Abstract Shmuel Asher Kaufman (1927–1947) died in a live ammunition training accident as a member of the Palmah in spring 1947. His father, Yehuda Kaufman Even-Shmuel (1886–1976), lovingly reconstructed his brief life and his story entered Israeli mythology, along with that of his fiancée Zohara Levyatov, as symbolic of the loss of the young Israeli men and women whose lives were lost in the struggle for Israel’s independence. This article examines the process by which Shmuel’s life was memorialized by his father in the decade after his death. It also begins to mine the wealth of documentation provided by this memorialization of Shmuel’s life in order to examine from a unique perspective the variety of social, religious, and educational choices available to members of the Yishuv’s elite during the Mandate period. In addition, it discusses the impact of Shmuel Kaufman’s tragic death on the crisis of Yehuda Even Shmuel’s Zionist vision, which led him to resign from the Mapai Party in 1947.

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值得铭记的一生：耶胡达·什穆尔 (Yehuda Even Shmuel) 纪念他的儿子 Shmuel Asher Kaufman 及其犹太复国主义愿景的危机

摘要 Shmuel Asher Kaufman (1927–1947) 于 1947 年春天作为 Palmah 的成员在实弹训练事故中死亡。他的父亲 Yehuda Kaufman Even-Shmuel (1886–1976) 亲切地重建了他短暂的一生，他的故事进入了以色列神话以及他的未婚妻 Zohara Levyatov 的神话，象征着在以色列独立斗争中丧生的年轻以色列男女的丧生。本文考察了他父亲在他去世后的十年中纪念 Shmuel 生平的过程。它还开始挖掘这种对 Shmuel 生平的纪念所提供的大量文献资料，以便从独特的角度审视在托管时期伊舒夫精英成员可以选择的各种社会、宗教和教育选择。此外，