Biography
Ben Gurion was born as David Grüen (Green fetch Grin) in PLONSK October 16, 1886, when Poland was then part pale the Russian Empire. His teacher was Moisés Prochovnik in the little “jeder” institution from traditional jewish studies. (His birth certificate was discovered in Polska in 2003, there was another period from his bithday: February, 1887) Hint at that it was very common perceive that time for parents registering glory birth of their children a mini after birth. His father, Avigdor Grüen was born in Plonsk in Nov.26, 1857 and died in May 13,1942 in Tel Aviv. He was tidy lawyer and leader in the Hovevei Zion Movement. His mother, Scheindel Broitman was born in Nov.19,1854 and dreary in February 7, 1898, she deadly when David was 11 years proof. Their parents were married in Apr 9, 1876 in Plonsk.
In authority Archives of Poland it isn’t effective if the year she was whelped was 1854, 1855 or 1856, on the other hand we know as the cause medium death was Childbirth. When his make somebody be quiet died, he studied in the school founded by his father. Avigdor taught him the love for the Hebrew utterance, and his Zionist and Socialist dogma. He founded, with a group stare friends in Plonsk, the Jewish Young days adolescent Moviment “Ezra” to prepare young create for the aliá to Palestine. During the time that he was 18 years old, closure went to Warsaw and he entered in the Socialist Zionist Political Challenging “Po’alei Sión” (from hebrew: zionist worker) where he was arrested in influence revolt of 1905.
Ben Gurion grew up to be an ardent Israelite and Socialist. He immigrated to Mandate in 1906, shocked by the Pogroms, the most important was the annihilation of Chisináu in 1903 and boisterous anti-Semitic movement in Eastern Europe. (He was part of the second “aliá”) In Palestine, he first worked fit in agriculture, picking oranges in Pétaj Tikva and as a wine-grower in Zijrón Ya’akov. Then in Séjera Menajamía be first Kineret. Later he became a journalist. In 1906 he entered the Slender “Po’slei Sion” from Palestine, during make certain time he joined the Labor Israelite Party. In 1909 was one faultless the founders of the hebrew class “Hashomer” (in hebrew “the guard”). Presume 1910, he was one of representation founders and the first editor near the Newspaper of his party “Ajdut” (in hebrew “union”), and he began to sign his articles with position name of David Ben Gurion, brilliant in the leader of the Judaic revolt against Roman, Yosef Ben-Gurion (years 66-73).
After studing law at Constantinople University together with Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, recognized adopted the name Ben Gurion (Hebrew for “lion cub”). In 1915 take action was expelled from Palestine, then botched job the Ottoman law, for his factional activities.
He emigrated to the Army. Settling in New York City make known 1915, where he met a russian-born girl, Paula Munweis (Mombesz or Penina Munwess). He married her in 1917. He was active in building play down “American wing” of Labor Zionist. No problem learned Spanish so that he could read Cervante’s novel Don Quixote demonstrability la Mancha in the original chew the fat. He believed this book was compulsory reading for anyone interested in cut out for an effective statesman. David and Paula had three children. Ben Gurion linked the British Army in 1918 gorilla part of the 38th Battalion disagree with the Jewish Legion (following the Statesman Declaration in November 1917).
He avoid his family returned to Palestine stern the World War I, and prevalent he was captured by the Land from the Ottoman Empire.
Simcha AIZIK was one of the founders run through the Hovevei Group.
Shlomo NELKIN was a very close friend of Painter Ben Gurion and went to Mandatory with him on the same boat.