Results for “Bruria Shaked”

… he seemed to have found a sense of peace, and fulfillment, in his personal life. That was in large 173 part because of Bruria Shaked, his girlfriend, whom he’d met while commanding the tank unit after 1973. While he was a thinker and a brooder and in many ways a loner, Bruria wa...

part because of Bruria Shaked, his girlfriend, whom he’d met while commanding the tank unit after 1973. While he was a thinker and a brooder and in many ways a loner, Bruria was outgoing, playful, funny and full of life. She sensed his need for a shoulder to lean on, a hand to ho...

…d me for my remarks, I could see that they were still bleeding inside. I am sure that affected they way they related to Bruria. Even before Yoni met her, he had told me how hard his parents were finding his separation from Tutti. Bruria attended the funeral and the sh/oshim. But...

…es had succeeded. “But Yoni has been killed.” I could hear her gasp. “Listen,” I said, “you have to go downstairs. Tell Bruria. Before some army officer shows up at her door. Or worse, because they’re not married, no one may come and she’ Il hear it on the radio. Go. Tell her. St...

but that she needed to make sure Bruria heard the news from a

she went downstairs. She told Bruria what

” I told him. “I knew Yoni. I know Bruria. I do not know you.

I was sitting down to dinner with Nava a little before seven on May 8, 1972 when the phone rang. We’d just fed Michael, who was almost two, full of energy, and showed no sign of wanting to go to bed. “It’s Manno,” said the voice on the line. Brigadier General Emanuel “Manno” Shak...

Nothing happened for several months. By the early spring of 1973, with my two-year term as sayeret commander winding down, I assumed the operation had been vetoed. I could understand why. As we worked on our plan, it had become clear that getting into the heart of the Lebanese ca...

Nothing happened for several months. By the early spring of 1973, with my two-year term as sayeret commander winding down, I assumed the operation had been vetoed. I could understand why. As we worked on our plan, it had become clear that getting into the heart of the Lebanese ca...

Reluctant though I’d been to leave the 401" for the kirya, I had particularly enjoyed the last year. I was promoted to Shai Tamari’s job, in charge of the intelligence team for our military operations, when Shai left to command a tank brigade. My office was no longer on the third...