Moshe Goren

Moshe Goren was born in 1921 in Hrodna

Moshe Goren, born Gorenitzki, was born in Grodno, Poland, on March 19, 1921. He moved to the Land of Israel in 1934. He went to primary school in Haifa and high school in Yagur.

He joined the Haganah, took squad, platoon and intelligence courses, and served as a national scouts officer. He began studies in the United States but did not finish them. In 1953 he studied at the war college in Paris.

He returned in 1948 and commanded Battalion 15 of Golani in the War of Independence. He later held staff posts, became head of the Quartermaster Directorate in 1960 and was promoted to major general a year later. In 1964 he became IDF attaché in Britain, and he left the army in 1966.

In civilian life he managed Hamashbir Latasiya and an oil investment company, and from 1974 to 1976 he headed the Investment Center. He later chaired Rogosin Industries in Ashdod. He married Naomi Neumann, a Palmach fighter, and they had 2 sons. He died on April 8, 2009.