David ben gurian/biography

DAVID  BEN  GURION

Biography

Ben Gurion was born as David Grüen (Green or Grin) in PLONSK October 16, 1886, when Poland was then part of the Russian Empire. His teacher was Moisés Prochovnik in the little “jeder” institution from traditional jewish studies.

(His birth certificate was discovered in Poland in 2003, there was another date from his bithday: February, 1887) Note that it was very common in that time for parents registering the birth of their children a little after birth.

His father, Avigdor Grüen was born in Plonsk in Nov.26, 1857 and died in May 13,1942 in Tel Aviv.

David ben gurian/biography

He was a lawyer and leader in the Hovevei Zion Movement. His mother, Scheindel  Broitman was born in Nov.19,1854 and died in February 7, 1898, she died when David was 11 years old. Their parents were married in April 9, 1876 in Plonsk.

In the Archives of Poland it isn’t clear if the year she was born was 1854, 1855 or 1856, but we know as the cause of death was Childbirth. When his mother died, he