determination

If it was possible to rate the values that characterized Dan from the liver to the light, it can be said with absolute certainty that the value of devotion was the most dominant in him if only because it characterized him in all areas of life and included in one way or another all his other values. In Dan Dan there was totality in everything he did. He had a devotion in tennis to his teammates, in the army to his teammates, a devotion to his work and of course his ultimate devotion was mainly expressed in his love for Sasha and his children.

Andy Ram : "What stood out to Dan the most from a very young age was that he was goal-oriented. Everything he marked for himself he achieved. Including his lover Sasha. From the age of 12 he saw Sasha he told me" Andy - she will be my girlfriend ". From that moment on he did not stop eating my head and all the other friends' head. All day we only heard "Sasha, Sasha". But what ?, she was his at the end. "

Gilad Blum : "As a coach, Dan was tough but a professional and even though he knew it was just a stop on the way and he was going into the world of banking and finance. He coached with great passion and the kids adored him.
Even though I was older than Dan I also admired him. His decisiveness, his lack of giving up on dreams (hey Sasha!), His lack of self-pity and his self-confidence. Dan Dan was truly a role model and he made us all proud of him. "

Basso Ratnam , Dan's friend at Brown College: "Dan took his career seriously, but was basically a family man whose life was centered around Sasha. Dan met Sasha when he was a 10-year-old during a tennis tournament. He took his mother in her arms and led her to the court where Sasha played, looked at his mother and told her, "I'm going to marry this girl."  Dan spent the next 8 years getting a refusal after a refusal from Masha, but never gave up. He spent some free time during his military service at Sasha's home and with her parents, taking care of the housework and Sasha's grandparents, while she began her studies in the US. Sasha came home on her first winter vacation and was not surprised, but also not very excited to find there Dan, waiting for her.Dan led Sasha as he blocked her eyes to a central square in Haifa where he wrote on one of the walls: "Welcome Sasha".
After 8 years of difficult courtship, Sasha has finally agreed to commit to the date. And everything else, as they say - history. "
 

Liron Strauss : "Dan Dan was a devoted friend in another segment. He would lie on the fence for his friends. He had total loyalty - almost blind."

Miriam Farhi, who accompanied Dan ahead of the New York Marathon: "I think my ambitions, despite the difficulties, spoke to him very much. Also the common feature we had to go with everything to the end. Dan was a young and ambitious guy and needless to say very successful in everything he is lesion."

Michael Stark , Dan's coach at Binghamton College: "In the second year we went to an away game against Bonaventure. Dan woke up early and I saw something was wrong with him. He told me one of his best friends in the Army was killed in action the night before and he was not sleeping. "I tried to convince him not to play but he refused to sit on the bench. He could not put a ball on the field but he respected his teammates. Although the play was difficult, allowing Dan to play was the right thing to do. There was a great soul growing in him."