Dani: In Memoriam
From his earliest childhood, Dani was happy, sociable, and cooperative. When he was in Tova’s kindergarten, he loved to sit together with the children and sing: “Yulla yulla, what’ll we do without our work?”
When he entered first grade, he still loved the group. Every recess he would sit together with them all and sing: “Comrade, comrade, comrade…
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