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In her valuable newbiography, Shapira (Emerita, Humanities/Tel Aviv Univ.;?Israel: AHistory, 2012) provides a concise appraisal of a founding father of thenation that was once only the dream of generations.
More than anyone, it wasDavid Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) who forged the state of Israel into a homeland andan independent democracy in an inhospitable Middle East. However, Israel’s firstprime minister and first minister of defense wasn’t an easy man to deal with.Born in Poland, he arrived in Palestine at age 20 imbued with Zionistic zealand ready to assume an agricultural life, but the study of law seemed moresuited to his vision of a Jewish homeland. So, supported by his father andwithout knowledge of Arabic or Turkish, he went to Istanbul to learn Ottomanlaw. He also traveled to London and New York. Returning to Palestine, he becameleader of Mapai, the workers’ party, and spokesman for the Yishuv, thecommunity of Jews during the British Mandate. Shapira reports the workings ofhis convoluted dealings with the formidable leaders of the nascent state duringthe Yishuv?these convoluted goings-on may confound readers not well-versed inthe subject.?After World War II and the Shoah, Ben-Gurion managedthe?influx of survivors fighting against British forces for admission tothe Holy Land. When the U.N. voted for partition, Ben-Gurion was quick toannounce the declaration of statehood and the birth of the new nation. Fatherof Israel’s Defense Forces, he knew there would be a war for survival withevery surrounding Arab nation. In the end, he achieved his abiding goals: areturn to the land, a social framework and Hebrew as the language of Israel.The?old lion’s powers eventually faded. He lived out his life, among hisbooks, in a kibbutz in the Negev desert.
A brief but full-colorbiography of an essential leader.
Pub Date:?Nov. 25th, 2014ISBN:?978-0-300-18045-9Page count:?288ppPublisher:?Yale Univ.Review Posted Online: Oct.?22nd,?2014Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov.?1st,?2014More Biography & Memoir?>More History?>More Religion?>SIMILAR BOOKS SUGGESTED BY OUR CRITICS:Nonfiction
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