minister of defense


David Ben Gurion
David Ben Gurion, (originally David Gruen) the founder and first Prime Minister of the State of Israel, was born in 1886 in Plonsk Poland. His father Avigdor Gruen was an ardent Zionist who established a Hebrew School and this is where the young David was educated. His mother died when […]

David Ben Gurion


Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres, 9th President of the State of Israel was born Szymon Perski near Voloshin Poland on August 21st, 1923. At the age of eleven, he immigrated to Palestine with his parents Yitshak and Sara Persky and his younger brother Gershon.  On reaching Palestine they changed their name to Peres. […]

Shimon Peres