the period of relative quiet in the battles she went to study at a seminar for soldiers on behalf of the Histadrut – Barl in Kfar Saba (also participated in seminars of the “Histadrut” and Mapai) and won an award for an article Shekhet in her. She looked for ways to increase the usefulness of the girls’ service for the war effort and was able to explain her ideas with conviction. On the eve of the operations in the Negev, she was chosen to leave the IDF delegation to the United States, but she refused to part with her friends who went to the Negev and was transferred to the Negev with her unit. On the 19th of Tammuz 5710 (22.6.1950) she was transferred to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem