Does anyone know Ben Gurion's real Polish surname? Most sources that I have
seen say he was born David Green in Plonsk. I ask because someone has
suggested to me that the original name was Zieloner, which means Green, and
that is a name I am researching >from the same geographic area.

Thanks
Debbi Korman

In article <F279ecd92bXCH5n00ze000004ca@...>,
Debra Korman <zot8@...> wrote:

Does anyone know Ben Gurion's real Polish surname? Most sources that I have
seen say he was born David Green in Plonsk. I ask because someone has
suggested to me that the original name was Zieloner, which means Green, and
that is a name I am researching >from the same geographic area.

Every source I've seen says Green or Gruen.

Robert Israel israel@...

Vancouver, BC, Canada

According to the "Dictionary of Jewish Biography" by Geoffrey Wigoder, Ben
Gurion was born in Plonsk but makes no mention of previous names. However,
he refers to the following references and you may find some more info in
them:
Ben-Gurion: A State Builder (1974) by A. Avi-Hai
Ben-Gurion, a Biography (1978) by M. Bar-Zohar
Ben-Gurion: The Burning Ground (1987) by S. Tevet

Louis Zetler