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THE SURVIVORS AND THE RETURN TO LIFE 371
He also took an active role in the underground
activities of Irgun Tzvai Leumi (Etzel), a
nationalist military organization that fought the
British and Arabs in Palestine. He led a student
unit belonging to Etzel and a youth group. Also,
Yakov was a secretary of the headquarters in
Jerusalem. In 1942, on the night of the Battle of
El-Alamain, when there was fear of a German invasion,
Yakov was nominated to lead an anti-
Nazi espionage unit belonging to Etzel. He also
organized the organization's branch in Jerusalem.
In July of 1944, at the beginning of the Etzel
revolt against the British, Yakov was arrested and
sent to a camp in Latrun. Later, he was sent by
the British along with the first exiles to Eritrea,
the Sudan, and Kenya.
Yakov was held there for more than four
years, until August of 1948. During his imprisonment,
he edited a daily paper called Exile in
Kenya. He also established and edited, along with
his exiled friends, a periodical dealing with literature
and matters of nationalism. This periodical
was called Badad ("Loneliness"). He also
wrote a book, Imprisonment and Exile.
When Yakov returned to Israel after having
been exiled in Kenya, he was nominated to be
editor of the weekly newspaper Herut ("Freedom").
When this paper started coming out as a
daily, Yakov began serving as editor for the Saturday
edition of the paper and then was assigned
to be chief night editor.
In 1951, Yakov married Aviva Shenhav-
Sheinbein. She had a master's degree in biochemistry
from the Hebrew University. In 1952,
a daughter was born to the couple; her name is
Miriam. From 1949 to 1950, Yakov taught history
and Hebrew in Rishon LeTzion at a secondary
school with a specialization in natural science.
From 1952 to 1954, he taught at Gimnasia
Herzliah, Tel Aviv. Not satisfied with teaching
alone, Yakov continued his work as chief night
editor of Herut.
During this same period, Yakov took a final
examination in his major subject, which was Jewish
history. As a result, he acquired a master's
degree in arts and humanities.
At the beginning of 1956, Yakov obtained a
position as head of the Dvir publishing house and
resigned from his position as night editor. In this
same year, Yakov's second child was born and
was named Shmuel.
Toward the end of 1957, Yakov returned to
the newspaper business. This time he held the
position of chief night editor of the paper
HaBoker. He remained at this position until January
of 1965.
In October of 1959, Yakov began an additional
part-time job during his free daytime hours.
He joined the department of education of Tel
Aviv-Yafo and served as a pedagogical assistant
to high schools.
As time went on, Yakov was nominated to
the position of director of the high school department.
From 1969, he was director of the department
of post-primary education in Tel Aviv-
Yafo. Yakov continued publishing articles in
daily papers and periodicals. He was also an
editor at the periodical Culture and Education.
At the same time, he was working toward his
doctorate in history. The topic of his work was
"The Holy Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz: "His Personality,
His Work and His Influence." [Rabbi
Yeshaya Horowitz was a 17th-century rabbi often
called the Shenei Luchot HaBerit after his
book by that name.]
When it was decided to publish a memorial
book of Luboml, Yakov worked with dedication
on this project for several years. He took upon
himself the position of assistant editor of the Hebrew
section of the book. He established the outline
and the framework of the book concerning
the major sections. Yakov was on good terms
with the editor-in-chief, Mr. B. Kagan, who now
resides in New York, and with the rest of the committee
members from Luboml, who reside in the
United States.
In the month of May, 1973, Yakov went along
with a group of professional educators on a tour
of schools in London for the purpose of advanced
study in the field of education.
Only a few days had passed since Yakov left
Israel for London when the bitter, astonishing
news of his death reached home. He was killed
in an automobile accident in London on the
morning of Tuesday, May 15. Still in shock and
plagued with grief, Yakov's friends and family