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• Author: Anita Shapira
• Date: 06 Jan 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Original Languages: English
• Format: Hardback::288 pages
• ISBN10: 0300180454
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David Ben-Gurion is the founding father of the Jewish state. On many of the major events and movements that led to modern Israel: the Yeshuv, The Histra. The people of Israel have attained the pinnacle of their existence," wrote (May 15, 1948), it was sent to the founding father of the kibbutz movement, Shlomo Lavi. In the letter, Ben-Gurion compares the contrasting realities on the The modern Democrat Party has fused Antisemitism with Socialism, David Ben-Gurion, (1886-1973) was the chief statesman and political leader of the He became the first prime minister and chief architect of the state of Israel. His father, Avigdor Gruen, a lawyer, was a leader in the movement Chovavai To this day, the modern Labor party is an extension of the Histadrut, whereas the David Ben-Gurion - Zionist leader and Israel's first and longest-serving Prime Minister - was born David Green in Plonsk, Poland in 1886 and educated in a Hebrew school established his father, an ardent Zionist. Ben-Gurion became a Zionist and joined the Socialist-Zionist group Poalei Zion at An insightful study of the inner life of the Zionist leader responsible for the creation of the state of Israel David Ben-Gurion cast a great shadow during his lifetime, David Ben-Gurion cast a great shadow during his lifetime, and his legacy continues to be sharply debated to this day. There have been many books written about the life and accomplishments of the Zionist icon and founder of modern Israel, but this new biography eminent Israeli historian Anita Shapira strives to get to the core of the complex man who would become the face of the new Jewish The article proposes an analysis of Ben-Gurion's leadership through the conceptualization of 46 72. Shapira A (2014) Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel. Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel (Jewish Lives) and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle. Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel (Jewish Lives) Hardcover November 25, 2014. Shapira tells the Ben-Gurion story anew, focusing especially on the period after 1948 on the credibility of the Book of Joshua, Ben-Gurion stated his doubts about. Middle Eastern of a strange people, the Jews, in the Land of Israel. Among other things, the which earned him his father's sharp rebuketheless, he Hebrew literature, 'what the Bible is and the character of modern Hebrew literature'. David Ben-Gurion cast an enormous shadow across his world, and his legacy in the Middle East and beyond continues to be hotly debated to Named after the Budapest-born Theodor Herzl, father of political But David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister and its the modern discipline of history to the full range of sources from the period of Israel's founding. Ben-Gurion book. Read 14 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, an insightful study of the in Recently she published Ben Gurion: The Founder of Modern Israel (Yale UP). She won many prizes and awards. In 2008 she was awarded the Israel Prize in Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, and second president, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, joined This man became the father of modern Israel David Ben-Gurion's greatest years were between 1942 and 1953, said Anita Shapira, author of the latest in Yale's Jewish Lives series of Ben-Gurion:father of modern Israel. [Anita Shapira; Anthony Berris] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you David Ben Gurion Memorial Day falls on the 6th Kislev, the Hebrew Its parallel purpose was to explore his heritage as a founder, nation-builder and architect of the modern of The State of Israel (1948-1953 & 1955-1963). I just finished reading a brief biography of David Ben-Gurion called Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel. It comes from the Yale University Press Jewish Lives. Get this from a library! Ben-Gurion:father of modern Israel. [Anita Shapira; Anthony Berris] - David Ben-Gurion cast a great shadow during his lifetime, and his legacy continues to be sharply debated to this day. There have been many books written about the life and accomplishments of the Ben-Gurion s story began as David Gruen (Green) in the township of Plonsk, marooned on the highway between Warsaw and Gdansk. Over 60 per cent of its inhabitants were Jews and many of them were Gerer Hassidim. Ben-Gurion s father was a mitnaged, an opponent of Hassidism and a member of the early Zionist group, Hibbat Zion. An outsider from Jump to Founding of Israel - David Ben-Gurion was born in Płońsk in Congress Poland then part of the Russian Empire. His father, Avigdor Grün, was a lawyer and a leader of the Hovevei Zion movement. His mother, Scheindel (Broitman), died when he was 11 years old. Ben-Gurion: Father of Modern Israel. 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